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vadakara , kozhikode district indian novel , short story punathil w.jpg punathil kunjabdulla
 punathil kunjabdulla writer , short-story writer
punathil kunjabdulla

punathil kunjabdulla -lrb- born 1940 -rrb- is a well-known malayalam language novelist and short-story writer from kerala state , south india .
he is a medical doctor by profession .
kunjabdulla is a modernist in malayalam literature .
his novel `` smarakasilakal '' -lrb- `` memorial stones '' -rrb- won the kendra sahithya academy award -lrb- malayalam -rrb- in 1980 .
