Karunakaran is an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer and essayist who writes in Malayalam. Known for an original style of writing,^[1] he has published a number of novels, short story anthologies, poetry anthologies, studies and essays.^[2] He was born in Pattambi, a town in Palakkad district of the south Indian state of Kerala.^[2] His oeuvre comprises novels such as Yuvaavaayirunna Onpathu Varsham and short story anthologies like Paayakkappal and he is a recipient of the 2019 O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram.^[3][4] He lives in Kuwait.^[5][6]

• Karunakaran (2011). Bicycle Thief (in Malayalam). Mathrubhumi Books. p. 124. ISBN 9788182650398.
• Karuṇākaran (2017). Yuvāvāyirunna Onpathu Varṣhaṃ. Kottayam, Kerala State, India. ISBN 978-81-264-7495-0. OCLC 1027058947.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Karunakaran (2023). Kettezhuthukari (in Malayalam). Kottayam: DC Books. ASIN B0BRZGLSG1.

• Karunakaran (2001). Parasya Jeevitham. DC Books. ASIN B007E4WTBS.
• Karuṇākaran (2012). Yuddhakālatte Nuṇakaḷuṃ Marakkompile Kākkayuṃ. Kottayam: D C Books. ISBN 978-81-264-3557-9. OCLC 810316812.

• Karuṇākaran (2000). Pāyakkappal. Kottayam: DC Books. p. 79. ISBN 81-264-0099-4. OCLC 45916633.
• Karunakaran (2010). Kochiyile Nalla Sthree. Sign Books. p. 90. ISBN 9780000130570.
• Karuṇākaran (2012). Ekanthathaye Kurichu Paranju Kettitteyulloo. Kottayam: D C Books.
• Karuṇākaran (2014). Atikupitanāya Kut̲t̲ānvēṣakanuṃ Mat̲t̲u Kathakaḷuṃ. Kottayam. ISBN 978-81-264-5159-3. OCLC 908107454.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Karuṇākaran (2020). Bourgeois Snehithan (in Malayalam). ISBN 9789355494405.

• Karuṇākaran (2017). Yakṣiyuṃ Cycle Yātr̲akkāranuṃ. Ayyanthole, Thrissur: Green Books. ISBN 978-93-86440-56-3. OCLC 1119066336.

• Karunakaran (2016). Udal Enna Moham (in Malayalam). Logos Books. p. 212. ISBN 9789385064814.

• "'ഫിക്‌ഷൻ ഒരു റിപ്പബ്ലിക്ക് ആവുമ്പോൾ': കരുണാകരനുമായി സവിത എൻ. സംസാരിക്കുന്നു" [When fiction transforms into a republic - Savitha N talks to Karunakaran]. ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2022-01-18.

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• "Kamala". Indian Express Malayalam (in Malayalam). 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
• "The Investigation". Indian Express Malayalam (in Malayalam). 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
• "About Author Karunakaran". keralabookstore.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2021-03-03.
• കരുണാകരന്‍. "The book of Lenin and my father's photo". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
• "Solo Sex". wtplive.in. Retrieved 2021-03-03.