Vinoy Thomas

Vinoy Thomas is an Indian writer who writes in Malayalam. Known for his novels, Karikkottakkari and Puttu as well as for his short stories such as Ramachi, Thomas is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel. Churuli, a Lijo Jose Pellissery movie, is based on one of his stories.

Vinoy Thomas
Born	Nellikkampoyil, Iritty, Kannur, Kerala, India
Alma mater	St. Joseph's High School, Kunnoth University of Calicut
Occupation	Writer
Notable work	Ramachi Karikkottakkari Puttu
Awards	2019 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story Joseph Mundassery Award V. P. Sivakumar Memorial Keli Award

Biography

Vinoy Thomas was born in Nellikkampoyil, near Iritty in Kannur district of the south Indian state of Kerala.^[1][2] After early education at St. Joseph's High School, Kunnoth, he completed his college education from the University of Calicut and joined the Government High School, Ulikkal where he serves as a teacher.^[3] He is married to Gigimol and the couple has a son, Adwait and a daughter, Akshari.^{[1][citation needed]}

Literary career

Ramachi, the first book published by Thomas, was a short story anthology and the book was released in 2014.^[4] Subsequently, he published his debut novel, Karikkottakkari,^[3][5] which narrated the lives of the migrants in a Kannur village of the same name.^[6][7][8] His next novel, Puttu (Molehill) was released in 2020 and it discussed incestual relationships in a high range village.^[9] He has also published another short story anthology, titled Mullaranjaanam (Waistband of Thorns).^[4] Churuli, a 2020 Malayalam film by Lijo Jose Pellissery is based on a short story by Vinoy Thomas.^[10][11]

Filmography

^[12]

Year	Title	Story	Screenplay	Notes
2021	Churuli	Yes	No
2022	Palthu Janwar	Yes	Yes
	Chathuram	Yes	Yes

Awards and honors

Vinoy Thomas received the 2019 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story for his anthology, Ramachi, the award announced in 2021.^[13] The anthology had earlier received the 'Edakkadu Sahithya Vedi Puraskaram'.^[3][14] He is also a recipient of 'Sakhav Verghese Memorial Award', 'Joseph Mundassery Award', 'V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award' and 'Kunjamu Purakkad Memorial Award'.^[1][3] He received the 2021 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel for Puttu.^[15]

Selected bibliography

Novels

• Vinoy Thomas (2014). Karikottakari. Kottayam, India: DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-5190-6. OCLC 904194736.
• Vinoy Thomas (2020). Puttu. Kottayam, India: DC Books. ISBN 978-93-5390-409-8. OCLC 1233021171.

Short story anthologies

• Vinoy Thomas (2017). Ramachi. Kottayam, India: DC Books. ISBN 9789386680778. OCLC 1027009858.
• Vinoy Thomas (2019). Mullaranjanam. Kottayam, India: DC Books. ISBN 978-93-89445-45-9. OCLC 1137746857.

See also

• S. Hareesh
• N. Prabhakaran

• Literature portal