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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