E. Karunakaran, short story writer (06.11.1948 – 02.03.2001)

We are devoting this page to his loving memory. He has written a few stories, some articles and a TV script on Appan Thampuran.  

Son of the best master story writer of all times, Uroob (P.C. Kuttikrishnan), Karunakaran  was born in Ponani, a coastal town of Kerala. Mother E. Devaki Amma. He married P.K. Lakshmi on 15th March 1981. He had his education till graduate level at Kozhikkode.                                                                                                                 

Karunakaran died of heart attack at the age of 53.                                                                              

He could publish only one book titled “Sreekumarapakshi”, a collection of short stories in the year 1978. Immediately after his death in the year 2001 ‘Pappiyon’ published another collection of his stories titled “Stories”.                                                                                                                 

He worked as a representative with a ball bearing company in Calcutta from 1970 to 1980 and returned to Kerala to join Kerala Sahitya Akademi and was in-charge of Appan Thampuram Smarakam, Ayyanthole, Thrissur. Being a rebel, he could not get along well with the Authorities.