Ramesan Mullassery

Ramesan Mullassery is an Indian writer, short story writer and novelist who writes in Malayalam language. He has written a number of books, covering children's literature, mythological and biblical stories, sports -based novels and studies in ancient art forms and culture. He received the Vettoor Raman Nair Katha Sammanam in 2023.^[1] He is also a recipient of the 2025 M. P. Paul Short story Special Jury Prize.^[2]

Mullassery, born in Piravom, in Ernakulam district of the south Indian state of Kerala, served in Kerala Government service and superannuated from service as Tehsildar.^[3] His first book, Injury Time^[4] was published in 2017, a novel with football as background which was followed by Arjuna Kathakal,^[5] published the next year, which is a compilation of stories from Mahabharata for children. Barbareekam, a novel based on a character of Mahabharata,^[6] named Barbareekan, Kalamboor Republic, a novel on the pre-independent Kerala,^[7] Shootout,^[8][9] another novel with football as the background, Gobaraha, inspired by the life of Palwankar Baloo, the legendary cricketer and political activist,^[10][11] Namaan, Sandehiyude Suvisesham a novel fashioned out of the Old Testament story of Namaan,^[12] and another novel by name, Bhoopadathil Illathe Poyavar, based on nomadic lives,^[13] Charvakanmar Undakunnathu, a short story anthology are his other works.^[3] He has also written a book, Mudiyett - Oru Padanam, which is a study on an ancient Kerala artform of the same name and published by Kerala Sahithya Akademi.^[14] Mullassery, who lives in Piravom, has also written several short stories and articles in contemporary periodicals.^{[15][16][17][18]}