| Intro | Indian writer |
| Is | Author |
| From | India |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1 January 1940, Vatakara, Kozhikode district, Kerala, India |
| Age: | 80 years |
Punathil Kunjabdulla (born 1940) is a well-known Malayalam language novelist and poet from Kerala state, South India. He is a medical doctor by profession. Kunjabdulla is a modernist in Malayalam literature. His novel Smarakasilakal (Memorial Stones) won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award (Malayalam) in 1980.
Profession
Born in Vatakara in Kozhikode district, Kunjabdulla received a bachelor’s degree from Government Brennen College, Thalassery and an MBBS degree from Aligarh Muslim University. He is a registered medical practitioner and has been running a hospital in Vatakara.
Awards
- Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (Malayalam) (1980) – for Smarakasilakal
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1978) – for Smarakasilakal
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1980) – for Malamukalile Abdulla
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2010)
- Muttathu Varkey Award (1999)
- Vishwadeepam Award – for Marunnu
Kerala Sahithya Academy Award-Volgayil Manju peyyumbol.
Selected works
Novels
- Smarakasilakal (DC Books, 1977)
- Marunnu (DC Books)
- Paralokam (DC Books)
- Punathilinte Novellakal (DC Books)
- Kanyavanangal (DC Books)
- Navagrahangulude Thadavara (with Sethu) (DC Books)
- Agnikinavukal (DC Books)
- Ammaye Kaanan (Children’s novel, Mathrubhumi Books)
Short stories
- Aligarh Kathakal (Mathrubhumi Books, 2012)
- Ente Priyapetta Kathakal (DC Books)
- Kshethravilakkukal (Mathrubhumi Books)
- Kure Sthreekal (Mathrubhumi Books)
- Malamukalile Abdulla (Mathrubhumi Books, 1974)
- Marichupoya Ente Appanammamarkku (Poorna Publications, 1997)
- Neelaniramulla Thottam
- Pranaya Kathakal (Mathrubhumi Books)
- Punathilinte 101 Kathakal
- Ente Kamukimarum Mattu Kathakalum
- Kathi (Mathrubhumi Books)
Others
- Atmaviswasam Valiya Marunnu (memoirs & essays, Mathrubhumi Books)
- Kaippunyam Athava Chila Adukkalakkaryangal (cookery, Mathrubhumi Books)
- Nashtajaathakam (autobiography, DC Books)
- Puthiya Marunnum Pazhaya Manthravum (memoirs, Mathrubhumi Books)
- Randaam Chemmeen (memoirs, Manorama Books, 2012)
- Volgayil Manju Peyyumbol (travelogue, Mathrubhumi Books)