Soorya Gopi
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.
SOORYA GOPI -short story writer and sociologist
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 for her book Uppumazhayile Pachilakal (2016)[1]
- Ankanam E. P. Sushama endowment award for best short story (2013)
- Madhyamam-Velicham award best short story (2009)
- Ankanam - Geetha Hiranyan Best Short Story award (2008)
- Muttathu Varkey Kalaalaya Sahitya award for best short story (2008)
- State Bank of India-SBT award for the book Pookkale Snehicha Penkutti (2006)
- Malayala Manorama best short story award (2006)
- Poorna Uroob award for best short story (2005)
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