Writer Ambikasuthan Mangad wins Odakkuzhal Award for his prescient 'Pranavayu'

Writer Ambikasuthan Mangad wins Odakkuzhal Award for his prescient 'Pranavayu'

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Category : Awards Published on: January 07 2023

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Writer Ambikasuthan Mangad has won this year's prestigious 'Odakkuzhal' Award for his portentous short story 'Pranavayu' (The Breath of Life).
'Pranavayu' written in 2015 tells the story of a dystopian world where people have to buy oxygen kits for survival.
In November 2021, Dr Suma S, assistant professor at Government Arts and Science College in Kozhikode, translated it into Hindi.
In 2016, writer M. A. Rahman, also from Kasaragod, won the 'Odakkuzhal' Award for his work 'Oro Jeevanum Vilappettathanu' (Every Life is Precious) which also dealt with endosulfan survivors.
The Odakuzhal award has been instituted by Mahakavi G Sankara Kurup-founded Guruvayurappan Trust and has been honouring the best literary works in Malayalam since 1968.
The award comprises a citation, a plaque and a cheque for Rs 30,000.
Odakkuzhal Award is an annual literary award instituted in 1968 by Malayalam Poet G Sankara Kurup to commemorate the Jnanpith Award he won that year.

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