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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Malayalam writer and novelist}}<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1961|10|02}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|06|10|1961|10|02|df=yes}}<ref name=":12"/><br />
| birth_place = [[Nedumangad]], [[Thiruvananthapuram district]]<br />
| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
| notable_works = Chavoli<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| name = P. A. Uthaman<br />
| occupation = Writer<br />
| genre = Novel, short story<br />
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'''P. A. Uthaman''' was a Malayalam writer and novelist.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2017-10-21 |title=The Alphabet of a People |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/the-alphabet-of-a-people-dalit-writers-malayalam-literature-dont-want-book-review-indian-express-india-news-latest-news/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Known for his work Purushethaman The first novel 'Chaoli' and received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Uthaman |first=P. A. |date=2017-11-22 |title=‘The World of Rabbits’: This searing Malayalam story shows Dalit lives reimagined in fiction |url=https://scroll.in/article/858545/the-world-of-rabbits-this-searing-malayalam-story-shows-dalit-lives-reimagined-in-fiction |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born on 2 October 1961 at [[Nedumangad]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] . Uthaman received the Best Novel Award from the Kerala Sahitya Akademi for his work 'Chavoli', which was published shortly before his death in June 2008. This award was a belated recognition for his portrayal of the marginalized [[Dalit]] community, the [[Kuravar|Kuravas]], in the rural setting of Nedumangad.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=An honour that came late |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2009/apr/19/an-honour-that-came-late-42232.html |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
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* Chavoli<ref name=":02"/><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00187394 |title=Uth, Max |date=2011-10-31 |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=Benezit Dictionary of Artists}}</ref><br />
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== Award ==<br />
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* [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Novel in 2008.<ref name=":12"/><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Uthaman died due to lung cancer at 45, he was working at Travancore Sugar and Chemicals in Tiruvall.<ref name=":12"/><br />
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[[Category:Indian writers]]<br />
[[Category:1961 births]]<br />
[[Category:2008 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam-language novelists]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]</div>Vilianaizi