Sheeja Vakkom
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Sheeja Vakkom
Dr. Sheeja Vakkam, an illustrious writer from Malappuram, serves as the Senior Medical Officer at the Ayurveda Dispensary. Her poetry Shikhandini and poetry collections Kilimaram and Anthikkallum Pranayashappum have been published by DC Books. He has received various awards including Edasseri Award, Aashan Yuvakavi Award and Vyloppilli Award.
Shabna Mariyam
Shabna Mariyam is currently working as a content writer and professional presenter, has about fifteen short stories published in prominent periodicals. The debut novel, Pigment, was released by Mathrubhumi Books, followed by a children’s novel, Havva, serialized in Deshabhimani and later published by Logos. The third novel, Ayathi, won the 2023 Karur Memorial Award. A short story also earned the Kalakendram Madhavikutty Award.
Santhosh Echikkanam
Santhosh Echikkanam is a prominent Indian writer and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his short stories, Komala and Biriyani and screenplays for films, Annayum Rasoolum and Bachelor Party. He has worked as a teacher at Durga Higher Secondary School, Kanhangad and was also associated with Akashvani. He has received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story, Padmaprabha Literary Award, Karur Award, Pravasi Basheer Award among others.
Neena Attingal
Neena Atingal is working as a teacher, social activist, and motivational speaker. She is a member of several literary organizations due to her interest in literature. She has written many short stories and articles. Abhoumika is the first book. Ghazal is her second book.
M R RENUKUMAR
M.R. Renukumar is an acclaimed poet, painter and translator. His oeuvre spans across different genres like poetry, children’s literature, studies and translations. His poetry collections Veshakkaya and Kothiyan won the 2008 SBT Award and the 2019 Kerala Sahitya Academy Poetry Award, respectively. His work Aracycle won the FOKANA Award and his work Nalam Classile Varal won the Best Children’s Literature Award instituted by the Children’s Literature Institute. M R Renukumarinte Kavithakal is his most recent collection of poetry.
K Rekha
K Rekha is a short story writer. Her major works include Angamaliyile Mangakkariyum Villuvandiyum Mattu Kathakalum, Ninnil Charunna Nerath, and Arudeyo Oru Saghavu: Anthikkattukari.
Jenny Erpenbeck
The winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize, Jenny Erpenbeck is an acclaimed German author. Her oeuvre spans across works of fiction such as The Book of Words, The Old Child and Visitation, among others, as well as the nonfiction collection Not a Novel. She won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for her 2012 novel The End of Days. In 2016, Jenny Erpenbeck was awarded the Thomas Mann Prize. She was a finalist for the 2024 Neustadt Prize and won the 2024 International Booker Prize for Kairos.
Christian Kracht
Christian Kracht is a widely acclaimed Swiss novelist whose work has been translated into 30 languages. His novels include Faserland, 1979, Imperium and Die Toten. Imperium was the recipient of the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize and Die Toten won the Swiss Book Prize and the Herman Hesse Award. Eurotrash, his most recent work, is under option for film, and was shortlisted for the Deutscher Buchpreis, the Leipziger Buchpreis, and is a finalist for the Schweizer Grand Prix Literatur.
C S Chandrika
An esteemed author, feminist and academician, C S Chandrika is a trailblazer in the field of Malayalam literature. A front-line activist of the Kerala Feminist Movement of the 90’s, she is also active as a director, researcher and columnist. Her works have been translated into various languages like English, Kannada and Tamil. Her major works include Ladies Compartment, Keralathile Sthree Munnettathinte Charithram, Kleptomania and Ente Pachakkarimbe. 18 Pranayakathal is one among her most recent works.
Anvar Ali
Anvar Ali is a renowned poet and lyricist, critic, translator, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. His first collection of poems, Mazhakkalam, established him as a prominent voice in contemporary Malayalam poetry. Some of his other works include Aadiyaadi Alanja Marangale, Mehaboob Express, Eternal Sculpture, and Njan Rappai, among others. Ali’s poems have been translated into various Indian and foreign languages and have been accoladed with the Kunchu Pillai Award, 65th Filmfare Awards South for Best Lyricist, and CPC Cine Awards for Best Original Songs, to name a few.