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| name             = M. Mukundan&lt;br /&gt;
| image            = M mukundan.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1942|09|10|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name       = Maniyambath Mukundan&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], [[French India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = India&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation       = Writer, social activist, diplomat&lt;br /&gt;
| period           = 1961–present&lt;br /&gt;
| notableworks     = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Delhi Gadhakal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[God&amp;#039;s Mischief|Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Maniyambath Mukundan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, (born 10 September 1942) commonly known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;M. Mukundan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 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, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mayyazhiyude Kathakaaran&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. He is known to be one of the pioneers of modernity in Malayalam literature and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[God&amp;#039;s Mischief|Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Pravasam]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; are some of his notable works. &lt;br /&gt;
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.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;M. Mukundan -- Malayalam Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Biography==&lt;br /&gt;
Mukundan was born on 10 September 1942 at [[Mahé, India|Mahe]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;M. Mukundan on IMDb&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; then a French overseas territory and now a part of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] [[Union Territory]] in [[South India]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;M. Mukundan on Good Reads&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mukundan served as an official of the New Delhi office of the Embassy of France in Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;M. Mukundan on Kerala Culture.org&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His first literary work was a [[short story]] published in 1961&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;About writer Mukundan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while the first novel, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Delhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was published in 1969.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;M Mukundan on Keral.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mukundan has so far published 12 novels which include his later works such as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Adithyanum Radhayum Mattu Chilarum&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadanakatha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nritham&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and ten collections of short stories (which totals 171 in numbers till 2012). &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Adithyanum Radhayum Mattu Chilarum&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a fictional story which dethrone the time from the narrative, it gives the readers a new method of writing. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadanakatha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 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. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal (Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations)]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 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]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations - Crossword.in&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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&amp;#039;s Lamentations - Crossword.in |date=2015-02-24 |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Daivathinte Vikrithikal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has been translated into English and published By Penguin Books India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Old orders, new claims&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/lr/2003/01/05/stories/2003010500240400.htm |title=Old orders, new claims |last=KAMALA |first=God&amp;#039;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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;The Hindu : Making mischief... .By God !&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Book review: M.Mukundan&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;God&amp;#039;s Mischief&amp;#039;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;God&amp;#039;s Mischief&amp;#039; |date=18 November 2002|first=Ravi Shankar | last=Etteth |website=India Today |language=en |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2008, Mukundan&amp;#039;s magnum opus &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 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.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{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 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His novel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Pravasam]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (sojourn in non-native land) is the story of a Malayali whose journeys carry him around the world.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Pravasam is an attempt to redefine nostalgia, says M. Mukundan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Delhi Gadhakal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tales from Delhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;), a novel published in November 2011 is his recollections in India&amp;#039;s capital city, New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Express&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{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 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Mukundan served as the president of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] from October 2006 until March 2010.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Awards and honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Mukundan received [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] in 1973 for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ee Lokam Athiloru Manushyan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This was followed by [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1992 when &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[God&amp;#039;s Mischief|Daivathinte Vikrithikal (God&amp;#039;s Mischief)]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was selected for the award; the novel also received the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;N.V. Puraskaram&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Katha profile&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.katha.org/community-translation.html |title=Katha profile |website=www.katha.org |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He received two honours in 1998, [[Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres]] of the Government of France&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Finished work belongs to readers: Mukundan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[Muttathu Varkey Award]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Mukundan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He received the [[Vayalar Award]] in 2003, for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal (Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations)]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;The Hindu : Vayalar award presented to Mukundan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and three years later, the English translation of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; received the 2006 [[Crossword Book Award]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations - Crossword.in&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; The Government of Kerala awarded him their highest literary honour [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]] in 2018.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Noted Malayalam writer M Mukundan wins Ezhuthachan award&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Thiruvananthapuram: Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Mukundan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is also a recipient of M. P. Paul Award.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;M P Paul Award Winners&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Works==&lt;br /&gt;
===Novels===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Div col|colwidth=40em}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Delhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1969)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Delhi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/18585957 |title=Delhi |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aakashathinu Chuvattil&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1969)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Akasathinu Chuvattil&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aavilayile Sooryodayam&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1970)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Aavilayile Sooryodayam&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Haridwaril Mani Muzhangunnu&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1972)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Haridwaril Manikal Muzhangunnu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/18585407 |title=Haridwaril Manikal Muzhangunnu |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1974)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Koottam Thetti Meyunnavar&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1975)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Koottam thetti meyunnavar&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22287&amp;amp;query_desc=au%253A%2522Mukundan%252C%2520M%2522 |title=Koottam thetti meyunnavar |last=Mukundan |first=M. |date=1975 |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Seetha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1977)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Seetha&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/26567031 |title=Seetha |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kili Vannu Vilichappol&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1984)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kili vannu vilichappol&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[God&amp;#039;s Mischief|Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1989)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aadithyanum Radhayum Pinne Mattu Chilarum&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1993)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Adityanum Radhayum Mattu Chilarum&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations|Kesavante Vilapangal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1999)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nrittam&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2000)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Nrittam&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/6612625 |title=Nrittam |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pulayappattu&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2005)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Pulayappattu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/25669011 |title=Pulayapattu |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Pravasam]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Delhi Gadhakal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039; Kuda Nannakkunna Choyi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kuda Nannakkuna Choyi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/48364188 |title=Kuda Nannakkuna Choyi |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Oru Dalit Yuvathiyute Kathana Katha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadanakatha&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Short story collections===&lt;br /&gt;
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* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Veedu&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1967)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Veedum Mattu Kathakalum&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nadiyum Thoniyum&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1969)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Nadiyum Thoniyum&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book |title=Nadiyum Thoniyum |date=2019-02-04 |id={{ASIN|8130000954|country=in}} }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Anchara Vayasulla Kutti&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1971)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Anchara Vayasulla Kutti&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Veshyakale Ningalkkorambalam&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1971)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Veshyakale Ningalkkorambalam&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/58385775 |title=Veshyakale Ningalkkorambalam |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thattathippenninte Kalyanam&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1985)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Thattathipenninte Kalyanam&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thevidissikkili&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1988)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Thevidissikkili&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kallanum Polisum&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1990)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kallanum Polisum&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22998&amp;amp;shelfbrowse_itemnumber=22819 |title=Kallanum polisum |last=Mukundan |first=M. |date=1990 |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kannatiyute Kaazhcha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1995)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kannaatiyude Kaazhcha&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mukundante Kathakal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Mukundante Kathakal&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/21474024 |title=Mukundante Kathakal |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nagaravum Sthreeyum&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Nagaravum Sthreeyum&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pavadayum Bikiniyum&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Russia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Russia&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/26483255-russia |title=Russia |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thanner Kudiyante Thandu&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2013)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/mathrubhumi_books/2439/ &amp;quot;Latest books by Mathrubhumi: Thanner Kudiyante Thandu&amp;quot;] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625093033/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/mathrubhumi_books/2439/ |date=2013-06-25 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Non-fiction===&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Enthanu Aadhunikatha?&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1976)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Enthanu Athunikatha&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34867556-enthanu-athunikatha |title=Enthanu Athunikatha |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Memoirs ===&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Anubhavam Ormma Yathra&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Anubhavam Prmma Yathra&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41740897 |title=Anubhavam Prmma Yathra |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Works translated===&lt;br /&gt;
* 1999. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[On the Banks of the Mayyazhi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Trans. Gita Krishnankutty. Chennai: Manas.&lt;br /&gt;
* 2002. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sur les rives du fleuve Mahé&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Trans. Sophie Bastide-Foltz. Actes Sud.&lt;br /&gt;
* 2002. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[God&amp;#039;s Mischief]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Trans. Prema Jayakumar. Delhi: Penguin.&lt;br /&gt;
* 2004. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Adityan, Radha, and Others&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Trans. C Gopinathan Pillai. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi.&lt;br /&gt;
* 2005. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Train that Had Wings: Selected Short Stories of M. Mukundan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. trans. Donald R. Davis, Jr. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.&lt;br /&gt;
* 2006. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kesavan&amp;#039;s Lamentations]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Trans. A.J. Thomas. New Delhi: Rupa.&lt;br /&gt;
* 2007. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nrittam: A Malayalam Novel&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Trans. Mary Thundyil Mathew. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen.&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{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&amp;amp;pg=PA196|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|pages=196–}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=story&amp;amp;artist=M%2520Mukundan |title=Profile of Malayalam Story Writer M. Mukundan |date=2019-02-04 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-02-04}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=25 Works and Reviews]&lt;br /&gt;
* [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]&lt;br /&gt;
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