[2][3] He was one of the recipients of the 2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards for overall contribution.

[4][5][6][7][8] He was born on October 15, 1952, to Ponnankodu Hassan and Maryam in Parakkadavu near Vadakara in Calicut district.

He completed his education from Farook College and migrated to the Persian Gulf region for a while to find work.

He was the Periodicals Editor of the Madhyamam Daily and the Director of Editorial Relations.

He has published 45(forty five)books and some of them have been translated into English, Hindi, Arabic, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu.