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Ramesan Mullassery
BornPiravom, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter, short story writer, novelist
Notable works
  • Gobaraha
  • Shootout
  • Mudiyett- Oru Padanam
Notable awards

Ramesan Mullassery is an Indian writer, short story writer and novelist who writes in Malayalam language. He has written a number of books, covering children's literature, mythological and biblical stories, sports -based novels and studies in ancient art forms and culture. He received the Vettoor Raman Nair Katha Sammanam in 2023.[1] He is also a recipient of the 2025 M. P. Paul Short story Special Jury Prize.[2]

Mullassery, born in Piravom, in Ernakulam district of the south Indian state of Kerala, served in Kerala Government service and superannuated from service as Tehsildar.[3] His first book, Injury Time[4] was published in 2017, a novel with football as background which was followed by Arjuna Kathakal,[5] published the next year, which is a compilation of stories from Mahabharata for children. Barbareekam, a novel based on a character of Mahabharata,[6] named Barbareekan, Kalamboor Republic, a novel on the pre-independent Kerala,[7] Shootout,[8][9] another novel with football as the background, Gobaraha, inspired by the life of Palwankar Baloo, the legendary cricketer and political activist,[10][11] Namaan, Sandehiyude Suvisesham a novel fashioned out of the Old Testament story of Namaan,[12] and another novel by name, Bhoopadathil Illathe Poyavar, based on nomadic lives,[13] Charvakanmar Undakunnathu, a short story anthology are his other works.[3] He has also written a book, Mudiyett - Oru Padanam, which is a study on an ancient Kerala artform of the same name and published by Kerala Sahithya Akademi.[14] Mullassery, who lives in Piravom, has also written several short stories and articles in contemporary periodicals.[15][16][17][18]

Bibliography

Title Year Genre
Injury Time[4] 2017 Novel
Arjuna Kathakal[5] 2018 Children's literature
Barbareekam[6] 2018 Short story anthology
Kalamboor Republic[7] 2018 Novel
Charvakanmar Undakunnathu[3] 2022 Short story anthology
Shootout[9] 2022 Novel
Namaan, Sandehiyude Suvisesham[12] 2022 Novel
Gobaraha[11] 2023 Novel
Bhoopadathil Illathe Poyavar[13] 2023 Novel
Mudiyett[14] 2025 Classical study

See also

References

  1. ↑ admin (February 18, 2025). "Author Profile - Keralaliterature.com". Keralaliterature.com. Archived from the original on 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  2. ↑ "MP Paul Short Story Award presented to Ash Ashita". Newspaper. July 12, 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Present day relevance of Charvaka". Manorama Online (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Injury Time". KeralaBookStore.com (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Arjunakathakal". Goodreads. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Barbareekam". Goodreads. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Kalamboor Republic". Goodreads. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  8. ↑ "Rameshan Mullassery's Novel Shootout". Mathrubhumi. October 21, 2022. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Shootout". Goodreads. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  10. ↑ Neelakandan, C R (March 10, 2024). "Cricket and Caste | A novel called 'Gobaraha' written by Ramesan Mullassery | Madhyamam". www.madhyamam.com (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Paul, Dr Vinil (December 5, 2023). "The Times of a Dalit Cricketer and Questions of Human Dignity - Truecopy Think". truecopythink.media. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Naaman Sandehiyude Suvisesham". Amazon. September 6, 2025.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Bhoopadangalil Illaathepoyavar". Book Bang Theory. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Mudiyett - Oru Padanam". KeralaBookStore.com (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  15. ↑ "Ritual forms based on the Kali-Darika mythology". The Malabar Journal. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  16. ↑ Mullassery, Ramesan (April 5, 2023). "Jatropha milk, green lime and coconut flower bunch; Vaikom Satyagraha leaves the remaining questions - Truecopy Think". truecopythink.media. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  17. ↑ "Thasrak". Thasrak. July 7, 2020. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  18. ↑ Mullaserry, Ramesan. "The Last Bus". malayalam.indianexpress.com (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 2025-09-06.

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