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| birth_place = [[Vellathuval]], [[Idukki district]], [[Kerala]]<br />
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| notableworks = ''Josephinte Manam''<br />
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| parents = Sasikumar <br/> Shyamala Sasikumar<br />
| awards = [[Yuva Puraskar]] <br /> [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] Geetha Hiranyan Endowment<br />
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'''Aswathy Sasikumar''' is a [[Malayalam language]] short story writer from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Her first short story collection ''Josephinte Manam'' has won the 2017 [[Yuva Puraskar]] and the 2015 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] Geetha Hiranyan Endowment. She has also received several other awards including Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer Awardand EP Sushama Ankanam Award.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Aswathy was born in 1991, in [[Vellathuval]], [[Idukki district]] the daughter of Sasikumar and Shyamala sasikumar.<ref>{{cite news |title=കിട്ടുമോ ഉത്തരേന്ത്യയിൽ ഏലയ്ക്കാ കാറ്റ്? |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/travel/travel-news/2017/06/26/idukki-tourist-destination.html |work=ManoramaOnline |agency=[[Malayala Manorama]] |language=ml}}</ref><ref name="gatewaylitfest">{{cite web |title=Aswathy Sasikumar |url=https://gatewaylitfest.com/aswati-sasikumar/ |website=gatewaylitfest.com |date=12 December 2017}}</ref> Her mother Shyamala Sasikumar initially wrote poetry but later stopped writing poetry, entered politics and became the president of the [[Adimali]] Block Panchayath.<ref name="Kalam News">{{cite news |title=ജീവിതം അലമ്പാവാൻ സിനിമാമോഹം കയറിയാൽ മതി |url=https://kalamnews.in/column-calendar-m.rajeev-kumar-082 |work=Kalam News |date=28 May 2021 |language=ml}}</ref> After some time, the family left Idukki and settled in [[Kochi]], [[Ernakulam district]].<ref name="Kalam News"/> Aswathy has been writing stories since her school days. ''Josepinte Manam'' (Meaning:The Smell of Joseph) is her first published short story collection.<ref name="gatewaylitfest"/><br />
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Aswathy is an engineer by profession.<ref name="thasrak">{{cite web |last1=ഡെസ്ക് |first1=തസറാക് എഡിറ്റോറിയൽ |title=കേന്ദ്രസാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി യുവസാഹിത്യ പുരസ്കാരം അശ്വതി ശശികുമാറിന് |url=https://thasrak.com/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF-%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF/ |website=തസറാക് |date=21 July 2019}}</ref> She lives with her husband Sunil, an [[Indian Air Force]] officer, in [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="thasrak"/><br />
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==Short story collections==<br />
*{{cite book |title=Josephinte Manam |date=2012 |publisher=[[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society]] |isbn=9780000192929 |language=Malayalam}}. A collection of 20 short stories, for which she won Yuva Puraskar and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Geetha Hiranyan Endowment.<ref>{{cite news |title=അശ്വതി ശശികുമാറിന് കേന്ദ്രസാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്കാരം |url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/latest-news/kerala-news/kendra-sahitya-academy-award-for-aswathi/articleshow/59269173.cms |work=Samayam Malayalam |agency=[[The Times of India]] |language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=സാറാ ജോസഫിനും യു.എ. ഖാദറിനും സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി വിശിഷ്ടാംഗത്വം |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/kerala-sahitya-akademi-awards-1.1830490 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
*{{cite book |title=Kannu |date=2018 |publisher=[[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society]] |isbn=9789387439542 |language=Malayalam}}.<br />
*{{cite book |title=Katha |date=2018 |publisher=[[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society]] |isbn=9789388597715 |language=Malayalam}}.<br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
* Kerala Literature Academy's Geeta Hiranian Endowment Award (2015)<br />
* Young Award of Central Literature Academy (2017)<ref>{{cite news |title=കേന്ദ്രസാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി യുവസാഹിത്യ പുരസ്കാരം അശ്വതി ശശികുമാറിന് |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/sahiya-akademy-award-1.2033905 |work=Mathrubhumi |date=22 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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