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Noted Malayalam writer Kunjabdulla passes away
October 27, 2017
Well-known Malayalam novelist and poet Punathil Kunjabdulla passed away on Friday in Kozhikode, Kerala. He was 77.
He had been reportedly suffering from an age-related illness.
A qualified doctor by profession, Kunjabdulla had been running a hospital in Vatakara, and was a modernist in the Malayalam literature.
His novel Smarakasilakal (Memorial Stones) had won him the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award (Malayalam) in 1980.
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