Thachom Poyil Rajeevan

　　

He worked as Public Relations Officer, University of Calicut, Advisor to the Minister for Culture, Govt of Kerala and Private Secretary to the Vice-Chancellor, University of Calicut. He has published 4 English poetry collections, 2 English prose books, 7 Malayalam poetry collections and 4 Malayalam prose books.

He has won Kerala State Literary Academy Award for the best novelist, Madras Malayalee Association Award for the best novelist, Kovilan Award for the best novelist, and V T Kumaran Award for the best poet. He has participated Iowa University’s International Writing Programme, Leding House International Writer-in-Residence and Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Writer-in-Residence.