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'''Benyamin''' (born '''Benny Daniel''' in 1971) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in [[Malayalam language]] from Nhettur, [[Kulanada]], near [[Pandalam]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]]. He lived in the [[Kingdom of Bahrain]] from 1992 to 2013, before returning to Kerala.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/the-prodigal-son-returned-author-benny-daniel-on-his-return-to-india/|title=The prodigal son returned: Author Benyamin on his return to India|date=2015-12-06|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-25|language=en-US}}</ref> His works appear regularly in Malayalam publications in Kerala.
'''Benyamin''' (born '''Benny Daniel''' in 1971) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in [[Malayalam]] from Njettur, [[Kulanada]], near [[Pandalam]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]]. He lived in the [[Kingdom of Bahrain]] from 1992 to 2013, before returning to Kerala.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/the-prodigal-son-returned-author-benny-daniel-on-his-return-to-india/|title=The prodigal son returned: Author Benyamin on his return to India|date=2015-12-06|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-25|language=en-US}}</ref> His works appear regularly in Malayalam publications in Kerala.


''[[Goat Days]]'' (''Aadujeevitham
''[[Goat Days]]'' (''Aadujeevitham''), his most famous novel, portrays the life of an Indian labourer in [[Saudi Arabia]]. It is used as a textbook at [[Kerala University]], [[Calicut University]], [[Bharathiar University]], [[Pondicherry University]] and 10th standard for Kerala State syllabus.<ref>{{Cite web|last=infomate|first=Team|date=2021-06-14|title=Aadujeevitham novel: The Best Malayalam Novel(adujeevitham)|url=https://theinfomate.com/aadujeevitham-novel/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=The Infomate is the right choice. We ensure 100% of honesty in our word|language=en-US}}</ref>
''), his most famous novel, portrays the life of an Indian labourer in [[Saudi Arabia]]. It is used as a textbook at [[Kerala University]], [[Calicut University]], [[Bharathiar University]], [[Pondicherry University]] and 10th standard for Kerala State syllabus.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}


''[[Jasmine Days]]'' ([[Juggernaut Books]], 2018), translated by Shahnaz Habib won the inaugural [[JCB Prize for Literature]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/malayalam-author-benyamins-jasmine-days-wins-first-jcb-prize-for-literature/article25319469.ece|title=Malayalam author Benyamin’s 'Jasmine Days' wins first JCB Prize for literature|date=2018-10-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-10-25|language=en-US}}</ref> India's richest literary prize. It was originally written in Malayalam and translated by Shahnaz Habib, and is a “brilliant and intense novel”, jury chairperson Vivek Shanbag (author ''[[Ghachar Ghochar]])'' said while announcing the richest literary award in the country. The book tells the story of a young woman Sameera Parvin who moves to a middle eastern city and find herself in the middle of a revolution. It revolves around the Jasmine Revolution that sprang up in December 2010 and was quelled by January 2011.<ref name="One is the loneliest number">{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/read/one-is-the-loneliest-number/article25687804.ece | title=One is the loneliest number | publisher=The Hindu BusinessLine | date=December 7, 2018 | accessdate=January 22, 2019}}</ref>
''[[Jasmine Days]]'' ([[Juggernaut Books]], 2018), translated by Shahnaz Habib won the inaugural [[JCB Prize for Literature]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/malayalam-author-benyamins-jasmine-days-wins-first-jcb-prize-for-literature/article25319469.ece|title=Malayalam author Benyamin’s 'Jasmine Days' wins first JCB Prize for literature|date=2018-10-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-10-25|language=en-US}}</ref> JCB Prize for Literature gives 25 lakhs to the winner. If the winning work is a translation, the translator gets an additional 10 lakh<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-04|title=Debuts and translations make up the JCB Prize 2021 shortlist|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/talking-point/debuts-and-translations-make-up-the-jcb-prize-2021-shortlist-111633324178619.html|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Mintlounge|language=en}}</ref>.It was originally written in Malayalam and translated by Shahnaz Habib, and is a "''brilliant and intense novel''", jury chairperson Vivek Shanbag (author ''[[Ghachar Ghochar]])'' said while announcing the richest literary award in the country.  
 
The book tells the story of a young woman Sameera Parvin who moves to a middle eastern city and find herself in the middle of a revolution. It revolves around the [[Tunisian Revolution|Jasmine Revolution]] that sprang up in December 2010 and was quelled by January 2011.<ref name="One is the loneliest number">{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/read/one-is-the-loneliest-number/article25687804.ece | title=One is the loneliest number | publisher=The Hindu BusinessLine | date=December 7, 2018 | accessdate=January 22, 2019}}</ref>


==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==
*2009 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]], winner, ''Aadujeevitham''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065:aboutkerala-literary-awards&catid=271:about-kerala&Itemid=2379|publisher=Government of Kerala|title=Literary Awards|accessdate=August 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701184347/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065%3Aaboutkerala-literary-awards&catid=271%3Aabout-kerala&Itemid=2379|archivedate=July 1, 2014}}</ref>
* 2009 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]], Winner, ''[[Goat Days|Aadujeevitham]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065:aboutkerala-literary-awards&catid=271:about-kerala&Itemid=2379|publisher=Government of Kerala|title=Literary Awards|accessdate=August 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701184347/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065%3Aaboutkerala-literary-awards&catid=271%3Aabout-kerala&Itemid=2379|archivedate=July 1, 2014}}</ref>
*2012 [[Man Asian Literary Prize]], longlist, ''Goat Days''<ref name=pw2012>{{cite web |url=http://www.pw.org/content/man_asian_literary_prize_announces_longlist?cmnt_all=1 |title=Man Asian Literary Prize Announces Long List |work=[[Poets & Writers]] |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=December 18, 2012 |accessdate=January 9, 2013}}</ref>  
* 2012 [[Man Asian Literary Prize]], Longlist, ''Goat Days''<ref name=pw2012>{{cite web |url=http://www.pw.org/content/man_asian_literary_prize_announces_longlist?cmnt_all=1 |title=Man Asian Literary Prize Announces Long List |work=[[Poets & Writers]] |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=December 18, 2012 |accessdate=January 9, 2013}}</ref>  
*2013 [[DSC Prize for South Asian Literature]], shortlist, ''Goat Days''<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[India Today]]|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-writers-dsc-prize-south-asian-literature-2014-anand-benyamin-cyrus-mistry/1/325976.html|title=Three Indians in race for DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2014|date=November 22, 2013|accessdate=November 22, 2013|author=Ashlin Mathew}}</ref>
*2013 [[DSC Prize for South Asian Literature]], Shortlist, ''Goat Days''<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[India Today]]|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-writers-dsc-prize-south-asian-literature-2014-anand-benyamin-cyrus-mistry/1/325976.html|title=Three Indians in race for DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2014|date=November 22, 2013|accessdate=November 22, 2013|author=Ashlin Mathew}}</ref>
* 2015 [[Padmaprabha Literary Award]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metrovaartha.com/en/2015/08/30/benyamin-chosen-for-padma-prabha-puraskaram/|title=Benyamin chosen for Padma Prabha puraskaram|date=August 30, 2015|publisher=Metro Vaartha|accessdate=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122221205/http://metrovaartha.com/en/2015/08/30/benyamin-chosen-for-padma-prabha-puraskaram/|archive-date=22 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2015 [[Padmaprabha Literary Award]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metrovaartha.com/en/2015/08/30/benyamin-chosen-for-padma-prabha-puraskaram/|title=Benyamin chosen for Padma Prabha puraskaram|date=August 30, 2015|publisher=Metro Vaartha|accessdate=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122221205/http://metrovaartha.com/en/2015/08/30/benyamin-chosen-for-padma-prabha-puraskaram/|archive-date=22 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2018 [[JCB Prize|JCB Prize for Literature]], winner, ''[[Jasmine Days]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thejcbprize.org/winner2018/index/2806361d-0c52-4c94-a207-993f47734595|title=Jasmine Days - Benyamin|website=thejcbprize.org|access-date=2018-10-25}}</ref>
* 2018 [[JCB Prize|JCB Prize for Literature]], Winner, ''[[Jasmine Days]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thejcbprize.org/winner2018/index/2806361d-0c52-4c94-a207-993f47734595|title=Jasmine Days - Benyamin|website=thejcbprize.org|access-date=2018-10-25}}</ref>
*2018 [[Crossword Book Award]] for Indian language translation, winner ‘’[[Jasmine days]]’’<ref name="Crossword Book Award - Winners">{{Cite web |url=https://www.crossword.in/winning_titles |title=Crossword Book Award - Winners |date=2019-03-31 |website=www.crossword.in |access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
* 2018 [[Crossword Book Award]] for Indian language translation, Winner, ''Jasmine Days''<ref name="Crossword Book Award - Winners">{{Cite web |url=https://www.crossword.in/winning_titles |title=Crossword Book Award - Winners |date=2019-03-31 |website=www.crossword.in |access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
*2019 [[Muttathu Varkey Award]]
* 2019 [[Muttathu Varkey Award]]


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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* ''Anubhavam, Ormma, Yaathra'' (Experience, Memories & Travel)
* ''Anubhavam, Ormma, Yaathra'' (Experience, Memories & Travel)
* ''Irattamukhamulla Nagaram'' (travel)
* ''Irattamukhamulla Nagaram'' (travel)
* Manthalirile 20 communist varshangal
* Manthalirile 20 communist varshangal (novel)
 
* Shareera Shasthram
* Shareera Shasthram
* ''[[Jasmine Days]]'', translated by Shahnaz Habib (Novel)
* ''[[Jasmine Days]]'', translated by Shahnaz Habib (Novel)
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For others with similar name, see Benjamin (disambiguation).
Benyamin
BornBenny Daniel
1971 (1971) (age 55)
Kulanada, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India
Pen nameBenyamin
LanguageMalayalam
NationalityIndian
Notable worksGoat Days
Notable awards

Benyamin (born Benny Daniel in 1971) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Malayalam from Njettur, Kulanada, near Pandalam of the south Indian state of Kerala. He lived in the Kingdom of Bahrain from 1992 to 2013, before returning to Kerala.[1] His works appear regularly in Malayalam publications in Kerala.

Goat Days (Aadujeevitham), his most famous novel, portrays the life of an Indian labourer in Saudi Arabia. It is used as a textbook at Kerala University, Calicut University, Bharathiar University, Pondicherry University and 10th standard for Kerala State syllabus.[2]

Jasmine Days (Juggernaut Books, 2018), translated by Shahnaz Habib won the inaugural JCB Prize for Literature,[3] JCB Prize for Literature gives 25 lakhs to the winner. If the winning work is a translation, the translator gets an additional 10 lakh[4].It was originally written in Malayalam and translated by Shahnaz Habib, and is a "brilliant and intense novel", jury chairperson Vivek Shanbag (author Ghachar Ghochar) said while announcing the richest literary award in the country.

The book tells the story of a young woman Sameera Parvin who moves to a middle eastern city and find herself in the middle of a revolution. It revolves around the Jasmine Revolution that sprang up in December 2010 and was quelled by January 2011.[5]

Awards and honours

Bibliography

  • Aadujeevitham (Goat Days) (novel)
  • Abeesagin (a name from the Old Testament) (novel)
  • Pravachakanmarude Randam Pustakam (The Second Book of Prophets) (novel)
  • Akkapporinte Irupathu Nasrani Varshangal (Twenty Years of Christian Quarrels) (novel)
  • Manja Veyil Maranangal(Yellow Lights of Death) (novel)
  • Al Arabian Novel Factory, Mullappoo Niramulla Pakalukal (novels)
  • Euthanasia (Mercy Killing) (collection of short stories)
  • Penmarattam (Ladies Sex) (collection of short stories)
  • EMS um Penkuttiyum (EMS and the Girl) (collection of short stories)
  • Irunda Vanasthalikal (Dark Forest Places) (notes)
  • Anubhavam, Ormma, Yaathra (Experience, Memories & Travel)
  • Irattamukhamulla Nagaram (travel)
  • Manthalirile 20 communist varshangal (novel)
  • Shareera Shasthram
  • Jasmine Days, translated by Shahnaz Habib (Novel)
  • Nishabda Sancharangal.

References

  1. ↑ "The prodigal son returned: Author Benyamin on his return to India". The Indian Express. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. ↑ infomate, Team (14 June 2021). "Aadujeevitham novel: The Best Malayalam Novel(adujeevitham)". The Infomate is the right choice. We ensure 100% of honesty in our word. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Malayalam author Benyamin's 'Jasmine Days' wins first JCB Prize for literature". The Hindu. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Debuts and translations make up the JCB Prize 2021 shortlist". Mintlounge. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "One is the loneliest number". The Hindu BusinessLine. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Literary Awards". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Staff writer (18 December 2012). "Man Asian Literary Prize Announces Long List". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  8. ↑ Ashlin Mathew (22 November 2013). "Three Indians in race for DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2014". India Today. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Benyamin chosen for Padma Prabha puraskaram". Metro Vaartha. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Jasmine Days - Benyamin". thejcbprize.org. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Crossword Book Award - Winners". www.crossword.in. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

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