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{{Short description|Indian author (1935–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox writer 
| name = U. A. Khader
| image = U a khader.jpg
| pseudonym =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1935|11|16}}
| birth_place = [[Bilin, Mon State|Bilin]], [[Rangoon]], [[British Burma|Burma]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|12|1935|11|16|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Calicut]], [[Kerala]], India
| occupation = Writer
| nationality = Indian
| awards = {{hlist|[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2009)|[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1984)}}
| notable_works = ''Thrikkotur Peruma, Raziya Sultana, Katha Pole Jeevitham, Shathru, Srishtavinte Khajana''
}}

'''Ussangaantakathu Abdul Khader''' (16 November 1935{{Spaced en dash}}12 December 2020) was an Indian author. He published in [[Malayalam]], including novels, novellas, short stories, travelogues and non-fiction. His works have been translated to various languages including English, Hindi and Kannada. He was a recipient of the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2009 for his novella ''Thrikkottur Novellakal'' and had earlier received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story|Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1984 for ''Thrikkottur Peruma.''

==Early life==
Khader was born on 16 November 1935,<ref>{{Cite web|title=സാഹിത്യകാരൻ യു.എ.ഖാദർ അന്തരിച്ചു; മലയാളിയെ മോഹിപ്പിച്ച 'തൃക്കോട്ടൂർ പെരുമ'|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2020/12/12/u-a-khader-passes-away.html|access-date=2021-04-24|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424073752/https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2020/12/12/u-a-khader-passes-away.html|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Bilin, Mon State]], near [[Rangoon]] (now Yangon) in today's Myanmar.<ref name=Interview1>Safiya Fathima (10 October 2016). [https://www.azhimukham.com/ua-khader-writer-in-malayalam-interview-safiya/ "ഓര്‍മ്മയിലെ വ്യാളി മുഖങ്ങള്‍; ഒറ്റപ്പെടലിന്റെ, ഭയത്തിന്റെ ബാല്യം-യു എ ഖാദര്‍/അഭിമുഖം"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224062551/https://www.azhimukham.com/ua-khader-writer-in-malayalam-interview-safiya/ |date=24 February 2019 }}. ''Azhimukham''. Retrieved 24 February 2019.</ref> His father Ussangaantakathu Moithootti Haji had migrated to Burma from [[Quilandy]], in the southern Indian region of [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]]. His mother, Mamaidi, was of Burmese origin. His mother died three days after his birth, from [[small pox]].<ref name=Interview1/> With the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], a few years later, his family fled Burma and came to the Malabar Coast, when he was eight years old.<ref name=Interview1/><ref name=":1"/>

On return to India, he grew up as a [[Malayali]] at his father's native place in Quilandy.<ref name="Interview1" /> He completed his schooling from Koyilandy High School.<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 May 2010|title=Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : U.A. Khader felicitated|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/22/stories/2010032262330400.htm|access-date=12 December 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527130100/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/22/stories/2010032262330400.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=27 May 2010}}</ref> Describing his early days, he talked about the dilemma of straddling two distinct cultures. He also talked of his classmates finding him strange because of his features.''<ref name="Bio" />'' He would go on to obtain a degree in painting from the [[Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai|Madras College of Arts]]. During this period he got in touch with noted writers and social activists such as K. A. Kodungalloor and [[C. H. Mohammed Koya]] (who would later go on to become the chief minister of Kerala) during his days as a student in Madras (present day Chennai).<ref name="Madras">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100327072537/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/22/stories/2010032262330400.htm "U.A. Khader felicitated"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 24 February 2019.</ref> His association with Koya would be a turning point, introducing him to books and writing, starting with a copy of [[Vaikom Muhammed Basheer]]'s ''[[Balyakalasakhi (novel)|Balyakalasakhi]].<ref name="Bio">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080815211107/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/11/stories/2008081158940200.htm "U.A. Khader, in his own words"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 24 February 2019.</ref>''

== Career ==
Khader started his writing career by writing for magazines and journals. His first story was published in the Malayalam weekly, ''[[Chandrika (newspaper)|Chandrika]]'', in 1953. The story was based on a real-life incident in which the author had to sell his watch to buy a dinner set as a wedding present for a friend. Khader had written quite harshly about his father and step-mother in the original draft which was later tempered when he handed over the story to C. H. Mohammed Koya, who had it tweaked before publishing it in ''Chandrika''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=22 October 2008|title=Kerala / Kozhikode News : U.A. Khader, in his own words|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/11/stories/2008081158940200.htm|access-date=12 December 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022161828/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/11/stories/2008081158940200.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=22 October 2008}}</ref> Khader would take Koya's message and leave his own personal stories out of his works through his career, with the note that the story was not a space for the author's personal grief, but should instead talk to society.<ref name=":5" />

He was the president of [[Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham]], an organization of artists, writers and art and literature enthusiasts based in Kerala.<ref name=Deshabhimani>K.S. Ravikumar (27 June 2016). [https://www.deshabhimani.com/special/news-weekendspecial-24-07-2016/577216 "തൃക്കോട്ടൂര്‍ പെരുമയുടെ കഥാകാരന്‍"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173357/https://www.deshabhimani.com/special/news-weekendspecial-24-07-2016/577216 |date=24 February 2019 }}. ''Deshabhimani''. Retrieved 24 February 2019.</ref> Over his career, he wrote over 70 books spanning short stories, fiction and non-fiction novels, and travelogues.<ref>{{Cite web|last=ANI|title=Renowned Malayalam writer UA Khader dies at 85|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Renowned-Malayalam-writer-UA-Khader-dies-at-85/12-12-2020-352971|access-date=12 December 2020|website=BW Businessworld|language=en|archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130125018/http://www.businessworld.in/article/Renowned-Malayalam-writer-UA-Khader-dies-at-85/12-12-2020-352971/|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of his notable works included ''Thrikkottur Peruma'', ''Aghorasivam, Arabikadalinte,'' ''Arippravinte Premam, Chempavizham, Katha Pole Jeevitham, Kalasam, Khuraisikkoottam, and Krishnamaniyile Theenaalam, Raziya Sultana'', ''Shathru,'' ''Srishtavinte Khajana, and Theeram.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=12 December 2020|title=Writer U.A. Khader is no more|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/writer-ua-khader-is-no-more/article33316979.ece|access-date=13 December 2020|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212185548/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/writer-ua-khader-is-no-more/article33316979.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>'' His books were translated into many languages including English, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi.<ref name=":6" /> In his travelogue ''Ormakalude Pegoda'' ({{Translation|Pagoda of Memories}}), which was serialised in ''[[Madhyamam Weekly]]'' in January 2012, he describes his nostalgic experiences when he visited his hometown Yangon after 70 years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burmese Malayalis too savour chips, murukku|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/columns/keralaspora/2018/07/27/burmese-malayalis-too-savour-chips-murukku-kerala.html|access-date=12 December 2020|website=OnManorama|language=en|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028022824/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/columns/keralaspora/2018/07/27/burmese-malayalis-too-savour-chips-murukku-kerala.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

His works often focused on the [[Malabar Coast|Northern Malabar]] region of Kerala and the rural life here, with stories building on local myths, customs, and rituals, including the ''nagappattu'' and ''[[theyyam]]''.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Anima|first=P.|date=8 November 2013|title=Raconteur of rustic tales|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/raconteur-of-rustic-tales/article5329893.ece|access-date=12 December 2020|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=23 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223074404/https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/raconteur-of-rustic-tales/article5329893.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> He notably shunned modernism in his works while sticking to local stories. He would say about his choice of stories, "Modernism pushed away the readers at the base. Writers were writing of urban life and alienation that the common man could not relate to."<ref name=":5" /> His women characters were noted to have a "characteristic spunk" having independent views and having a mythical aura with celestial beings, [[Yakshini]]s, as physical manifestations of the metaphorical idea of beauty, making regular appearances.<ref name=":5" /> He draws on celestial characters like [[Unniyarcha]] to demonstrate bravery.<ref name=":5" /> His works also spoke about familial migrations with households being run by women, when the menfolk emigrating for work to places like Myanmar and Singapore.<ref name=":5" />

Khader worked with the Kerala state government's health department administrative division between 1964 and 1990. During this time he was deputed to the Kozhikode ''Akashvani'' (Radio) division between 1967 and 1972.<ref name=":1"/> He had also worked briefly with the Institute of Maternal and Child Health within the Government Medical College in Kozhikode.''<ref name=":6" />''

He was a recipient of the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2009 for his novella ''Thrikkottur Novellakal'' and had earlier received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story|Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Thrikkotur Peruma'' in 1983.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=12 December 2020|title=Renowned Malayalam writer UA Khader passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/renowned-malayalam-writer-u-a-khader-passes-away/|access-date=12 December 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212142324/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/renowned-malayalam-writer-u-a-khader-passes-away/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4" />

== Death ==
He died on 12 December 2020 at a private hospital in Calicut.<ref name=":1"/> He had been suffering from respiratory ailments and was also undergoing treatment for cancer.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Eminent Malayalam writer UA Khader passes away at 85|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/dec/12/eminent-malayalam-writer-ua-khader-passes-away-at-85-2235407.html|access-date=12 December 2020|website=The New Indian Express|date=12 December 2020 |archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212174108/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/dec/12/eminent-malayalam-writer-ua-khader-passes-away-at-85-2235407.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Earlier in 2019, the Kerala state government had decided to cover his treatment expenses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala to meet treatment expenses of U A Khader|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/160619/kerala-to-meet-treatment-expenses-of-ua-khader.html|access-date=12 December 2020|website=Deccan Chronicle|date=16 June 2019|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617061723/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/160619/kerala-to-meet-treatment-expenses-of-ua-khader.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
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* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Kōl̲i mūnnuvaṭṭaṃ kūkuṃ munpȧ.|date=1962|publisher=Kēraḷā Bukkȧ Hausȧ|location=Koṭuṅṅallūr|oclc=20432615}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Kāṭṭile kathakaḷ, kāṭṭuvargakkāre sambandhicca kathakaḷ.|date=1962|publisher=Pi. Ke. Br̲adērsȧ|location=Kōl̲ikkōṭȧ|oclc=20432617}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Vaḷḷūramma: nōval|date=1965|publisher=Pi. Ke. Br̲adēl̲s|location=Kōl̲ikkōṭȧ|oclc=31932084}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Caṅṅala, nōval.|date=1966|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ|location=Kōṭṭayaṃ|oclc=20432622}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Pr̲ēmapūrvaṃ: cer̲ukathakaḷ|date=1967|publisher=Pi. Ke. Br̲adēl̲s|location=Kōl̲ikkōṭȧ|oclc=31932022}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Śatr̲u, nōval.|date=1967|publisher=Purabhātȧ Bukkhausȧ|location=Tiruvanatapuraṃ|oclc=31933066}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Missis Mēnōn: nōval|date=1972|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : [Sales Dept.], Nāṣanal Bukkst̲āḷ|location=Kōṭṭayaṃ|oclc=30905286}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Yamunayuṭe ur̲akaḷ: nōval|date=1972|publisher=Auroville Publishers] : Vitaraṇaṃ, Vidyārtthimitr̲aṃ Bukkuḍippō|location=Kottayam|oclc=30865223}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Iṇayuṭe vēdāntaṃ: nōval|date=1972|publisher=Āminā Bukkȧ St̲āḷ|location=Tr̥śūr|oclc=30903436}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81664&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Khuraisi koottam|date=1974|publisher=S.P.C.S|location=Kottayam}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Khur̲aiśikkūṭṭaṃ: nōval|date=1974|publisher=Auroville Publishers : Vitaraṇaṃ, Vidyārtthimitr̲aṃ Bukkuḍippō|location=Kottayam|oclc=39768778}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Ar̲abikkaṭalint̲e tīraṃ: nōvaḷ|date=1979|publisher=Vidyārthimitr̲aṃ Bukkuḍippo|location=Kōṭṭayaṃ|oclc=6148197}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77551&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Kunchabdulla Hajiyum Koottarum|date=1981|publisher=D.C. Books|location=Kottayam}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Aṭiyādhāraṃ|date=1986|publisher=Mātr̥bhumi Print̲iṅg ānt̲ Pabḷiṣiṅg Kampani|location=Kōl̲ikkōṭ|oclc=18636474}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Kadhar Ennal|date=1988|publisher=Ḍi. Si. Buks : Distributors, Current Books|location=Kōṭṭayaṃ|oclc=23925165}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=82783&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Nanikuttiyede nadu|date=1990|publisher=S.P.C.S|location=Kottayam}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Srastavinte Khajana Novalettukal.|date=1992|publisher=Kar̲ant̲ Buks|location=Tr̥śūr|oclc=31241343}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Thrikkottur Kathakal|date=1993|publisher=Ḍi. Si. Buks : Distributors, Current Books|isbn=978-81-7130-297-0|location=Kōṭṭayaṃ|oclc=31241307}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Pumarattalirukal|date=1995|publisher=Ḍi. Si. Buks|isbn=978-81-7130-555-1|location=Kottayam|oclc=35241032}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khadar|first=U. A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=krhxoDIRrPwC|title=Katha Pole Jeevitham|date=1996|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-7130-119-5}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Krishnanmaniyie Tinalam Kathakal|date=1999|publisher=Ḍi. Si. Buks : Distributors, Current Books|isbn=978-81-7130-989-4|location=Kottayam|oclc=44167509}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Aghorasivam|date=2000|publisher=Ḍi. Si. Buks : Distributors, Current Books|isbn=978-81-264-0112-3|location=Kottayam|oclc=45438645}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Mesavilakku: Novel.|date=2002|publisher=Kar̲ant̲ Buks : Distribution, CosmoBooks|location=Tr̥śśūr|oclc=52326541}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84696&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Poomarathalirukal|date=2004|publisher=Lipi Publications|location=Kozhikode}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last1=Khader|first1=U. A.|title=Kalasam|last2=Tilak|first2=Ḍō. Pi. Ke|date=2004|publisher=Ḍi. Si. Buks|isbn=978-81-264-0902-0|location=Kottayam|oclc=60393169}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Nanikkuttiyute Nat|date=2006|publisher=Grīn Buks|isbn=978-81-88582-87-7|location=Thrissur|oclc=70200280}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=283573&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Anuragam ivan padumpol|date=2007|publisher=Green Books|isbn=978-81-8423-086-4|location=Kozhikode}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85821&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Mesavilakku|date=2007|publisher=Poorna Publications|isbn=978-81-300-0723-6|location=Kozhikode}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86103&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Malayalathinte suvarna kathakal|date=2007|publisher=Green Books|isbn=978-81-8423-087-1|location=Thrissur}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=329876&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Thrikkottur novellakal|date=2007|publisher=D.C. Bookks|location=Kottayam}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=104260&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Padippura varthamanam|date=2008|publisher=Mathrubhumi Books|isbn=978-81-8264-694-0|location=Kozhikode|archive-date=5 September 2022|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905234730/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=104260&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|url-status=dead}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Anubhavaṃ, ōrma, yātr̲a|date=2010|publisher=Oliv|isbn=978-81-87474-97-5|location=Kozhikode|oclc=659307155}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Vaṃśāvaliyuṭe cōrakkinippukaḷ|date=2010|publisher=Ḍi. Si. Buks|isbn=978-81-264-2861-8|location=Kottayam|oclc=702169224}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=283363&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Thrikottoor novellakal|date=2010|publisher=D C Books|isbn=978-81-264-1708-7|location=Kottayam}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=105683&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Adayala mudrakal: ormakal|date=2011|publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative society|isbn=978-0-00-017185-6|location=Kottayam}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=336737&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=Poomarathalirukal|date=2011|publisher=Poorna Publication|location=Kozhikode}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=115007&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=U A Khadarinte thirenjetutha kathakal|date=2012|publisher=Poorna|isbn=978-81-300-0802-8|edition=2nd|location=Kozhikode}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|title=Ormakalute Pegoda|date=2012|publisher=DC Books : Distributors, Current Books|isbn=978-81-264-3977-5|location=Kottayam|oclc=876816870}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khader|first=U. A.|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=330273&query_desc=au:%22Khader,%20U%20A.%22|title=U. A. Khadarinte thiranhedutha kathakal|date=2012|publisher=Poorna|isbn=978-81-300-0802-8|location=Kozhikode}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
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==Awards==
* 1984: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]] – ''Thrikkottur Peruma''<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701125549/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |date=1 July 2017}}. [[Government of Kerala]]. Retrieved 20 December 2019.</ref>
* 1993: S. K. Pottekkattu Award – ''Katha Pole Jeevitham''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=UNI India – Noted Malayalam Writer Novelist U A Khader Dies|url=http://www.uniindia.com/noted-malayalam-writer-novelist-u-a-khader-dies/south/news/2261722.html|access-date=12 December 2020|website=UNI India|archive-date=12 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412065721/http://www.uniindia.com/noted-malayalam-writer-novelist-u-a-khader-dies/south/news/2261722.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1993: [[Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award]] (Novel) – ''Oru Piti Vattu<ref>{{Cite web|title=U A Khader bags Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2019|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/u-a-khader-bags-mathrubhumi-literary-award-2019--1.4372407|access-date=12 December 2020|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|archive-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219012513/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/u-a-khader-bags-mathrubhumi-literary-award-2019--1.4372407|url-status=dead}}</ref>''
* 1999: C. H. Mohammed Koya Award – ''Kalimuttam<ref name=":0" />''
* 2002: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] – ''അഘോരശിവം''
* 2009: [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]] – ''Thrikkottur Peruma''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news.php?id=28086 |title="Kendra Sahithya Academy award for U A Khader" |access-date=6 November 2011 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203181216/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news.php?id=28086 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2019: [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]] – Contributions to Malayalam literature<ref>{{cite news |title=U A Khader bags Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2019 |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/u-a-khader-bags-mathrubhumi-literary-award-2019--1.4372407 |access-date=20 December 2019 |newspaper=Mathrubhumi |location=[[Calicut]] |date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=19 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219012513/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/u-a-khader-bags-mathrubhumi-literary-award-2019--1.4372407 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Malayalam}}
{{Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship}}
{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}
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