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Biodata

Benny Daniel (born 1971), better known by his penname Benyamin, is an Indian writer in Malayalam from Kerala. He is the author of about thirty books in various genres � from short stories to novels and memoirs. For his novel Goat Days (Aadujeevitham), he won the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and JCB Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. The novel Manthalirile 20 Communist Varshangal won the Vayalar Award in 2021. Personal life Benyamin was born on May 18 in 1971 in the village of Njettoor, Kulanada near Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district in the southern part of Kerala. He was a former expatriate in Baharin and lives in Pathanamthitta, Kerala. He lived in the Kingdom of Bahrain from 1992 to 2013, before returning to Kerala.[1] In 2000, Euthanasia was the first short story collection in Malayalam literature. Then in 2008, the work Adujeevitham were published it became a huge success and a turning point, through which he became a more active and well-known writer.