U. K. Kumaran

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Born (1950-05-11) 11 May 1950 (age 75)
Payyoli, Kozhikode, Kerala
Pen nameU.K
OccupationWriter, journalist
LanguageMalayalam
U. K. Kumaran
Born (1950-05-11) 11 May 1950 (age 75)
Payyoli, Kozhikode, Kerala
Pen nameU.K
OccupationWriter, journalist
LanguageMalayalam
GenreNovel, short story, essays
Notable awardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Vayalar Award

U. K. Kumaran (born 11 May 1950) is a Malayalam-language novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist from Kerala, India. He is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and Vayalar Award.[1]

According to The Hindu, the short story "Chalanam" "is a comprehensive landscape, peopled with characters and nature. Each character should grow and reach a point where they move towards a climax well. You cannot leave them mid-way, unfinished."[2]

Awards

Kumaran has received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Policukarante Penmakkal (2011) and Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair Award for Thakshankunnu Swaroopam (2012).[3][4] Vayalar Award 2016.[5]

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