Edasseri Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1989) Winner
K. P. Ramanunni
ケー・ピー・ラーマヌンニ
K. P. Ramanunni
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1955-01-01 （Ponnani, Malabar District, Madras State, India）
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- Malayalam, English
- Religion
- Islam
- Residence History
- Ponnani, Kerala → Tirur (associated with Thunjan Memorial Trust)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Short-story writer, Administrator (Thunjan Memorial Trust)
- Active Years
- 1978-2025
- Affiliations
- Thunjan Memorial Trust (administrative role), Sahitya Akademi (advisory roles), Kerala Sahitya Akademi (member), Malayalam Mission (governing body member)
- Memberships
- Sahitya Akademi (advisory board member), Kerala Sahitya Akademi (member), Malayalam Mission (governing body member)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sahitya Akademi Award (Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award) | Daivathinte Pusthakam (God's Own Book) | — | Sahitya Akademi (India) | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel | Sufi Paranja Katha (What the Sufi Said) | — | Kerala Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Vayalar Award | Jeevithathinte Pusthakam (Book of Life) | — | Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Edasseri Award | Sufi Paranja Katha (What the Sufi Said) | — | Edasseri Memorial Trust | 受賞（出典注記あり） |
| 1999 | Padmarajan Award | Jaathi Chodikkuka | — | Padmarajan Memorial Trust | 受賞（出典注記あり） |
| — | Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award (Story) | Purusha Vilapam | 短編 | Abu Dhabi Sakthi | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award (Novel) | Daivathinte Pusthakam (God's Own Book) | 小説 | Abu Dhabi Sakthi | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award | — | — | Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (and related) | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Indian Islamic Centre Abu Dhabi Literary Award | — | — | Indian Islamic Centre, Abu Dhabi | 受賞 |
| 2009 | C. V. Sreeraman Award | Selected Short Stories of K.P. Ramanunni | — | — | 受賞（選集に対して） |
| 2009 | T. V. Kochubava Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Sahitya Akademi Award (Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award)
2017
Work:
Daivathinte Pusthakam (God's Own Book)
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi (India)
Result:
受賞
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel
1995
Work:
Sufi Paranja Katha (What the Sufi Said)
Organization:
Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Vayalar Award
2011
Work:
Jeevithathinte Pusthakam (Book of Life)
Organization:
Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust
Result:
受賞
Edasseri Award
1989
Work:
Sufi Paranja Katha (What the Sufi Said)
Organization:
Edasseri Memorial Trust
Result:
受賞（出典注記あり）
Padmarajan Award
1999
Work:
Jaathi Chodikkuka
Organization:
Padmarajan Memorial Trust
Result:
受賞（出典注記あり）
Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award (Story)
Work:
Purusha Vilapam
Category:
短編
Organization:
Abu Dhabi Sakthi
Result:
受賞
Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award (Novel)
2015
Work:
Daivathinte Pusthakam (God's Own Book)
Category:
小説
Organization:
Abu Dhabi Sakthi
Result:
受賞
Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award
2020
Organization:
Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (and related)
Result:
受賞
Indian Islamic Centre Abu Dhabi Literary Award
2023
Organization:
Indian Islamic Centre, Abu Dhabi
Result:
受賞
C. V. Sreeraman Award
2009
Work:
Selected Short Stories of K.P. Ramanunni
Result:
受賞（選集に対して）
T. V. Kochubava Award
2009
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Padmarajan Award (Padmarajan Puraskaram)
1 appearances
Vayalar Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 35 (2011) Winner
Works
Major Works
Sufi Paranja Katha (What the Sufi Said)
1995 NovelA novel weaving themes of religion and personal conflict, centered on words of a Sufi figure.
religionfaithcoexistence
Adaptations
- [Film] Sufi Paranja Katha (film)
Charama Varshikam (Death Anniversary)
2000 NovelA novel dealing with death and memory; one of the works Ramanunni published after a long interval.
deathmemory
Translations
- Death Anniversary (English translation, Oxford University Press)
Jeevithathinte Pusthakam (Book of Life)
2011 NovelCenters on a bank officer suffering from amnesia; portrays urban hypocrisy and rural benevolence. Hailed by critics as a significant contribution to Malayalam literature.
amnesiaurban–rural contrasthumanity
Daivathinte Pusthakam (God's Own Book)
2016 NovelA novel with religious and social themes; recognized as one of the author's major works and awarded nationally.
religionsocietyreconciliation
Bibliography
- Sufi Paranja Katha (What the Sufi Said)
- Charama Varshikam (Death Anniversary)
- Jeevithathinte Pusthakam (Book of Life)
- Daivathinte Pusthakam (God's Own Book)
- Purusha Vilapam (short stories)
- Jaathi Chodikkuka (short story)
- Selected Short Stories of K.P. Ramanunni
Adaptations
- Sufi Paranja Katha (film adaptation)
Translations of Works
- Charama Varshikam → Death Anniversary (English translation, Oxford University Press)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist depictionblend of religious and social issuesconcise and occasionally poetic phrasing
- Recurring Motifs
- faith and coexistencememory and lossurban–rural contrastinner life of characters
Legacy
K. P. Ramanunni is a significant novelist and short-story writer in Malayalam literature, noted for exploring themes of religion, community and memory. He has received numerous national awards and his works have been translated and introduced internationally.
Academic Societies
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation of Sufi Paranja Katha and other screen adaptations
Trivia
- It is noted that a long interval occurred between his early novel and the later Charama Varshikam (as mentioned in sources).
- Many of his short stories appeared in leading Malayalam journals and have been collected in multiple volumes.
- He is also known as an activist for communal harmony and mother-tongue movements.