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'''Asokan Charuvil''' is an Indian short story writer in [[Malayalam]]-language. He is a recipient of several awards including the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] and [[Muttathu Varkey Award]].<ref name=dcbooks>{{cite web|title=അശോകൻ ചരുവിലിന് മുട്ടത്തു വർക്കി പുരസ്കാരം|url=http://www.dcbooks.com/muttathu-varkey-award-to-asokan-charuvil.html|publisher=[[DC Books]]|accessdate=5 July 2014|archive-date=5 July 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140705140632/http://www.dcbooks.com/muttathu-varkey-award-to-asokan-charuvil.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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Born in 1957 in Kattoor in [[Trichur district]] of Kerala, he completed his education from [[Karalam]] High School, [[Sree Narayana College, Nattika|SN College, Nattika]] and SN Teachers Education Institution, [[Irinjalakuda]].<ref>[https://www.chinthapublishers.com/ml/author/ashokan-charuvil-736 "അശോകന് ചരുവില്"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413080633/https://www.chinthapublishers.com/ml/author/ashokan-charuvil-736 |date=2021-04-13 }}. Chintha Publishers. Retrieved 15 December 2020.</ref> He was an officer in the registration department and was a member of the Kerala Public Service Commission.<ref>[https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2020/speakers/asokan-charuvilasokan-charuvil-mbifl-2020-1.4442569 "MBIFL20: Asokan Charuvil"]. ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.</ref> From 2018, he is the general secretary of [[Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham]].<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/shaji-n-karun-is-pukasa-president/article24672501.ece "Shaji N. Karun is Pukasa president"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2020.</ref><br />
[[File:Asokan charuvil at Kollam 2024.ogg|thumb|Vayalar award winner Asokan Charuvil speaks in a meeting at Kollam Oct 2024]]<br />
==List of works==<br />
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* ''Sooryakanthikalude Nagaram'' (1987)<br />
* ''Parichitha Gandhangal'' (1993)<br />
* ''Oru Rathrikku Oru Pakal'' (1996)<br />
* ''Marichavarude Kadal''<br />
* ''Kathakalile Veedu''<br />
* ''Daivaviswasathe Kurichu Oru Lakhu Upanyasam''<br />
* ''Chimney Velichathil Prakasikkunna Lokam''<br />
* ''Kangaroo Nrutham''<br />
* ''Asokan Charuvilinte Kathakal''<br />
* ''Clerkumarude Jeevitham''<br />
* ''Kattoor Kadavile Kroorakrithyam''<br />
* ''Chathuravum Sthreekalum''<br />
* ''Jalajeevitham''<br />
* ''Thiranjedutha Kathakal''<br />
* ''Kadalkkarayile Veedu''<br />
* ''Amazon''<br />
* ''Kalppanikkaran''<br />
* ''Karappan''<br />
[[File:Asokan charuvil Signing his novel for readers in a meeting.jpg|thumb|Asokan charuvil Signing his novel for readers in a meeting at kollam]]<br />
==Awards==<br />
* 1986: [[Cherukad Award]]<ref name=dcbooks/><br />
* 1993: [[Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award]] - ''Parichitha Gandhangal''<ref name="Profile1">{{Cite book |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M |page=223 |isbn=9788126008735 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC|last1=Dutt |first1=Kartik Chandra |year=1999 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi }}</ref><br />
* 1995: [[Edasseri Award]] – ''Oru Rathrikku Oru Pakal''<ref name=dcbooks/><br />
* 1998: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]] – ''Oru Rathrikku Oru Pakal''<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story |date= |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref><br />
* 2010: [[Padmarajan Award]] – ''Amazon''<ref>[http://www.yentha.com/news/view/1/Padmarajan-Award-for-Short-Story-and-Cinema-2010 "Padmarajan Award for Short Story and Cinema 2010"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815011137/http://www.yentha.com/news/view/1/Padmarajan-Award-for-Short-Story-and-Cinema-2010 |date=2018-08-15 }}. Yentha.com. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2020</ref><br />
* 2014: [[Muttathu Varkey Award]]<ref name=dcbooks/><br />
* 2014: [[Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award]] - ''Novellakal''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/award-winners/article7369118.ece |title=Award winners |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=3 January 2023 }}</ref><br />
* 2024: [[Vayalar Award]] - Kattoorkadavu<ref name="Asokan Charuvil bags Vayalar Award for his acclaimed novel 'Kattoorkadavu'">{{Cite web |date=2024-10-06 |title=Asokan Charuvil bags Vayalar Award for his acclaimed novel 'Kattoorkadavu' |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/asokan-charuvil-bags-48th-vayalar-award-for-literature-kaatoorkadavu-1.9963452 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{Cite journal|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/books/asokan-charuvil-p-rajeev-politics-in-creativity/909744 |title=സർഗാത്മകതയിലെ രാഷ്ട്രീയം...അശോകൻ ചരുവിലിന്റെ കഥകളെ വിലയിരുത്തി പി രാജീവ് [The politics of creativity ... P. Rajeev evaluates the stories of Asokan Charuvil] |journal=[[Deshabhimani]] |author=[[P. Rajeev (Kerala)|P. Rajeev]] |location=[[Calicut]], India |date=20 November 2020}}<br />
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