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'''Gracy''' is a [[Malayalam literature|Malayalam]] author.<ref>{{cite book |title=Handbook of twentieth-century literatures of India |last=Natarajan |first=Nalini |author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson |pages=198–199 |year=1996 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |isbn=978-0-313-28778-7 }}</ref> Her first collection of [[Short story|short stories]], ''Padiyirangippoya Parvati'', was published in 1991.<ref>{{cite book |title=Growing up as a woman writer |last=Jain |first=Jasbir |page=352 |year=2007 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=978-81-260-2547-3 }}</ref> Her awards include the [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalithambika Antharjanam Award]] (1995), the Thoppil Ravi Award (1997), the Katha Prize for the Best Malayalam Short Story (1998) and the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2000).<ref>{{cite book |title=Katha prize stories, Volume 8 |last=Dharmarajan |first=Geeta |page=305 |year=1998 |publisher=[[Katha Books]] |isbn=978-81-85586-85-4 }}</ref> Her major works are Narakavaathil, Randu Swapna Darsikal, Kaveriyude Neru, Eezbu Penkathakal, Panikkannu and a collection, Gracyude Kathakal. Her stories have been translated into [[English language|English]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Oriya language|Oriya]]. She was the head of the Malayalam department, Al-Ameen college, Edathala, Aluva.<br />
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Her story, ‘Baby Doll’, is barring the melodramatic laments of a mother who wants to lock her daughter away from reality.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=May 14|first1=Latha Anantharaman New Delhi|last2=May 24|first2=2021 ISSUE DATE|last3=May 14|first3=2021UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2021 17:40|title=Book review: 'Baby Doll' by Gracy|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20210524-book-review-baby-doll-by-gracy-1802653-2021-05-14|access-date=2021-10-02|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
# 1995: [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalithambika Antharjanam Award]] (1995)<br />
# 1997: Thoppil Ravi Award - ''Bhrantan Pookkal''<br />
# 1998: Katha Prize for the Best Malayalam Short Story - "Paanchaali"<br />
# 2000: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] (Collection of short stories) - ''Randu Swapna Darshikal''<ref>{{cite web |title=---::: KERALA SAHITYA AKADEMI :::--- |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw1.htm |website=www.keralasahityaakademi.org}}</ref><br />
# 2020: [[Sahitya Akademi]] Children's Literary Award 2020 for the book "Vazhthappetta poocha (Translation:Blessed Cat)"<ref>{{cite news |title=അബിന് ജോസഫിന് കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി യുവ പുരസ്കാരം |url=https://www.kairalinewsonline.com/2021/07/16/424545.html |work=Kairali News {{!}} Kairali News Live l Latest Malayalam News |date=16 July 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
# Padiyirangippoya Parvati (1991)<br />
# Narakavaathil<br />
# Randu Swapna Darsikal<br />
# Bhraanthan Pookkal<br />
# Kaveriyude Neru<br />
# Eezhu Penkathakal (Editor)<br />
# Panikkannu<br />
# Gracyude Kathakal<br />
# Moothrathikkara<br />
# Oru Cheriya Jeevithathinte Sirorekhakal (Autobiography)<br />
# Udal vazhikal (stories)<br />
# Apadha Sancharikalkku oru kaipusthakam (memories)<br />
# Vaazhthappetta Poocha (Baalasahithyam)<br />
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