Benyamin (writer)

Updated on Sep 29, 2024

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Pen name Benyamin Nationality Indian Role Novelist Ethnicity Malayali		Name Benny Daniel Notable works Goat Days Language Malayalam Spouse Asha Mathew

Notable awards Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Books Goat Days, Akkapporinte Irupathu Nasrani Varshangal

Benyamin exclusive interview with malayalam novelist atmabhashanam manorama online

Benyamin (born Benny Daniel in 1971) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Malayalam language from Nhettur, Kulanada, near Pandalam of the south Indian state of Kerala. He has lived in the Kingdom of Bahrain since 1992, from the age of twenty, and his works appear regularly in Malayalam publications in Kerala.

Goat Days (Aadujeevitham), his most famous novel, portrays the life of an Indian labourer in Saudi Arabia. It is used as a textbook at Kerala University, Calicut University, Bharathiar University, Pondicherry University and 10th standard for Kerala State syllabus.