Punathil Kunjabdulla (born 1940) is a well known Malayalam language

Malayalam language

Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

 novelist and short story

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 writer from Kerala state, South India

South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

. He is a medical doctor by profession. Kunjabdulla is a modernist in Malayalam literature

Malayalam literature

The term Malayalam literature refers to Literature written in Malayalam language. Malayalam is the language spoken by around 35 million people, mainly the inhabitants of the state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep Islands in India. Malayalam is a Dravidian language and thus has close...

. His novel Smarakasilakal won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award

Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...

 (Malayalam) in 1980.

Profession

Born in Vadakara in Kozhikode district

Kozhikode district

Kozhikode District , formerly Calicut, is a district of Kerala state, situated on the southwest coast of India. The city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the district headquarters. The district is 38.25% urbanised...

, Kunjabdulla received a Bachelor's degree from Brennen College, Thalassery

Thalassery

Thalassery , also known as Tellicherry, is a city on the Malabar Coast of Kerala, India. This is the second largest city of North Malabar in terms of population. The name Tellicherry is the anglicized form of Thalassery. Thalassery municipality has a population just less than 100,000. Established...

 and an MBBS degree from Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...

. He is a registered medical practitioner and has been running a hospital in Vadakara.

Awards

• Kendra Sahithya Academy Award (Malayalam) (1980) – for Smarakasilakal
• Kerala Sahithya Academy
  Kerala Sahithya Academy
  Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam literature is an autonomous body established to promote Malayalam language and literature. It is situated in Thrissur, Kerala in India. The academy was inaugurated on October 15, 1956, by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the former king of...
  
   Award (1978) – for Smarakasilakal
• Kerala Sahithya Academy Award (1980) – for Malamukalile Abdulla
• Muttathu Varkey
  Muttathu Varkey
  Muttathu Varkey was a Malayalam novelist, short story writer, and poet from Kerala state, South India.-Early life and career:...
  
   Award (1999)
• Vishwadeepam Award – for Marunnu

Novels

• Smarakasilakal
• Marunnu
• Paralokam
• Punathilinte Novellakal short novels
• Kanyavanangal
• Navagrahangulude Thadavara (with Sethu
  Sethu (writer)
  A. Sethumadhavan, popularly known as Sethu, is a Malayalam fictional writer. He has published more than 30 books.He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards in 1982 and 1978 for his works "Pandavapuram" and "Pediswapnangal"; and Vayalar Award for "Adyalangal" in 2005...
  
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Short stories

• Ente Priyapetta Kathakal
• Kure Sthreekal
• Malamukalile Abdulla
• Neelaniramulla Thottam
• Punathilinte 101 Kathakal
• Ente Kamukimarum Mattu Kathakalum
• Kathi

He has also written the autobiography titled Nashtajaathakam.