Perumbadavam Sreedharan

Perumbadavam Sreedharan (born 12 February 1938) is a Malayalam author from Kerala, India.

One of his best known novels is Oru Sankeerthanam Pole (1993) for which he won the Vayalar Award in 1996.

Born in the village of Perumpadavam, in Elanji Panchayath Piravom, Ernakulam district of Kerala, Perumpadavam (as he is often called) started his literary career by writing poetry.

He has been noted for his connection with the Russian language and is recognised by some as a doyen of Malayalam literature.

[1] It is a story based on the life of famous Russian writer, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his wife Anna.