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{{Infobox writer
| name = Asha Menon
| image =Ashamenon.jpg
| imagesize =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|11|18}}
| birth_place = [[Kollengode-I|Kollengode]], [[Palakkad district]], [[Kerala]]
| occupation = Writer, Author, Reviewer
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| nationality = {{Ind}}
| alma_mater =
| genre = Stories, Travelogue
| notableworks =
| spouse =
| children =
| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue]]
| website = {{URL|thanumaanasi.wordpress.com|Official website}}
| portaldisp =
}}

'''K. Sreekumar''', known as '''Asha Menon''' is a writer and reviewer of Malayalam literature.<ref name="goodreads-1">{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6432457.Asha_Menon|title=Asha Menon|publisher=Good Reads}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Asha Menon was born on 18 November 1947 at [[Kollengode-I|Kollengode]], [[Palakkad district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree. He left his engineering studies midway to join the South Indian Bank as an officer. After some years, he took voluntary retirement from the service.<ref name="goodreads-1"/>

==Works==
Asha Menon is a study of a calm search for nature and man, and a study of genetics, music, science and spirituality.
* Puthiya Purusharthangal (1978)<ref name="keralabookstore-1">{{cite web|url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/puthiya-purusharthangal/7654/|title=Puthiya Purusharthangal|publisher=Kerala Book Store}}</ref>
* Kaliyugaranyakangal (1982)<ref name="dailyhunt">{{cite web|url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/Ebooks/malayalam/kaliyugaranyakangal-book-116445|title=Kaliyugaranyakangal|publisher=Daily Hunt}}</ref>
* Parivrajakante Mozhi (1984)<ref name="indulekha">{{cite web|url=http://www.indulekha.com/parivrajakante-mozhi-asha-menon|title=Parivrajakante Mozhi|publisher=Indulekha}}</ref>
* Prathirodhangal (1985)<ref name="amazon-1">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Prathirodhangal-Asha-Menon/dp/B007E4X034|title=Prathirodhangal|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
* Herbarium (1985)<ref name="keralabookstore-2">{{cite web|url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/herbarium/8157/|title=Herbarium|publisher=Kerala Book Store}}</ref>
* Thanumanasi (1990)<ref name="keralabookstore-3">{{cite web|url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/thanumanasi/283/|title=Thanumanasi|publisher=Kerala Book Store}}</ref>
* Jeevante Kaiyoppu (1992)<ref name="goodreads-2">{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15732182-jeevante-kaiyoppu|title=Jeevante Kaiyoppu|publisher=Good Reads}}</ref>
* Adarunna Kakkakal (Travelogue-1994)<ref name="mathrubhumi">{{cite web|url=https://secure.mathrubhumi.com/books/travelogue/bookdetails/1025/adarunna-kakkakal#.Wkf5le9Rcdc|title=Adarunna Kakkakal|publisher=Mathrubhumi}}</ref>
* Paragakosangal (1997)<ref name="KERALA STATE LIBRARY COUNCIL">{{cite web|url=http://kslc.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=12879&query_desc=|title=Paragakosangal|publisher=KERALA STATE LIBRARY COUNCIL}}</ref>
* Payasvini (1999)<ref name="goodreads-3">{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15728548-payasvini|title=Payasvini|publisher=Good Reads}}</ref>
* Krishnasilayum Himasirassum (2001)<ref name="mountcart">{{cite web|url=https://www.mountcart.com/DC-Books-KRISHNASILAYUM-%20HIMASIRASSUM-ASHA-MENON?manufacturer_id=14&sort=p.price&order=ASC&page=1|title=Krishnasilayum Himasirassum|publisher=Mount Cart}}</ref>
* Khalsayude Jalasmrithi (2003)<ref name="amazon-2">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Khalsayude-Jalasmrithi-Asha-Menon/dp/B007E4W6QQ/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514667861&sr=1-9&refinements=p_27%3AASHA+MENON|title=Khalsayude Jalasmrithi|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
* Sraddhaswarangal (2006)<ref name="amazon-3">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Khalsayude-Jalasmrithi-Asha-Menon/dp/B007E4W6QQ/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514667861&sr=1-9&refinements=p_27%3AASHA+MENON|title=Sraddhaswarangal|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
* Osho Vinte Neela Njarambu (2007)<ref name="goodreads-4">{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15728588-osho-vinte-neela-njarambu|title=Osho Vinte Neela Njarambu|publisher=Good Reads}}</ref>
* Himalaya Prathyakshangal (2007)<ref name="amazon-5">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/HIMALAYA-PRATHYAKSHANGAL-ASHA-MENON/dp/B0092DO6F6/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514667861&sr=1-5&refinements=p_27%3AASHA+MENON|title=Himalaya Prathyakshangal|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
* Elamulachikal (2007, 2010)<ref name="connemara">{{cite web|url=http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78965|title=Elamulachikal|publisher=Connemara}}</ref><ref name="amazon-4">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Elamulachikal-Asha-Menon/dp/B007E4WWW4/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514668466&sr=1-7&refinements=p_27%3AASHA+MENON|title=Elamulachikal|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
* Himachalinte Nissanthwanangal (2010)<ref name="amazon-6">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/HIMACHALINTE-NISSANTHWANANGAL-Second-ASHA-MENON/dp/818265467X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514667861&sr=1-2&refinements=p_27%3AASHA+MENON|title=Himachalinte Nissanthwanangal|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
* Prathirodhangal (2010)<ref name="amazon-7">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Prathirodhangal-Asha-Menon/dp/B007E4X034/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514667861&sr=1-6&refinements=p_27%3AASHA+MENON|title=Prathirodhangal|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
* Katha Dasakam (2012)<ref name="amazon-8">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Katha-Dasakam-Asha-Menon/dp/B007E4W0QM/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514667861&sr=1-10&refinements=p_27%3AASHA+MENON|title=Katha Dasakam|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
* Utharendian Greeshmathiloode (2015)<ref name="amazon-9">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Utharendian-Greeshmathiloode-Malayalam-Asha-Menon/dp/9385269348/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514667861&sr=1-1&refinements=p_27%3AASHA+MENON|title=ആഷാ മേനോന്‍|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for 'Thanumanasi' in 1990.<ref name="keralaliterature">{{cite web|url=http://keralaliterature.com/author.php?authid=1671|title=Utharendian Greeshmathiloode|publisher=Kerala Literature|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103223/http://keralaliterature.com/author.php?authid=1671|archive-date=31 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for 'Jeevante Kaiyoppu' in 1994.<ref name="keralaliterature"/>

==See also==
* [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue|Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue to Adarunna Kakkakal in 1995]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://thanumaanasi.wordpress.com/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D/ Official website]
* [http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw10.htm Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards]
* [https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/author/asha-menon DC Books]

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[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
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