Author Award: State Award
SABAH
Sabah hails from Navaikulam Kizhakanela in Thiruvananthapuram district. He has a postgraduate degree in English literature. He has worked as an assistant director in many Malayalam films. He has won the 2010 State Government Award for Best Television Director for the short film ‘Tik… Tik…’. He authored the work Poika and Janaki. His first book, ‘Janaki‘ received the 2022 Kerala Kalidasa Kerala Varma Award. He is currently working as a Section Officer in the Kerala Legislative Assembly Secretariat.
UNNI R
Unni R was born in Kudamalur near Kottayam, to N. Parameswaran Nair and K.A. Radhamma. His spouse is Anu Chandran, and his daughter is Saraswathi. He was educated at Kudamalur Govt. L.P. School, CMS. High School, CMS. College and Baselius College. His first collection of stories, Ozhivudivasthe Kali, received the Geethahiranyan Endowment of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, the Anganam-E.P. Sushama Endowment and the Thomas Mundassery Award. Ozhivudivasthe Kali has been made into a film and has won the 46th Kerala State Film Award for Best Film in 2015. The story Pranilokam received the K.A. Kodungallur Kadha Puraskaram and the T.P. Kishore Smaraka Puraskaram, the story Mudrarakshasam received the V.P. Sivakumar Memorial Award and the S.B.T. Award, Abu Dhabi Shakti Award and the Ayanam-C.V. Sreeraman Kadha Puraskaram. A collection of stories titled Kalinadakam has been published in Tamil. He authored a collection of articles and translations: Pusthakapuzhu. He has written dialogues for the films Big B and Anwar and has written the films Bridge (Kerala Cafe), Kullante Bharya (Anchu Sundarikal), Munnarippu, Charlie and Leela. Munnarippu has won the Ramukariat Award for best screenplay, and Charlie has also won the State Award for best screenplay.
ABRAHAM MATHEW
Abraham Mathew is a Notable Malayalam story writer, novelist, and visual journalist. He was born in Punalur, Kollam district. He has completed his graduation from Sree Narayana College. He has worked as a journalist at Mathrubhumi and as an associate editor at Kairali TV. He retired as the Chief Sub-Editor of Mathrubhumi. He has worked as an Associate Editor at Kairali Channel. He is currently working as the Kerala State Book Mark Secretary. His main works include Kinavinte Ira, Nityavismayanidra, Jaati Jaati Odu Parayunath, Aasakhtiyute Ambalukal, Karuta Chembarathi (Children’s Literature) and Kumbasaram (Television Interviews). Apart from these, he has authored Novels like Vayalile Poovu Pole, Sandhyayil Karachil Vannu Raparkunnu and eight collections of stories, including Floridayile Chethukaran. He is a recipient of the State Award for Best Television Reporter and the S.K. Pottekatt Memorial Award for Short Story.
G. R. INDUGOPAN
G. R. Indugopan was born on April 19, 1974, in Valathungal, Eravipuram, Kollam. He was a journalist for many years and is a noted biographer. He has authored over thirty books across various branches of prose. Indugopan has received several prestigious awards including the State Television Award for Story, the Kerala Sahitya Akademi’s Geetha Hiranyan Award, the State Institute of Children’s Literature Award, the Padmarajan Award, the V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award, the Edasseri Award, and the Kumkumam Novel and Story Awards. Also has won the Ashan Prize and the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Awards for both fiction and novels. Along with the Nooranad Haneef Memorial Award.
He wrote and directed the film Ottakkayyan (The One-Armed Man), which won two Kerala State Awards in 2007, as well as the Jessy Foundation Award for Best Debut Director. He wrote the screenplay for Chithariyavar and the dialogues for Up & Down. Several of his short stories have been adapted into films, including Chennaya (Wolf), Amminippilla Vettukesu (A Southern Fight Case), and Shankhumukhi (Kaapa). His novel Kaaligandhaki was adapted into a television serial that went on to win seven State Television Awards. His work Thaskaran Maniyanpilla received the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award for its Tamil version.