E. P. Sreekumar is an Indian short story writer and novelist in Malayalam. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 2010 for his collection Parasya Sareeram. He is also a recipient of Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award, C. V. Sreeraman Award and Ulloor Award. Biography Sreekumar was born in Pallipuram near Cherai in Ernakulam district, Kerala. He worked for 35 years at the People's Urban Cooperative Bank in Tripunithura and retired as its General Manager in 2014. He published a science fiction novel titled Maramudra in 2002 which a prize in a competition held as part of the golden jubilee of Current Books. His other works include the short story collections Parasya Sareeram, Currency and Adhwanavetta, and the novels Mamsapporu and Dravyam. Awards Sreekumar is a recipient of several awards including: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 2011 for Parasya Sareeram Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award in 2015 for Currency K. R. Manoraj Award in 2015 for Currency C. V. Sreeraman Award in 2018 for Adhwanavetta Ulloor Award in 2019 for Adhwanavetta Current Books Golden Jubilee Novel Award for Maramudra T. V. Kochubava Award S. K. Pottekkatt Award SBT Literary Award Works Short story collections Parasya Sareeram (DC Books, 2008) Currency (Mathrubhumi Books, 2014) Kanneerppasu (Logos Books, 2017) Adhwanavetta (DC Books, 2017) Khalasi (DC Books, 2022) Novels Maramudra (Current Books, 2002) Mamsapporu (DC Books, 2013) Dravyam (DC Books, 2021) References External links "കണ്ണീർപ്പശു" [Kanneerppasu] (Full text of the short story) at Puzha.com "ഖലാസി" [Khalasi] (Full text of the short story) at Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika Further reading Malayalam novelists Malayalam-language writers Writers from Kochi Indian male novelists Indian male short story writers Living people 20th-century Indian short story writers 20th-century Indian novelists 21st-century Indian novelists 21st-century Indian short story writers Novelists from Kerala 20th-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian male writers Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Recipients of the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award Year of birth missing (living people)