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{{Short description|Indian writer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2020}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Ajai P Mangattu
| image = Ajay p mangatt.jpg
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Idukki]], [[Kerala]], India
| occupation = Novelist, [[short story writer]], columnist
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| alma_mater = [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]]
| nationality = Indian
| spouse = Manju
| children = Vajra and son Ameya
| notableworks = Susannayude Grandhappura (Susannah's house of books) – novel
| awards =
| yearsactive = 1998 – present
}}

'''Ajai P Mangattu''' is a writer in Malayalam, from Kerala, India. He is a novelist, literary critic and journalist. He lives in Kochi with his wife Manju, daughter Vajra and son Ameya. He was born in 1972 in a small mountainous village in Idukki district Kerala. His parental home is situated at Vellathooval, close to Munnar. It was a farming community, who migrated from lower lands. His father Pakhrudheen, who was a newspaper agent for three decades, had run a bakery at Vellathooval and Ajai's mother Meera worked at home. He was the eldest of three children. The other two a brother and sister both now settled at Adimali, a town near to Vellathooval. He completed his school education at Vellathooval GHS (now GHSS) and after the SSC, went to Moolamattom St Joseph's College where he completed his Pre degree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2019/11/13/list-of-books-read-by-ajai-p-mangattu.html|title=എത്ര പുസ്തകം ഓർമയിലുണ്ട് !|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemapopcorn.in/2019/05/10/soosannayude-grandhapura/|title=അത്രയ്ക്കും സൗന്ദര്യമുള്ള ഒരു ലോകമാണീ കൃതിയിലുള്ളത്|date=10 May 2019}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/latest-news/kerala-news/writer-ajai-p-mangattu-on-his-reading-in-kerala-literature-festival-2020/articleshow/73299262.cms|title=വായന ഉപേക്ഷിക്കാന്‍ തയ്യാറെന്ന് അജയ് പി മങ്ങാട്ട് ! ആരും വായിക്കാത്ത നോവലിനെ സോഷ്യല്‍ മീഡിയ ചര്‍ച്ചയാക്കി!|website=Malayalam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifeglint.com/content/books/140321/my-first-wife-review-by-ajai-p-mangattu|title=വിവാഹമെന്ന വിഷം കുടിച്ചവന്റെ കഥ | Life Glint | The Clarity Portal|website=www.lifeglint.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecue.in/books/2020/03/14/ajai-p-mangattu-interview-by-abhilash-melethil|title=അജയ് പി മങ്ങാട്ട് അഭിമുഖം: വായനക്കാരുടെ ഇന്റിലിജൻസിൽ ഞാൻ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നു|first1=അഭിലാഷ് മേലേതില്‍|last1=March 14|first2=2020 at 3:10|last2=PM|website=www.thecue.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/within-3-months-of-publishing-10th-edition-of-soosannayude-grandhappura-to-be-out--1.4220023|title=Within 3 months of publishing, 10th edition of 'Soosannayude Grandhappura' to be out|website=Mathrubhumi|access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=31 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031101609/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/within-3-months-of-publishing-10th-edition-of-soosannayude-grandhappura-to-be-out--1.4220023|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2019/12/19/malayalam-literary-roundup-2019.html|title=പുതിയ രണ്ടു നോവലിസ്റ്റുകൾ സ്വന്തമാക്കിയ 2019|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml}}</ref>

==Career==

He studied B A at [[Mar Athanasius College]], [[Kothamangalam]] and M A in English language and Literature at [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]] later took a PG Diploma in Journalism and Communication from [[Kerala Media Academy]] In 1998, Ajai joined [[Malayala Manorama]] as a Sub editor trainee. Presently he is Assistant Editor with the same media house. Ajai has been writing literary prose and critical studies in major journals and magazines in Malayalam for the last 25 years and he has published books on various subjects. He wrote a biography on [[Noam Chomsky]], his first published book, his first collection essays followed. He translated Gail Omvedt 's book on the life of [[Ambedkar]] into Malayalam and Derrida's Islam and West. He co translated Elif Shafak's novel Forty Rules of love, which is forthcoming His first novel Susannayude Grandhapura published in 2019 and sold 15 editions in less than 9 months.

==Literary works==
* ''Susanna's Granthapura'' [= Susanna's house of book; original title in Malayalam: ''Sūsannayuṭe granthappura''], a novel, translated by Catherine Thankamma. Gurugram, Haryana, India : Penguin/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2023.
*It 's not the End of the World - literary essays
*The freedom of Birds- essays
*A Chronicle of Solitude- a biography of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
*Noam Chomsky: An Intellectual
*Biography B R Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India-Gail
*Omvedt - Translation Night by Elie Wiesel - Translation Islam and West by Derrida - translation

==References==
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* [https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2019/11/13/list-of-books-read-by-ajai-p-mangattu.html എത്ര പുസ്തകം ഓർമയിലുണ്ട് !]
* [https://www.cinemapopcorn.in/2019/05/10/soosannayude-grandhapura/ അത്രയ്ക്കും സൗന്ദര്യമുള്ള ഒരു ലോകമാണീ കൃതിയിലുള്ളത്]{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://malayalam.samayam.com/latest-news/kerala-news/writer-ajai-p-mangattu-on-his-reading-in-kerala-literature-festival-2020/articleshow/73299262.cms വായന ഉപേക്ഷിക്കാന്‍ തയ്യാറെന്ന് അജയ് പി മങ്ങാട്ട് ! ആരും വായിക്കാത്ത നോവലിനെ സോഷ്യല്‍ മീഡിയ ചര്‍ച്ചയാക്കി!]
* [https://www.lifeglint.com/content/books/140321/my-first-wife-review-by-ajai-p-mangattu വിവാഹമെന്ന വിഷം കുടിച്ചവന്റെ കഥ | Life Glint | The Clarity Portal]
* [https://www.thecue.in/books/2020/03/14/ajai-p-mangattu-interview-by-abhilash-melethil അജയ് പി മങ്ങാട്ട് അഭിമുഖം: വായനക്കാരുടെ ഇന്റിലിജൻസിൽ ഞാൻ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നു]
* [https://www.keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=MTY1OQ== Ajai P Mangattu- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2020| Keralaliteraturefestival.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126141220/http://keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=MTY1OQ== |date=26 January 2020 }}
* [https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/author/ajai-p-mangattu/ Ajai P Mangattu, Author at Indian Express Malayalam]
* [https://www.myview-forum.com/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0/ സൂസന്നയുടെ ഗ്രന്ഥപ്പുര – My View Forum]{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://www.azhimukham.com/literature-pottalile-idavazhikal-novel-part-2-by-abhilash-melethil-a-note-by-ajay-p-mangattu/ ചരിത്ര സന്ധിയിലെ കലാപകാലുഷ്യങ്ങള്‍; 'പൊറ്റാളിലെ ഇടവഴിക'ളെക്കുറിച്ച് അജയ് പി മങ്ങാട്ടിന്റെ കുറിപ്പ്‌]
* [http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=317264 Kerala State Central Library catalog › Details for: Lokam avasanikkunnilla /]
* [https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/within-3-months-of-publishing-10th-edition-of-soosannayude-grandhappura-to-be-out--1.4220023 Within 3 months of publishing, 10th edition of ‘Soosannayude Grandhappura’ to be out] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031101609/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/within-3-months-of-publishing-10th-edition-of-soosannayude-grandhappura-to-be-out--1.4220023 |date=31 October 2019 }}
* [https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2019/12/19/malayalam-literary-roundup-2019.html പുതിയ രണ്ടു നോവലിസ്റ്റുകൾ സ്വന്തമാക്കിയ 2019]
* [https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/book-reviews/susannayude-granthappura-ajay-p-mangattu-mathrubhumi-books-bestseller-1.4635880 പൊട്ടുതൊടാത്ത സൂസന്നയുടെ നിഗൂഢതകള്‍ അലിയ്ക്കറിയാമായിരുന്നോ?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331135812/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/book-reviews/susannayude-granthappura-ajay-p-mangattu-mathrubhumi-books-bestseller-1.4635880 |date=31 March 2020 }}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Writers from Kochi]]
[[Category:Malayalam short story writers]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language novelists]]
[[Category:Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, alumni]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:Novelists from Kerala]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male writers]]

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