Abin Joseph

Abin Joseph is a Malayalam language short story writer from Kerala, India. his short story collection Kalliasseri Thesis won many awards including the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Geetha Hiranyan Endowment (2017) and Yuva Puraskar (2020) by Sahitya Akademi. Abin was born on 26 October 1990, to Joy and Mary at Keezhpally near Iritty, Kannur district. Abin's family was migrated to Kannur from the Kottayam Kuruppanthara region in the 1960s. After schooling from Idaveli Government LP School and Velimanam St. Sebastian's Higher Secondary School, he graduated from Iritty M.G. College with a degree in physics and a postgraduate degree in journalism from Don Bosco Arts & Science College, Kannur. He worked as Sub Editor of Mathrubhumi Periodicals. While in sixth grade, Abin participated in a story competition and won second place. That was his first story. As he lived in a place of migration, which has deep political roots, most of his stories has traces of local politics and immigration. He lived for some time at Anchampeedika near Kalliasseri, which provided inspiration for his story Kalliasseri Thesis.