M. Mukundan

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{{Infobox writer
| name = M. Mukundan
| image = M mukundan.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|09|10|df=y}}
| birth_name = Maniyambath Mukundan
| birth_place = [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], [[French India]]
| nationality = India
| occupation = Writer, social activist, diplomat
| period = 1961–present
| notableworks = ''[[Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil]]'', ''[[Delhi Gadhakal]]'', <br/>''[[God's Mischief|Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]''
| awards = {{awd|[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]|1973}}{{awd|[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]|1992}}{{awd|[[Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres]]|1998}}{{awd|[[Muttathu Varkey Award]]|1998}}{{awd|[[Vayalar Award]]|2003}}{{awd|[[Crossword Book Award]]|2006}}{{awd|[[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]]|2018}}
}}
'''Maniyambath Mukundan''', (born 10 September 1942) commonly known as '''M. Mukundan''', is an Indian writer of [[Malayalam literature]]. Many of his early works are set in [[Mahé, India|Mahé]] (Mayyazhi) which has earned him the moniker, ''Mayyazhiyude Kathakaaran''. He is known to be one of the pioneers of modernity in Malayalam literature and ''[[Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil]]'', ''[[God's Mischief|Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]'', ''[[Kesavan's Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal]]'' and ''[[Pravasam]]'' are some of his notable works.
He has received many honours including [[Vayalar Award]], [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]. [[Crossword Book Award]] and the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literacy honour of the Government of Kerala. He is also a recipient of the [[Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres]] of the Government of France.<ref name="M. Mukundan -- Malayalam Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/mmukundan.html |title=M. Mukundan -- Malayalam Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office) |date=2019-02-04 |website=www.loc.gov |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>

==Biography==
Mukundan was born on 10 September 1942 at [[Mahé, India|Mahe]],<ref name="M. Mukundan on IMDb">{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1524323/bio |title=M. Mukundan on IMDb |date=2019-02-04 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> then a French overseas territory and now a part of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] [[Union Territory]] in [[South India]].<ref name="M. Mukundan on Good Reads">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4856808.M_Mukundan |title=M. Mukundan on Good Reads |date=2019-02-04 |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> Mukundan served as an official of the New Delhi office of the Embassy of France in Delhi.<ref name="M. Mukundan on Kerala Culture.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=M. Mukundan on Kerala Culture.org |website=www.keralaculture.org |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |language=en |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> His first literary work was a [[short story]] published in 1961<ref name="About writer Mukundan">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2009/jun/13/about-writer-mukundan-58319.html |title=About writer Mukundan |date=13 June 2009 |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> while the first novel, ''Delhi'' was published in 1969.<ref name="M Mukundan on Keral.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keral.com/celebrities/mukundan/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805145542/http://www.keral.com/celebrities/mukundan/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-05 |title=M Mukundan on Keral.com |date=2007-08-05 |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> Mukundan has so far published 12 novels which include his later works such as ''Adithyanum Radhayum Mattu Chilarum'', ''Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadanakatha'', ''[[Kesavan's Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal]]'' and ''Nritham'' and ten collections of short stories (which totals 171 in numbers till 2012). ''Adithyanum Radhayum Mattu Chilarum'' is a fictional story which dethrone the time from the narrative, it gives the readers a new method of writing. ''Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadanakatha'' reveals how Vasundhara, an actress has been insulted in the course of acting due to some unexpected situations. It proclaims the [[postmodern]] message that martyrs are created not only through ideologies, but through art also. ''[[Kesavan's Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal (Kesavan's Lamentations)]]'' one of his later works tells the story of a writer Kesavan who writes a novel on a child named Appukkuttan who grows under the influence of [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]].<ref name="Kesavan's Lamentations - Crossword.in">{{Cite web |url=http://www.crossword.in/books/kesavans-lamentations-rs195-mukundan-m/p-books-8129110105.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224143614/http://www.crossword.in/books/kesavans-lamentations-rs195-mukundan-m/p-books-8129110105.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-02-24 |title=Kesavan's Lamentations - Crossword.in |date=2015-02-24 |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> ''Daivathinte Vikrithikal'' has been translated into English and published By Penguin Books India.<ref name="Old orders, new claims">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/lr/2003/01/05/stories/2003010500240400.htm |title=Old orders, new claims |last=KAMALA |first=God's Mischief is a good read, with a French fragrance and flavour lingering in a very rooted Malayalam narrative, says N. |date=2003-02-01 |pages=04 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2019-02-04}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu : Making mischief... .By God !">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/31/stories/2002103100370100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030324214309/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/31/stories/2002103100370100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-03-24 |title=Making mischief... .By God ! |date=2019-02-04 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref><ref name="Book review: M.Mukundan's 'God's Mischief'">{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/20021118-book-review-god-mischief-author-m-mukundan-794284-2002-11-18 |title=Book review: M.Mukundan's 'God's Mischief' |date=18 November 2002|first=Ravi Shankar | last=Etteth |website=India Today |language=en |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>

In 2008, Mukundan's magnum opus ''Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil'' fetched him the award for the best novel published in the last 25 years.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} Three of his novels were made into feature films in Malayalam . He also wrote the script and one of them secured a state film award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm |publisher=Information and Public Relations Department of Kerala |title=State Film Awards 1969–2001 |access-date=24 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234157/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> His novel ''[[Pravasam]]'' (sojourn in non-native land) is the story of a Malayali whose journeys carry him around the world.<ref name="Pravasam is an attempt to redefine nostalgia, says M. Mukundan">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/lsquoPravasamrsquo-is-an-attempt-to-redefine-nostalgia-says-M.-Mukundan/article15283752.ece |title=Pravasam is an attempt to redefine nostalgia, says M. Mukundan |date=2008-08-18 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> ''[[Delhi Gadhakal]]'' (''Tales from Delhi''), a novel published in November 2011 is his recollections in India's capital city, New Delhi.<ref name="Express">{{cite news |url=http://shevlinsebastian.blogspot.in/2011/10/main-character-is-delhi.html?m=1 |title=The main character is Delhi |author=Shevlin Sebastian |date=28 October 2011 |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]] |publisher=Shevlinsebastian.blogspot.in |access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/926 |title=ഇനി ഏത് ദേശത്തെക്കുറിച്ചാണ് ഞാൻ എഴുതേണ്ടത്? |publisher=[[Madhyamam]] Weekly |date=21 November 2011 |author=M. Mukundan |language=ml |access-date=24 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224145913/http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/926 |archive-date=24 February 2015 }}</ref>

Mukundan served as the president of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] from October 2006 until March 2010.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Kerala%20Sahithy%20Academy%20Pravarthana%20Report%202011-12_2.pdf |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Annual Report: 2010–2011 |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |language=ml |page=5}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
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Mukundan received [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] in 1973 for ''Ee Lokam Athiloru Manushyan''.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel |date=2019-02-04 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109145935/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This was followed by [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1992 when ''[[God's Mischief|Daivathinte Vikrithikal (God's Mischief)]]'' was selected for the award; the novel also received the ''N.V. Puraskaram''.<ref name="Katha profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.katha.org/community-translation.html |title=Katha profile |website=www.katha.org |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> He received two honours in 1998, [[Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres]] of the Government of France<ref name="Finished work belongs to readers: Mukundan">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/finished-work-belongs-to-readers-mukundan/article2590756.ece |title=Finished work belongs to readers: Mukundan |author=Staff Reporter |date=2011-11-02 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> and the [[Muttathu Varkey Award]].<ref name="Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Mukundan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/021118/thiruvananthapuram-ezhuthachan-puraskaram-for-mukundan.html |title=Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Mukundan |date=2018-11-02 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> He received the [[Vayalar Award]] in 2003, for ''[[Kesavan's Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal (Kesavan's Lamentations)]]''<ref name="The Hindu : Vayalar award presented to Mukundan">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/10/28/stories/2003102807460400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203110529/http://www.thehindu.com/2003/10/28/stories/2003102807460400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2014 |title=Vayalar award presented to Mukundan |access-date=2019-02-04|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 October 2003 }}</ref> and three years later, the English translation of ''[[Kesavan's Lamentations]]'' received the 2006 [[Crossword Book Award]].<ref name="Kesavan's Lamentations - Crossword.in" /> The Government of Kerala awarded him their highest literary honour [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]] in 2018.<ref name="Noted Malayalam writer M Mukundan wins Ezhuthachan award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/nov/01/noted-malayalam-writer-m-mukundan-wins-ezhuthachan-award-1892884.html |title=Noted Malayalam writer M Mukundan wins Ezhuthachan award |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref><ref name="Thiruvananthapuram: Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Mukundan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/021118/thiruvananthapuram-ezhuthachan-puraskaram-for-mukundan.html |title=Thiruvananthapuram: Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Mukundan |date=2018-11-02 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> He is also a recipient of M. P. Paul Award.<ref name="M P Paul Award Winners">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/8003-m-p-paul-award |title=M P Paul Award Winners |date=2019-02-04 |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>

==Works==
===Novels===
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* ''Delhi'' (1969)<ref name="Delhi">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/18585957 |title=Delhi |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Aakashathinu Chuvattil'' (1969)<ref name="Akasathinu Chuvattil">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/15474910 |title=Akasathinu Chuvattil |date=2019-02-04 |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Aavilayile Sooryodayam'' (1970)<ref name="Aavilayile Sooryodayam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/43127266 |title=Aavilayile Sooryodayam |date=1970 |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Haridwaril Mani Muzhangunnu'' (1972)<ref name="Haridwaril Manikal Muzhangunnu">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/18585407 |title=Haridwaril Manikal Muzhangunnu |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''[[Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil]]'' (1974)
* ''Koottam Thetti Meyunnavar'' (1975)<ref name="Koottam thetti meyunnavar">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22287&query_desc=au%253A%2522Mukundan%252C%2520M%2522 |title=Koottam thetti meyunnavar |last=Mukundan |first=M. |date=1975 |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Seetha'' (1977)<ref name="Seetha">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/26567031 |title=Seetha |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Kili Vannu Vilichappol'' (1984)<ref name="Kili vannu vilichappol">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/25132498-kili-vannu-vilichappol |title=Kili vannu vilichappol |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''[[God's Mischief|Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]'' (1989)
* ''Aadithyanum Radhayum Pinne Mattu Chilarum'' (1993)<ref name="Adityanum Radhayum Mattu Chilarum">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/4341942 |title=Adityanum Radhayum Mattu Chilarum |date=2019-02-04 |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''[[Kesavan's Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal]]'' (1999)
* ''Nrittam'' (2000)<ref name="Nrittam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/6612625 |title=Nrittam |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Pulayappattu'' (2005)<ref name="Pulayappattu">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/25669011 |title=Pulayapattu |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''[[Pravasam]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Delhi Gadhakal]]'' (2011)
* '' Kuda Nannakkunna Choyi'' (2015)<ref name="Kuda Nannakkuna Choyi">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/48364188 |title=Kuda Nannakkuna Choyi |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Oru Dalit Yuvathiyute Kathana Katha''<ref name="Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadanakatha">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/18714081 |title=Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadanakatha |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
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===Short story collections===
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* ''Veedu'' (1967)<ref name="Veedum Mattu Kathakalum">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/46063699-veedum-mattu-kathakalum |title=Veedum Mattu Kathakalum |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Nadiyum Thoniyum'' (1969)<ref name="Nadiyum Thoniyum">{{Cite book |title=Nadiyum Thoniyum |date=2019-02-04 |id={{ASIN|8130000954|country=in}} }}</ref>
* ''Anchara Vayasulla Kutti'' (1971)<ref name="Anchara Vayasulla Kutti">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/58344759-anchara-vayasulla-kutti |title=Anchara Vayasulla Kutti |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Veshyakale Ningalkkorambalam'' (1971)<ref name="Veshyakale Ningalkkorambalam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/58385775 |title=Veshyakale Ningalkkorambalam |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Thattathippenninte Kalyanam'' (1985)<ref name="Thattathipenninte Kalyanam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/23905384-thattathipenninte-kalyanam |title=Thattathipenninte Kalyanam |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Thevidissikkili'' (1988)<ref name="Thevidissikkili">{{Cite web |url=http://kslc.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=24734 |title=Thevidissikkili |last=Mukundan (M) |date=1997 |publisher=Current Books |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Kallanum Polisum'' (1990)<ref name="Kallanum Polisum">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22998&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=22819 |title=Kallanum polisum |last=Mukundan |first=M. |date=1990 |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Kannatiyute Kaazhcha'' (1995)<ref name="Kannaatiyude Kaazhcha">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/1313790-kannatiyute-kalca-kathakal |title=Kannaatiyude Kaazhcha |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Mukundante Kathakal''<ref name="Mukundante Kathakal">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/21474024 |title=Mukundante Kathakal |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Nagaravum Sthreeyum''<ref name="Nagaravum Sthreeyum">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/22027876-nagaravum-sthreeyum |title=Nagaravum Sthreeyum |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Pavadayum Bikiniyum''
* ''Russia''<ref name="Russia">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/26483255-russia |title=Russia |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
* ''Thanner Kudiyante Thandu'' (2013)<ref>[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/mathrubhumi_books/2439/ "Latest books by Mathrubhumi: Thanner Kudiyante Thandu"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625093033/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/mathrubhumi_books/2439/ |date=2013-06-25 }}</ref>
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===Non-fiction===
* ''Enthanu Aadhunikatha?'' (1976)<ref name="Enthanu Athunikatha">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34867556-enthanu-athunikatha |title=Enthanu Athunikatha |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>

=== Memoirs ===
* ''Anubhavam Ormma Yathra''<ref name="Anubhavam Prmma Yathra">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41740897 |title=Anubhavam Prmma Yathra |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>
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===Works translated===
* 1999. ''[[On the Banks of the Mayyazhi]]''. Trans. Gita Krishnankutty. Chennai: Manas.
* 2002. ''Sur les rives du fleuve Mahé''. Trans. Sophie Bastide-Foltz. Actes Sud.
* 2002. ''[[God's Mischief]]''. Trans. Prema Jayakumar. Delhi: Penguin.
* 2004. ''Adityan, Radha, and Others''. Trans. C Gopinathan Pillai. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi.
* 2005. ''The Train that Had Wings: Selected Short Stories of M. Mukundan''. trans. Donald R. Davis, Jr. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
* 2006. ''[[Kesavan's Lamentations]]''. Trans. A.J. Thomas. New Delhi: Rupa.
* 2007. ''Nrittam: A Malayalam Novel''. Trans. Mary Thundyil Mathew. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen.

==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA196|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|pages=196–}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/fiction/905/#storycontent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523233409/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/fiction/905/#storycontent |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-05-23 |title=Mathrubhumi - Books--ദല്‍ഹി 1981 |date=2013-05-23 |access-date=2019-02-04}}

==External links==
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* {{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=story&artist=M%2520Mukundan |title=Profile of Malayalam Story Writer M. Mukundan |date=2019-02-04 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-02-04}}
* [http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=25 Works and Reviews]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140314163613/http://adayaalam.com/index.php/sargasakshyam/interview-with-m-mukundan-pioneer-of-modernity-in-malayalam-literature Interview with M. Mukundan]

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