Shyamkrishnan R. is a Malayalam language short story writer from Kerala, India. His short story collection Meeshakallan won many awards including the Yuva Puraskar (2024) by Sahitya Akademi.

Biography

Shyamkrishnan was born in a small town named Kolachery in Kannur district of Kerala state, India.[1] His father A.P. Rameshan was a former school headmaster, and his mother O.C. Prasanna is working as AEO of Kannur North.[1] He studied at St. Michael's School in Kannur.[1]

Personal life

Shyamkrishnan met his wife Kavya P. G., who is also a poet, at a literature camp in Thrissur in 2015.[1] In 2022, they got married.[1]

Literary career

He used to write short poems during his school days, but focussed seriously on writing, mainly short stories, when he was studying for MBBS in Kozhikode Medical College.[2] In 2015, when he was in his final year of MBBS, he received the KV Anoop Memorial Award for his story named Madakkam.[2]

The book Meeshakallan consists of eight short stories written from 2019 to 2022 and published in various periodicals.[2]

Pr‌ofessional career

After completing his MBBS from Kozhikode Medical College, Shyam Krishnan did his MD in Biochemistry from AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.[2][3] Currently he is assistant professor of biochemistry at Malabar Medical College, Kozhikode.[2]

Awards

His short story collection Meeshakallan won many awards including the Yuva Puraskar (2024) by Sahitya Akademi.[4] Other stories in the collection have won other regional awards also.[1] Meeshakallan also won CV Sriraman Smriti Puraskaram instituted by the CV Sriraman Trust, for young writers in Malayalam,[5] and the KV Anup short story award given as part of the carnival of poetry held at Pattambi Government Sanskrit College.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "വായനയിലേക്ക് കൊണ്ടു വന്നത് അമ്മ, ജീവിതസഖിയെ കണ്ടെത്തിയത് സാഹിത്യ ക്യാംപിൽ; ശ്യാംകൃഷ്ണൻ പറയുന്നു". www.manoramaonline.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e "അംഗീകാരങ്ങൾ പ്രചോദനമാണ്, എഴുത്തിന് ഉത്തരവാദിത്വം കൂടും- ശ്യാംകൃഷ്ണൻ". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  3. ^ PTI (2024-06-15). "Sahitya Akademi announces Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for 2024". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ "ശ്യാംകൃഷ്ണന് കേന്ദ്രസാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി യുവ പുരസ്‌കാരം". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  5. ^ "സി വി ശ്രീരാമൻ സ്മൃതി പുരസ്കാരം ആർ ശ്യാം കൃഷ്ണന്". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  6. ^ "കെ.വി. അനൂപ് ചെറുകഥാപുരസ്കാരം ശ്യാം കൃഷ്ണന് സമ്മാനിച്ചു" (in Malayalam). mathrubhumi. 2024-02-29. Archived from the original on 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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