Noted Malayalam novelist and short story writer Akbar Kakkattil passed away.He was 62 .
About Akbar Kakkattil :
- He has 54 books to his credit which includes, four novels, 27 short stories, six collections of essays, seven novelettes, a play, among others.
- He was the Vice-President of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi and Member of Malayalam Advisory Panel of National Book Trust and Malayalam Advisory Board of Kerala Government.
- He had worked as a member of the governing body of South Zone Cultural Centre of the Union government and Kerala State Institute of Children’s literature.
- He was also a member of Malayalam Advisory Board of Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Convener of Publication Committee, Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
- A two-time winner of the prestigious Kerala Sahitiya Akademi award.
- He was also recipient of the first-ever award in humour section in 1992 for his ‘School Diary‘ an anthology of short essays
- In the year 2004 his ‘Vadakkuninnoru Kudumba Vrithantham’ was awarded as the best novel.
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