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{{short description|Indian journalist (born 1950)}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = U. K. Kumaran

| pseudonym = U.K
| image = Uk kumaran.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|05|11}}
| birth_place = [[Payyoli, Kozhikode]], Kerala
| occupation = Writer, journalist
| language = [[Malayalam]]
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| genre = Novel, short story, essays
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| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Vayalar Award]]
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'''U. K. Kumaran''' (born 11 May 1950) is a [[Malayalam]]-language novelist, [[short story writer]], essayist and journalist from [[Kerala]], India. He is a recipient of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] and [[Vayalar Award]].<ref>[http://origin-www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=128253 "UK Kumaran felicitated"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108094413/http://origin-www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=128253 |date=8 January 2014 }}. ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013.</ref>

==Biography==

According to ''[[The Hindu]]'', the short story "Chalanam" "is a comprehensive landscape, peopled with characters and nature. Each character should grow and reach a point where they move towards a climax well. You cannot leave them mid-way, unfinished."<ref>P. Anima (4 August 2012). [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/matters-of-the-mind/article3724888.ece "Matters of the mind"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''. Retrieved 13 June 2013.</ref>

==Awards==
Kumaran has received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Policukarante Penmakkal'' (2011) and Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair Award for ''Thakshankunnu Swaroopam'' (2012).<ref>vayalar award (2017)[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sahitya-akademi-awards-announced/article3715418.ece "Sahitya Akademi awards announced"]. ''The Hindu''. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/award-for-uk-kumaran/article4566352.ece "Award for U.K. Kumaran"]. ''The Hindu''. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.</ref> Vayalar Award 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/U-K-Kumaran-wins-Vayalar-award/articleshow/54710203.cms#:~:text=Keep%20reading%2C%20keep%20earning%20TimesPoints!!&text=THIRUVANANTHAPURAM%3A%20Writer%20and%20journalist%20U%20K,Malabar%20during%20the%20previous%20century|title = Kumaran: U K Kumaran wins Vayalar award | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]| date=6 October 2016 }}</ref>

==Works==
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===Novels===
* ''Valayam''
* ''Oridathum Ethathavar''
* ''Mulappaal''
* ''Aasakthi''
* ''Ezhuthappettathu''
* ''Ottavaakkil Oru Jivitam''
* ''Thakshankunnu Swaroopam''
* ''Kananullathalla Kazhchakkal''
* ''Madutha kali''

===Short story collections===
* ''Puthiya Irippidangal''
* ''Madutha Kali''
* ''Paavam Kallan''
* ''Atayalangal Vannukondirikkunnu''
* ''Rail Palathil Oru Kudumbam Dhyanikkunnu''
* ''Achchan Urangunnilla''
* ''Orale Thedi Oraal''
* ''Ottakkoru Stri Odunnathinte Rahasyamenth?''
* ''Onninum Orakalavumilla''
* ''Veedu Samsarikkunnu''
* ''Madhu Shaityam''
* ''Madhye Ingane Kaanunna Nerath''
* ''Matibhramangalude Kaalam''
* ''Kudumba Museum''
* ''Policukaarante Penmakkal''
* ''Tiranjedutha Kathakal''
* ''Sancharikkunna Govani''
* ''Priyappetta Kathakal''
* ''Kannadakalkkappurath''
* ''Valanja Kaalulla Kuta''
* ''Dambathya Katha''
* Viraamasandhi

===Novelettes===
* ''Malarnnu Parakkunna Kakka''
* ''Prasava Ward''
* ''Ellam Kanunna Njan''
* ''Oro Viliyum Kaathu''
* ''Kaanaappurangal''
* ''Addheham''
* ''Bhoothakaala Sancharam''
* ''A. T. M.''
* ''Viralatayalangal Illathavarude Nagaram''
* ''Priyappetta Novelettukal''
* ''Dinaratrangalude Ennam''
* ''Sanghaditham''

===Others===
* ''Gandhiji'' (Biography)
* ''Oru Bandhu Kaathirukkunnu'' (Memoirs)
* ''Anubhavam, Orma, Yathra'' (Memoirs and Travel notes)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/matters-of-the-mind/article3724888.ece Article on U. K. Kumaran] (''[[The Hindu]]'')
* [http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/962 Valanja Kalulla Kuda (Story by U. K. Kumaran)] (''[[Madhyamam Weekly]]'')
* [http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/teachersday/article10.htm A memoir by U. K. Kumaran from the book ''Adhyayana Yathra''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610201750/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/teachersday/article10.htm |date=10 June 2012 }} ([[Mathrubhumi|Mathrubhumi Books]])
* [http://beta.mangalam.com/books/361 Review of ''Anubhavam, Orma, Yathra''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011011019/http://beta.mangalam.com/books/361 |date=11 October 2013 }} (''[[Mangalam Publications|Mangalam]]'')
* [http://www.dcbooks.com/cherukad-award-to-u-k-kumaran.html U. K Kumaran won Cherukad Award 2014]

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[[Category:Malayalam-language novelists]]
[[Category:Malayalam short story writers]]
[[Category:People from Kozhikode district]]
[[Category:Novelists from Kerala]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language journalists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]
[[Category:Journalists from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian male journalists]]
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
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