The eminent writer Karoor Soman depicts truths that touch the essence of creativity. His timely writings reflect the magic of creative power and fullness of beauty. In his varied writings, Karoor makes his readers astounded by his ideas rushing like sea waves. Only those writers who are authentic can create such a variety and vigour in their literary work.
Karoor is well known not only in the field of literature but also in different writings about science and other areas of knowledge. His travelogues are special in the description of his experiences and anthropological insights. Elements of history and culture are merged in his writings.
Karoor soman proved his legacy in the field of novels and short stories too. Nostalgic memories and experiences find their place in his writings. Men of principles appear in Karoor Soman’s fiction. Although the theme is life, experiences are varied. This makes his work differ from other novels. Karoor makes his short stories the essence of life, even the minute details are taken into account in his stories.There are stories about problems related to human existence.
I happened to go through the works of Karoor Soman while I was preparing a book on his literary work (Kalathinte Ezhuthakakangal/BookCross Publica and Amazon).It was like a journey for me from one seaport to another. While I prepared the study report based on his books, I couldn’t include certain matters. I hereby like to record certain matters in that regard as I feel that his books are very valuable in the study of Malayalam literature, as his literary journey is inclusive of various thoughts.
Karoor Soman has written 68 books in which the tile of all those books starts with the Malayalam alphabet “Ka” in the time limit of 01.04.1985 ti 05.08.2024. These books are unique. On 13.12.2024, Karoor Soman’s name was included in the URF World Record for his immeasurable contributions to world literature. He contributed 34 books released in a day in 12 different areas of knowledge. His contribution in this field is about 12 works such as Drama, Malayalam novels, Children novels, English novels, Malayalam Stories, English Stories, Historical stories, Poems, Articles, Travelogues, Autobiography, History, Biography, Science and Sports etc. Since 1978 he has started his foreign trips.
In the International Journal “Jait”, the first Malayalam review for an English novel was published on 01.01.2019 (Malabar A Flame/ Karoor Soman). The review was prepared by the research scholar of New Delhi Jain University, Miss. Chithra Susan Thampy. The novel was published by Media House and Amazon, New Delhi. The novel “Kalpaadukal” written by Karoor and published by Poorna Publications, Calicut was the first Malayalam novel from Europe (05.11.2007).
From abroad, the first Malayalam musical drama was”Kadalinakkare Embassy School” (05.08.1999,2011 – Pref….avatharika written by Thoppil Bhasi). Apart from all these writings, Karoor has started the first literary journal “Pravasi Malayalam” from Europe. His English novel “The Malabar A Flame” is a bestseller through amazon. In 2022, he received the amazon International Literary Award including around other twenty national/international awards. Since 2020, he has been at the forefront of certain leading publishers like Lima World Library Literature Online, KP/Karoor Amazon Publications etc. So far I have noted that he is the only Malayalam writer is writing worldwide.
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