Shyamkrishnan R. is a Malayalam language short story writer from Kerala, India. His short story collection Meeshakallan won many awards including the Yuva Puraskar (2024) by Sahitya Akademi.

Shyamkrishnan R.
BornKolachery in Kannur district, Kerala
OccupationShort story writer
Alma materAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
Kozhikode Medical College
Notable worksMeeshakallan
Notable awardsYuva Puraskar
SpouseKavya P. G.

Biography

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Shyamkrishnan was born in a small town named Kolachery in Kannur district of Kerala state, India.[1] His father A.P. Rameshan was a former school headmaster, and his mother O.C. Prasanna is working as AEO of Kannur North.[1] He studied at St. Michael's School in Kannur.[1]

Personal life

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Shyamkrishnan met his wife Kavya P. G., who is also a poet, at a literature camp in Thrissur in 2015.[1] In 2022, they got married.[1]

Literary career

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He used to write short poems during his school days, but focussed seriously on writing, mainly short stories, when he was studying for MBBS in Kozhikode Medical College.[2] In 2015, when he was in his final year of MBBS, he received the KV Anoop Memorial Award for his story named Madakkam.[2]

The book Meeshakallan consists of eight short stories written from 2019 to 2022 and published in various periodicals.[2]

Pr‌ofessional career

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After completing his MBBS from Kozhikode Medical College, Shyam Krishnan did his MD in Biochemistry from AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.[2][3] Currently he is assistant professor of biochemistry at Malabar Medical College, Kozhikode.[2]

Awards

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His short story collection Meeshakallan won many awards including the Yuva Puraskar (2024) by Sahitya Akademi.[4] Other stories in the collection have won other regional awards also.[1] Meeshakallan also won CV Sriraman Smriti Puraskaram instituted by the CV Sriraman Trust, for young writers in Malayalam,[5] and the KV Anup short story award given as part of the carnival of poetry held at Pattambi Government Sanskrit College.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "വായനയിലേക്ക് കൊണ്ടു വന്നത് അമ്മ, ജീവിതസഖിയെ കണ്ടെത്തിയത് സാഹിത്യ ക്യാംപിൽ; ശ്യാംകൃഷ്ണൻ പറയുന്നു". www.manoramaonline.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e "അംഗീകാരങ്ങൾ പ്രചോദനമാണ്, എഴുത്തിന് ഉത്തരവാദിത്വം കൂടും- ശ്യാംകൃഷ്ണൻ". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  3. ^ PTI (2024-06-15). "Sahitya Akademi announces Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for 2024". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ "ശ്യാംകൃഷ്ണന് കേന്ദ്രസാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി യുവ പുരസ്‌കാരം". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  5. ^ "സി വി ശ്രീരാമൻ സ്മൃതി പുരസ്കാരം ആർ ശ്യാം കൃഷ്ണന്". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  6. ^ "കെ.വി. അനൂപ് ചെറുകഥാപുരസ്കാരം ശ്യാം കൃഷ്ണന് സമ്മാനിച്ചു" (in Malayalam). mathrubhumi. 2024-02-29. Archived from the original on 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)