Delhi), a novel published in November 2011 is his recollections in India's capital city, New Delhi. Mukundan served as the president of Kerala Sahitya Akademi from October 2006 until March 2010. Awards and honours Mukundan received Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1973 for Ee Lokam Athiloru Manushyan. This was followed by Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 when Daivathinte Vikrithikal (God's Mischief) was selected for the award; the novel also received the N.V. Puraskaram. He received two honours in 1998, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres of the Government of France and the Muttathu Varkey Award. He received the Vayalar Award in 2003, for Kesavante Vilapangal (Kesavan's Lamentations) and three years later, the English translation of Kesavan's Lamentations received the 2006 Crossword Book Award. The Government of Kerala awarded him their highest literary honour Ezhuthachan Puraskaram in 2018. He also received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship the same year. He is also a recipient of M. P. Paul Award. In 2017, he received the T. K. Ramakrishnan Award, awarded as part of the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Awards, for his overall contribution. Mukundan received the JCB prize for literature in 2021 for his book Delhi: A Soliloquy. His novel Nritham Cheyyunna Kudakal received the Basheer Award in 2022. Works Novels Novelettes Short story collections Non-fiction Enthanu Aadhunikatha? (Calicut: Poorna, 1976) Memoirs Anubhavam Ormma Yathra (Calicut: Olive, 2014) Works translated 1999. On the Banks of the Mayyazhi. Trans. Gita Krishnankutty. Chennai: Manas. 2002. Sur les rives du fleuve Mahé. Trans. Sophie Bastide-Foltz. Actes Sud. 2002. God's Mischief. Trans. Prema Jayakumar. Delhi: Penguin. 2004. Adityan, Radha, and Others. Trans. C Gopinathan Pillai. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 2005. The Train that Had Wings: Selected Short Stories of M. Mukundan. trans. Donald R. Davis, Jr. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2006. Kesavan's Lamentations. Trans. A.J. Thomas. New Delhi: Rupa. 2007. Nrittam: A Malayalam Novel. Trans. Mary Thundyil Mathew. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. References Further reading External links Works and Reviews Interview with M. Mukundan 1942 births Living people Malayali people Indian male novelists Indian male short story writers Malayalam-language writers Malayalam short story writers Malayalam novelists Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Kerala State Film Award winners 20th-century Indian short story writers People from Mahe district Novelists from Puducherry 20th-century Indian novelists 21st-century