10 Facts About Unnikrishnan Puthur

Unnikrishnan Puthur was awarded Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Balikkallu in 1968.

Unnikrishnan Puthur received the Odakkuzhal Award in the year 2010 for the book Anubhavangalude Ner Rekhakal.

Unnikrishnan Puthur started his career in college and parallelly worked as a newspaper correspondent for two years, then joined the Guruvayur Sreekrishna temple Devaswom office as a clerk and retired as head of the establishment wing of the Guruvayur Devaswom Library in the year 1987.

Unnikrishnan Puthur was a trade union leader and a socialist.

Unnikrishnan Puthur was nominated to the Temple Managing Committee as the representative of the temple employees.

Unnikrishnan Puthur served as the president of the Sahitya Pravarthaka Cooperative Society, member of the executive committee of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi and the general council of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, and founder-member of the editorial committee of Bhakthapriya magazine.

Unnikrishnan Puthur died on 2 April 2014 at Raja hospital in Chavakkad, a town near his hometown, aged 80.

Unnikrishnan Puthur had been undergoing treatment for age-related ailments for quite some time.

Unnikrishnan Puthur was cremated with full state honours at the premises of his home in Guruvayur.

Unnikrishnan Puthur writes about the complexities of life in a simple style.