Benyamin (writer)

Benyamin
Born	Benny Daniel Kulanada
Pen name	Benyamin
Language	Malayalam
Nationality	Indian
Notable works	Goat Days
Notable awards	Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Spouse	Asha Mathew
Children	Rohan, Kezia

Benyamin (born Benny Daniel in 1971) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Malayalam language from Nhettur, Kulanada, near Pandalam of the south Indian state of Kerala. He has lived in the Kingdom of Bahrain since 1992, from the age of twenty, and his works appear regularly in Malayalam publications in Kerala.

Goat Days (Aadujeevitham), his most famous novel, portrays the life of an Indian labourer in Saudi Arabia. It is used as a textbook at Kerala University, Calicut University, Bharathiar University, Pondicherry University and 10th standard for Kerala State syllabus.

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