Asha Menon (writer)
# Asha Menon (writer)

K. Sreekumar, known as Asha Menon is a writer and reviewer of Malayalam literature.

## Personal life

Asha Menon was born on 18 November 1947 at Kollengode, Palakkad district, Kerala, India. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree. He left his engineering studies midway to join the South Indian Bank as an officer. After some years, he took voluntary retirement from the service.

## Works

Asha Menon is a study of a calm search for nature and man, and a study of genetics, music, science and spirituality.

* Puthiya Purusharthangal (1978)
* Kaliyugaranyakangal (1982)
* Parivrajakante Mozhi (1984)
* Prathirodhangal (1985)
* Herbarium (1985)
* Thanumanasi (1990)
* Jeevante Kaiyoppu (1992)
* Adarunna Kakkakal (Travelogue-1994)
* Paragakosangal (1997)
* Payasvini (1999)
* Krishnasilayum Himasirassum (2001)
* Khalsayude Jalasmrithi (2003)
* Sraddhaswarangal (2006)
* Osho Vinte Neela Njarambu (2007)
* Himalaya Prathyakshangal (2007)
* Elamulachikal (2007, 2010)
* Himachalinte Nissanthwanangal (2010)
* Prathirodhangal (2010)
* Katha Dasakam (2012)
* Utharendian Greeshmathiloode (2015)

## Awards

* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for 'Thanumanasi' in 1990.
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for 'Jeevante Kaiyoppu' in 1994.
* Nalappadan Award 2022 for his Holistic Contributions to Malayalam Literature (Nalappadan Memorial Cultural Society-NMCS)
