Malayatoor RamakrishnanMALAYATOOR RAMAKRISHNAN (1927-1997) started his career as an advocate and worked as a sub-editor in The Free Press Journal in Mumbai before joining the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1957. Malayatoor wrote a semi-autobiographical work Verukal(Roots), which won him the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award. In 1981, he resigned from the IAS to devote himself to writing. From 1981 to 1997, he wrote his other famous novels including Yakshi, Yanthram, Nettoor Mathom and Amritham Thedi, besides short stories and scripts for several films. For some years, he was chairman of the Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi. Read More Read Less