Kakkanadan Born (23 April 1935) in Thiruvalla and later moved to Kottarakkara, Kakkanadan started his professional career as a school teacher. He quit the job to join Southern Railway as an officer and later shifted to Ministry of Indian Railways. He went to Germany to pursue research in physics but abandoned midway.He had won the Kerala Sahithya Akademi award for his novel “Orodha” in 1984. In 2005 he won the Kendra Sahithya Akademi Award and in 2008 he was bestowed with the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Fellowship.
Awards
Kakkanadan received Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2002) for life-time achievement in Malayalam literature.
Kendra Sahithya Academy Award (2005)
Balamaniamma Award (2008)
Padma Prabha Award (2002)
Muttathy Varkey Award
Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam "Sahithya Award" (2009)