Noted Malayalam author and short story writer Akbar Kakkattil passed away. He was 62.

About Akbar Kakkattil:

* He has 54 books shockingly which incorporates, four books, 27 short stories, six accumulations of expositions, seven novelettes, a play, among others.
* He was the Vice-President of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi and Member of Malayalam Advisory Panel of National Book Trust and Malayalam Advisory Board of Kerala Government.
* He had filled in as an individual from the representing group of South Zone Cultural Center of the Union government and Kerala State Institute of Children's writing.

* He was likewise an individual from Malayalam Advisory Board of Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Convener of Publication Committee, Kerala Sahitya Akademi.

Recompenses:

A two-time victor of the prestigious Kerala Sahitiya Akademi honor.

He was likewise beneficiary of the first-ever honor in diversion segment in 1992 for his 'School Diary' a compilation of short expositions.

In the year 2004 his 'Vadakkuninnoru Kudumba Vrithantham' was granted as the best novel.