V. M. Devadas

V. M. Devadas (born March 1981) is a Malayalam novelist, short story writer and screenwriter from Wadakkancherry, Kerala, India.

V. M. Devadas
Born	March 1981 Wadakkancherry, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer
Language	Malayalam
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Novel, short story, essays
Notable works	Pannivetta, Shalabhajeevitham
Website
Official blog

List of works

Novels

• Dildo: Aaru Maranangalude Pulp Fiction Patapusthakam (Palghat: Logos, 2009)^[1]
• Pannivetta (Trivandrum: Chintha, 2010)
• Cheppum Panthum (Kottayam:DC Books, 2017)
• Eru (Kottayam:DC Books, 2021)^[2]

Short story collections

• Marana Sahayi (Kottayam:DC Books, 2011)
• Salabha Jeevitham (Trivandrum: Chintha, 2014)^[3]
• Avanavan Thuruthu (Kottayam:DC Books, 2016)
• Vazhi Kanupidikkunnavar (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2018)
• Kadinu Nadukkoru Maram (Kottayam:DC Books, 2021)
• Katha (Kottayam: S.P.C.S., 2021)

Screenwriter

Name	Year	Production	Director
Garass[4]	2014	Pune Film Institute	Sanju Surendran
Nadakantham[5]	2017	Tungsten Brains	Vishnuprasad

Awards

• 2010: Malayala Manorama Novel Carnival Award – Pannivetta^[6]
• 2011: Nooranad Haneef Memorial Award – Pannivetta^[6]
• 2011: Chandrika Katha Puraskaram – Tibet (Story)^[7][8]
• 2015 : Ettumanoor Kavya Vedhi Puraskaram – SalabhaJeevitham
• 2016 : Kerala Sahitya Akademi's Geetha Hiranyan Endowment Award 2014 – MaranaSahayi^[9][10]
• 2016 - Mazhavil Sahitya Puraskaram – Chaavusakshyam^[11]
• 2017 – Ankanam Sahitya Puraskaram – SalabhaJeevitham^[12][13]
• 2017 – Manoraj KathaSamahara Puraskaram – Avanavan Thuruthu^[14]
• 2017 – C.V Sreeraman Smrithi Puraskaram – Avanavan Thuruthu^[15]
• 2017 – Yes Press Books Novel Award – Cheppum Panthum^[16][17]
• 2018 – Five Continents International Film Festival – Best Drama Short Film – Nadakantham^[18]
• 2018 – Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai award for best short film script at K.P.A.C International Fim Fest – Nadakantham
• 2018 – Karur Neelakanta Pillai Smaraka Katha Puraskaram – Panthirukulam^[19]
• 2018 – Swami Vivekananda Yuva Prathibha Award instituted by the Kerala State Youth Welfare Board – Avanavan Thuruthu^[20]
• 2018 – K.V. Sudhakaran Katha Puraskaram – Avanavan Thuruthu^[21]
• 2019 – Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Malayala Padhanakendram Award – Cheppum Panthum^[22][23]
• 2019 – D Sreeman Namboothiri Sahithya Puraskaram – Cheppum Panthum^[24][25]
• 2021 – K.A. Kodungallur Madhyamam Sahitya Puraskaram - Keezhkkamthookku^[26]
• 2022 – Thoppil Ravi Smaraka Sahithya Puraskaram - Eru^[27]
• 2022 – Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story Collection - Vazhi Kandupidikkunnavar^[28]
• 2023 – O. V. Vijayan Literary Award - Kadinu Nadukkoru Maram^[29]

External links

• "കുളവാഴ – കഥ, ദേവദാസ് വി എം" [Kulavazha – Story by Devadas V. M] (PDF). Malayalam Vaarika (in Malayalam). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
• "'മേശപ്പുറം'- ദേവദാസിന്റെ ബ്ലോഗ്" [Devadas's Blog] (in Malayalam).
• V. M. Devadas at IMDb