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| birth_place = [[Pattambi]], [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
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| occupation = Novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist<br />
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'''Karunakaran''' is an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer and essayist who writes in Malayalam. Known for an original style of writing,<ref name="കഥയിലെ ഓർമപ്പെരുക്കങ്ങൾ">{{Cite web |title=കഥയിലെ ഓർമപ്പെരുക്കങ്ങൾ |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2018/01/20/karunakaran-short-story-writer.html |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=ManoramaOnline}}</ref> he has published a number of novels, short story anthologies, poetry anthologies, studies and essays.<ref name="Kafka - About the author">{{Cite web |title=Kafka - About the author |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/literature-magazine/short-story-by-karunakaran-qpcg6q |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml}}</ref> He was born in [[Pattambi]], a town in [[Palakkad district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="Kafka - About the author" /> His oeuvre comprises novels such as ''Yuvaavaayirunna Onpathu Varsham'' and short story anthologies like ''Paayakkappal'' and he is a recipient of the 2019 [[O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram]].<ref name="Writer Karunakaran bags O V Vijayan Literary Award">{{Cite web |title=Writer Karunakaran bags O V Vijayan Literary Award |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/writer-karunakaran-bags-o-v-vijayan-literary-award--1.4227792 |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ഒ.വി. വിജയന് സാഹിത്യപുരസ്കാരം കരുണാകരന്">{{Cite web |last=www.dcbooks.com |title=ഒ.വി. വിജയന് സാഹിത്യപുരസ്കാരം കരുണാകരന് |url=https://www.dcbooks.com/o-v-vijayan-literary-award-for-karunakaran.html |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=DC Books |language=en-gb}}</ref> He lives in [[Kuwait]].<ref name="Dreams are the Life of stories: Writer Karunakaran">{{Cite web |title=Dreams are the Life of stories: Writer Karunakaran |url=https://www.indiansinkuwait.com/news/Dreams-are-the-Life-of-stories-Writer-Karunakaran |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=www.indiansinkuwait.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="About the author - Karunakaran">{{Cite web |date=2021-03-03 |title=About the author - Karunakaran |url=http://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/madhavan-chandralekha.pdf |access-date=2021-03-03}}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
=== Novels ===<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karunakaran |title=Bicycle Thief |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2011 |isbn=9788182650398 |page=124 |language=ml}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karuṇākaran |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027058947 |title=Yuvāvāyirunna Onpathu Varṣhaṃ |date=2017 |isbn=978-81-264-7495-0 |location=Kottayam, Kerala State, India |oclc=1027058947}}<br />
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=== Novellas ===<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karunakaran |url=https://www.amazon.in/Parasya-Jeevitham-Karunakaran/dp/B007E4WTBS |title=Parasya Jeevitham |publisher=DC Books |year=2001 |asin=B007E4WTBS}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karuṇākaran |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/810316812 |title=Yuddhakālatte Nuṇakaḷuṃ Marakkompile Kākkayuṃ |date=2012 |publisher=D C Books |isbn=978-81-264-3557-9 |location=Kottayam |oclc=810316812}}<br />
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=== Short story anthologies ===<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karuṇākaran |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45916633 |title=Pāyakkappal |date=2000 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=81-264-0099-4 |location=Kottayam |page=79 |oclc=45916633}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karunakaran |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2-%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80/607/ |title=Kochiyile Nalla Sthree |publisher=Sign Books |year=2010 |isbn=9780000130570 |page=90}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karuṇākaran |url= |title=Ekanthathaye Kurichu Paranju Kettitteyulloo |date=2012 |publisher=D C Books |isbn= |location=Kottayam |oclc=}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karuṇākaran |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908107454 |title=Atikupitanāya Kut̲t̲ānvēṣakanuṃ Mat̲t̲u Kathakaḷuṃ |date=2014 |isbn=978-81-264-5159-3 |location=Kottayam |oclc=908107454}}<br />
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=== Poetry anthologies ===<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karuṇākaran |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1119066336 |title=Yakṣiyuṃ Cycle Yātr̲akkāranuṃ |date=2017 |publisher=Green Books |isbn=978-93-86440-56-3 |location=Ayyanthole, Thrissur |oclc=1119066336}}<br />
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=== Essays ===<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karunakaran |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/ഉടല്-എന്ന-മോഹം/8065/ |title=Udal Enna Moham |publisher=Logos Books |year=2016 |isbn=9789385064814 |page=212 |language=ml}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[S. Hareesh]]<br />
* [[N. Prabhakaran]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Cite web |title=Karunakaran, Author at Indian Express Malayalam |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/author/karunakaran/ |access-date=2021-03-03 |language=ml}}<br />
* {{Cite web |date=2020-09-29 |title=Kamala |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/literature/kamala-poem-karunakaran-403051/ |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml-In}}<br />
* {{Cite web |date=2018-07-19 |title=The Investigation |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/literature/kuttanweshanam-poem-karunakaran/ |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml-In}}<br />
* {{Cite web |title=About Author Karunakaran |url=https://keralabookstore.com/about-author/karunakaran/91/ |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=keralabookstore.com |language=ml}}<br />
* {{Cite web |last=കരുണാകരന് |title=The book of Lenin and my father's photo |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/memories/lenin-s-book-and-my-father-s-photo-1.5460974 |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite web |title=Solo Sex |url=https://wtplive.in/Kavitha/solo-sex--karunakaran-1623 |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=wtplive.in |language=en}}<br />
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