Soorya Gopi
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Soorya Gopi is an Indian litterateur, short-story writer, and sociologist. She was born on 26 June 1987 at Kollam, Kerala, India to poet P. K. Gopi and Komalam.
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She was educated at the Presentation High School and Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School, both of which are in Kozhikode. She did her bachelor's degree in Sociology & Malayalam and master's in Sociology from Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, ranking first in University of Calicut in both cases.
Soorya got married to broadcast Journalist P.K. Sujith. They have a daughter named Chilanka.
Soorya has published two books:
- Pookkale Snehicha Penkutti (2006)
- Uppumazhayile Pachilakal (2012).
Presently Soorya Gopi is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at St.Teresa’s College Kochi.
Awards
- Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Award [1] [2] [3] for her book Uppumazhayile Pachilakal (2016)[1]
- Ankanam E. P. Sushama endowment award for best short story (2013)[citation needed]
- Madhyamam-Velicham award best short story (2009)[citation needed]
- Ankanam - Geetha Hiranyan Best Short Story award (2008) [citation needed]
- Muttathu Varkey Kalaalaya Sahitya award for best short story (2008)[citation needed]
- State Bank of India-SBT award for the book Pookkale Snehicha Penkutti (2006)[citation needed]
- Malayala Manorama best short story award (2006)[citation needed]
- Poorna Uroob award for best short story (2005)[citation needed]