Methil Radhakrishnan

Writer Methil Radhakrishnan has been selected for the 34th Ezhuthachan Award, Keralam’s highest literary honour. Cultural Affairs Minister P.C. Vishnunadh announced the award at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram. The announcement coincided with the 70th anniversary of Kerala’s formation.

• The award carries Rs.5 lakh, a citation and a plaque. A jury chaired by poet K.G. Sankara Pillai unanimously selected Radhakrishnan. Its members were Kalpatta Narayanan, K. Satchidanandan and Sarah Joseph; M.P. Surendran served as member secretary. The jury cited his aesthetic vision and intellectual contribution to a new sensibility in Malayalam literature.

• Radhakrishnan’s writing brings science, philosophy and psychology into novels, short stories, poetry and scientific articles. His works include the novels Sooryavamsam, Hitchcockinte Itapetal and Laingikathayekkurichu Oru Upanyasam, and short-fiction collections such as Sangeetham oru Samayakalayanu and Kayarinte Attam. His essays draw on subjects including ecology, anthropology, history and entomology.

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