E Harikumar
(13 July 1943 – 24 March 2020)
Short story writer and novelist in Malayalam. Born on 13th July 1943 in Ponani a coastal town between Calicut and Kochi. Parents: Edasseri Govindan Nair, wellknown poet and playwright and E. Janaki Amma, who in her early years had written poems and stories and translated Tagore’s Fruit Gathering into Malayalam.
Married Lalitha. Son Ajay, married. Wife: Subha.
Harikumar was a member of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, the foremost literary institution under the Cultural Department of Government of Kerala, for two terms
from 1998 till 2006.
Awards:
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 1988 for anthology of short stories titled Dinosarinte Kutty (The Dinosaur’s Baby)
- Padmarajan Award in 1997 for the best story of the year
‘Pachhapayyine Pidikkan’ (To Catch A Grasshopper)
- Nalappadan Award in 1998 for the book ‘Sookshichu Vacha Mayilpeeli’ (Peacock Feather Treasured)
- Kathapeedam Award in 2006 for the book ‘Anithayude Veedu’
(Anitha’s House)
- Kerala State Chalachithra Academi Award in 2012 for best story for the TV film ‘Sreeparvathiyude Paadam’ (Holy Foot of Goddess Sreeparvathi)
Books by E. Harikumar:
Novels:
- Urangunna Sarpangal (The Serpents Dormant)
- Asaktiyude Agninalangal (The Flames of Passion)
- Oru Kudumbapuranam (A Family Saga)
- Engine Drivere Snehicha Penkutti (The Girl Who Loved An Engine Driver)
- Ayanangal (The Solstices)
- Thadakatheerathu (On the banks of the Lakes)
- Pranayathinnoru Software (A software for Love)
- Kochambratti (Young Mistress)
- Ariyathalangalilekku (Journey to the Unknown)
Collection of Short Stories:
- Koorakal (The Cockroaches)
- Vrishabhathinte Kannu (The eye of the Taurus)
- Kumkumam Vithariya Vazhikal (Alleys Sprinkled With Vermilion)
- Dinosarinte Kutti (The Dinosaur’s Baby)
- Canadayilninnoru Rajakumari (A Princess from Canada)
- Sreeparvathiyude Paadam (The Holy Foot of Sri Parvathi)
- Sookshichu Vacha Mayilpeeli (The Peacock Feather Treasured)
- Pachappayine Pidikkan (To Catch a Grasshopper)
- Doore Oru Nagarathil (In a City Far Away)
- Karutha Thambratti (The Black Mistress)
- Anithayude Veedu (Anitha’s House)
- Nagaravasiyaya Oru Kutti (Boy Who Lives in the City)
- Ilaveyilinte Santhwanam (Solace of the Mellow Sunshine)
- Vellithirayilennapole (As If In A Silver Screen)
- Ente Streekal (My Women)
Memoir:
- Nee Evideyanenkilum (Wherever You’re)
- Ee Ormakal Marikkathirikkatte (Let Not Die These Memories)
Preface: E Harikumar's
Stories | Novels | Screenplays
