Award-winning Malayalam writer Punathil Kunjabdulla passed away in Kozhikode on Friday. He was 77.
A doctor by profession, he won the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Smarakasilakal (1980) and the Kerala Sahithya Akademi award twice for the same novel (1978) and Malamukalile Abdulla (1980). He is regarded as one of the representative figures of modernism in Malayalam literature.
His other major works include Marunnu , Kanyavanangal , Kathi and Aligarh Kathakal .
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled with Kunjabdulla's death.
