He published twenty three books covering the genres of novels, short stories, translations and plays and was a recipient of a number of awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1996, besides several other honours.

Kochubava was born on 28 November 1955 at Kattoor village in Thrissur district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Veeravu, a coir merchant and his wife, Beevathu, in a family with limited financial resources.

[4] Vridhasadanam, the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winning novel, short story anthologies such as Eppozhethumo Entho and Prarthanakalode Nilkkunnu and Checkuthan Arrestil, a play, feature among his notable works.

[6] Jalamalika, his short story anthology, is a prescribed text for BA Malayalam course at Pondicherry University.

[12] Balachandran Vadakkedath, a writer friend of Kochubava, published a book, Janmasradham, in 2014, which features his biography as well as a critical study of his works.