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'''Sreejith Moothedath''' is a short story writer, novelist and children's writer from [[Kerala]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2025-06-18 |title=Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar announced for 23 writers, and Bal Puraskar for 24 authors |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sahitya-akademi-yuva-puraskar-announced-for-23-writers-and-bal-puraskar-for-24-authors/article69709654.ece |access-date=2025-06-28 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> His novel ''Penguinukalute Vankarayil'' received the [[Sahitya Akademi]] [[Bal Sahitya Puraskar]] in 2025.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Sreejith was born on 31 March 1978 in Bhumivathukkal, Kozhikode district, to P.M. Bhaskaran Master and O.K. Nalini.<ref name="Green">{{Cite web |title=Sreejith Moothedath |url=https://greenbooksindia.com/sreejith-moothedath |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=greenbooksindia.com}}</ref> He completed his primary education from Vanimel Crescent High School, and higher education from [[University of Calicut|Calicut University]], [[Gauhati University]] and [[Annamalai University]].<ref name="Green" /> He has a post-graduate degree in history and political science.<ref name="Green" /> He is currently working as a social science teacher at Cherpp C.N.N. Boys' High School in [[Thrissur district]].<ref name="Green" /><br />
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==Literary contributions==<br />
Sreejith's notable work is the children's novel ''Penguinukalute Vankarayil'' (meaning: In Penguins' Land). This novel aims to instill scientific thinking and environmental awareness in children.<ref name="Janmabhumi">{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Janmabhumi |date=2025-06-19 |title=ദേശീയ അംഗീകാരത്തിന്റെ സന്തോഷത്തില് ശ്രീജിത്ത് മൂത്തേടത്ത് |url=https://janmabhumi.in/2025/06/19/3418202/news/kerala/sreejith-moothedathu-is-overjoyed-at-kendra-sahitya-akademi-childrens-literature-award/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Janmabhumi |language=en-US}}</ref> The theme is that three teenage children, with the help of a girl named Saniya, who comes from an alien planet, travel through various continents and islands, see various living creatures in the Andaman Islands, Indonesian islands, and the coastal areas of Australia, and the nature in which they grow, and finally reach Antarctica, the land of penguins.<ref name="Janmabhumi" /> Upon reaching Antarctica, they understand the environmental problems faced by penguins as a result of global warming.<ref name="Janmabhumi" /> ''Penguinukalute Vankarayil'' was published in 2022 by the [[Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature]].<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-18 |title=ശ്രീജിത്ത് മൂത്തേടത്തിന് കേന്ദ്ര ബാലസാഹിത്യപുരസ്കാരം |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/news/bal-sahitya-award-sreejith-moothedath-kerala-1.10673938 |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref><br />
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His other children's literature works such as Kuruvikalte Lokam, African Thumpikal, Chakkarapadam, Surya Yatrayde Vismayacheppu, Tuvalthottill, etc. also feature environmental awareness and love for fellow beings as major themes.<ref name="Janmabhumi" /> A chapter titled ''Samaravriksham'' from the children's novel ''Chakkarapadam'' was included the Bharatiya Vidyaniketan syllabus.<ref name="Janmabhumi" /><br />
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Other works include Jalakangal (short story collection), Bhumivathukkal Suryodayam (novel), Palette, Nayanmoni, Ninavazhiyile Nizhalukal, etc.<ref name="Janmabhumi" /> ''Ninavazhiyile Nizhalukal'' is a novel that narrates the history of political violence of Kadathanad region in Kerala.<ref name="Janmabhumi" /><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Sreejith has received the Mullanezhi Award in 2012 from the Manorama Balajanasakhya, the Nanma Award in 2013 for best blog writing for the story 'Aswadanathinte Adhyayangal', and the Environment Award in 2014 from the Mumbai Green Nature Foundation.<ref name="Green" /><br />
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The novel Penguinukalute Vankarayil has received the Kesavan Vellikulangara Memorial Children's Literature Award and the Children's Literature Award instituted by Sarovaram Books in memory of Ambalakkara C. Raveendran Master.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daily |first=Keralakaumudi |title=ശ്രീജിത്ത് മൂത്തേടത്തിന് പുരസ്കാരം |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=1554753&u=local-news-thrissur-1554753 |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Keralakaumudi Daily |language=ml}}</ref> Penguinukalute Vankarayil received the [[Sahitya Akademi]] [[Bal Sahitya Puraskar]] in 2025.<ref name="Mathrubhumi" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
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