Socrates Krishnan Valath, (born 1963) is an Indian novelist and short story writer, working in Malayalam literature.
[1][note 1] His entry into Malayalam literature was with a short story, Vala, published in Mathrubhumi weekly in 1987.
[11] He has also directed a documentary, And the Fight Goes On, on the quadriplegic writer and historian, MP Anil Kumar.
[8] A decade later, his short story anthology, Nyaayavithi, fetched him the Padmarajan Award in 2014.
[15][16] He received the C. Ayyappan Award for short story in 2015 and Janala (The Window), a radioplay he wrote for the Thrissur station of the All India Radio, was selected for the Certificate of Merit at the Akashvani annual competition in 2017.