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Short story writer and novelist in Malayalam, the language of Kerala in South India, E. Harikumar is a well known writer in
Kerala. Kerala is the land of coconut palm groves and sunshine. The land of lakes and mountains. Of sea and sand. The trees are so green and lush, it is called the God's Own Land. Born on 13th July 1943 in Ponani a coastal town between Calicut and
Kochi.
Parents: Edasseri Govindan Nair, well-known poet and playwright and E. Janaki
Amma.
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Awards:
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 1988 for collection of short stories titled
Dinosarinte Kutty
(The Dinosaur's
Baby),
Padmarajan Award in 1997 for the best story of the year
'Pachhapayyine Pidikkan'
(To Catch A Grasshopper)
Nalappadan Award for the book Sookshichu Vacha Mayilpeeli
(Peacock Feather Treasured) in 1998 and
Kathapeedam Award
for the book 'Anithayude Veedu' (Anitha's House) in
2006.
E. Harikumar was a member of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, the foremost literary institution
under the Cultural Department of Government of Kerala,
for two terms from 1998 till 2004. He has to his credit 23 books of which
13 are anthology of short stories, 9
novels and a memoir.
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Novels:
1) Urangunna Sarpangal
(The Serpents Dormant)
2) Asaktiyude Agninalangal
(The Flames of Passion)
3) Oru
Kudumbapuranam
(A Family Saga)
4) Engine
Drivere Snehicha Penkutti
(The Girl Who Loved An Engine Driver)
5) Ayanangal
(The Solstices)
6) Thadakatheerathu
(On the banks of the Lakes)
7) Pranayathinnoru Software
(A software for Love)
8) Kochambratti
(Young Mistress)
9) Ariyathalangalilekku
(Journey to the Unknown).
Memoir:
1) Nee Evideyanenkilum (Wherever
You Are). |
Stories:
1) Koorakal (The
Cockroaches)
2) Vrishabhathinte Kannu (The
eye of the Taurus)
3) Kumkumam Vithariya Vazhikal
(Alleys
Sprinkled With Vermilion)
4) Dinosarinte Kutti (The
Dinosaur's Baby)
5) Canadayilninnoru Rajakumari (Princess
from Canada)
6) Sreeparvathiyude Paadam
(The
Foot of Goddess Sri Parvathi)
7) Sookshichu Vacha Mayilpeeli
(The
Peacock Feather Treasured)
8) Pachappayine Pidikkan (To
Catch a Grasshopper)
9) Doore Oru Nagarathil (In
a City Far Away)
10) Karutha Thambratti (The
Black Mistress)
11) Anithayude
Veedu (Anitha's House)
12) Nagaravasiyaya Oru Kutti (Boy Who Lives in the
City)
13) Ilaveyilinte Santhwanam (Solace of the Soft
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His latest collection of 14 short stories
'Nagaravasiyaya Oru Kutti'
(A Boy who lives in the City)
(pix to the left) is published by
Lipi Publications,
B14
Vikas Building,
Rly. Stn. Link Road,
Kozhikode 673 002
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His
eighth novel 'Kochambratti'
(see picture left) meaning Young Mistress has
been published by Mathrubhumi Books, Cherootty
Road, Kozhikode 673 001.
The novel is about
the big social and economic upheaval that took
place in Kerala, South India during the period
1955 to 1960, (when Communists came to power
through ballots) and about a girl who had to
take tough decisions when left alone to live.
Please contact the respective publishers for
your copy by mail directly from Mathrubhumi,
http://www.mathrubhumibooks.com/books/detail.aspx?id=19
or alternatively http://indulekha.com
for online purchase.
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Two boys and a girl and a message
waiting for them in the form of a chess board with an impossible play
position in it, from a person died long ago. One of the boys when he grows
up cracks the code in the play with help from his daughter to find the
most amazing thing they could imagine! A novel full of esotericism and
suspense.
ARIYATHALANGALILEKKU
(novel in Malayalam by E. Harikumar)
Published by: Poorna Publications
G.H. Road, Kozhikode 673 001
Price: Rs. 80.00
PLEASE
READ THE PREFACE OF THE NOVEL BY AUTHOR |
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NEE
EVIDEYANENKILUM
(memoir in Malayalam by E. Harikumar)
Published by Poorna Publications
G.H. Road, Kozhikode 673 001
Price: Rs. 75.00
An
entirely different reading experience! Exploring the inner cells of the
feminine psyche. The innumerable characters the author has met in his
lifetime and the memorable experience he had shared with them. At times
humorous at times heart-rending the book reads like fiction, makes
you laugh and cry.
PLEASE
READ THE PREFACE OF THE MEMOIR BY AUTHOR
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