Award-winning Malayalam writer Punathil Kunjabdulla dies at 77
A doctor by profession, Punathil Kunjabdulla was considered a modernist in Malayalam literature.
October 27, 2017 21:05 IST
1 / 6Award-winning Malayalam writer Punathil Kunjabdulla died of age-related ailments in a Kozhikode hospital on Friday. He was 77.(Photo by Ajeeb Komachi)
2 / 6A doctor by profession, Kunjabdulla was considered a modernist in Malayalam literature. Some of his major works include Marunnu, Kanyavanangal, Kathi and Aligarh Kathakal and more. (Photo by Ajeeb Komachi)
3 / 6Born in Badagara in Kozhikode district, Kunjabdulla completed his graduation from Government Brennen College, Thalassery and obtained his MBBS degree from Aligarh Muslim University.(Photo by Ajeeb Komachi)
4 / 6Later, he ran his own hospital in Vatakara. Popularly called “Kunjikka”, Kunjabdulla was ailing for a year and breathed his last at 7.45 am. (Photo by Ajeeb Komachi)
5 / 6In 1980, his novel Smarakasilakal (Memorial Stones) won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award (Malayalam). He was also awarded the Kerala Sahithya Academy Award twice.(Photo by Ajeeb Komachi)
6 / 6A strong willed personality, Kunjabdulla surprised many when he contested the 2001 assembly election from the Beypore assembly constituency on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket and finished third by bagging over 10,000 votes. (Photo by Ajeeb Komachi)
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