Shahina EK

Born	29 June 1978 age (36) Perinthalmanna
Occupation	Teacher, Writer
Language	Malayalam
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Short story, Poems, Translations
Subject	Social aspects
Notable works	Anandapadmanabhante marakkuthirakal, Puthumazha choorulla chumbanangal
Literary Movement	Realism
Notable awards	Edasseri Award 2015, Gruhalaksmi award 2007, Kadathanatt madhaviyamma kavitha award 2011, Avneebala puraskaram 2013

Shahina EK (born June 29, 1978) is a South Indian contemporary short story writer from Kerala. She is one of the newcomers in Malayalam literature. She was born in Perinthalmanna, Malappuram district in Kerala. Her stories speak about the common people and the issues related with them. The author’s way of writing is very sensitive and powerful.^[1][2][3]

Her first book Wooden horses of Anadapadmanabhan (അനന്തപദ്മന്ഭാന്റെ മരക്കുതിരകൾ) got translated to English. Apart from story writer, she is a poet as well as respectable translator. She translated Khalil Gibran’s "The prophet" to (Malayalam:പ്രവാചകൻ). Her book, Puthumazha choorulla chumbanangal won Edasseri Award in 2015.

Bibliography

Collections of short stories

• Anandapadmanabhante marakkuthirakal - (Malayalam:അനന്തപദ്മന്ഭാന്റെ മരക്കുതിരകൾ)
• Puthumazha choorulla chumbanangal - (Malayalam:പുതുമഴ ചൂരുള്ള ചുംബനങ്ങൾ)

Translation works

• The prophet to (Malayalam:പ്രവാചകൻ)

Interview

• 1, http://www.mangalam.com/print-edition/sunday-mangalam/203092
• 2, http://www.deepika.com/feature/Feature_Details.aspx?feature_cat=Cat27&newscode=10644

Poems

• Ottanjodi kavithakal to (Malayalam: ഒറ്റഞൊടി കവിതകൾ)

References

1. "Avaneebala award for Shahina E K". 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
2. "Shahina EK gets Avanibala award". 28 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
3. "Commemoration of writer today". 6 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2014.