title: Anuja Akathoottu
text: # Anuja Akathoottu
  
  Anuja Akathoottu is a Malayalam language poet and short story writer from Kerala, India. In 2019, she received the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for her collection of poems Amma Urangunnilla.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Anuja A. R. popularly known as Anuja Akathoottu was born in 1987 in Paipra near Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district, as the daughter of Paipra Radhakrishnan and Nalini Bekal. She was educated at Sacred Heart, Thrissur, Little Flower, Muvattupuzha, and St. Augustine's Higher Secondary School, Muvattupuzha. She completed BSc (Agriculture) from Kerala Agricultural University with university rank and PG and PhD from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi with IARI Gold Medal for PG. In 2009, she participated in the National Camp for Young Writers organized by the Sahitya Akademi. Anuja works as a scientist at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, and her specialisation is Agricultural/Fisheries Economics. Her husband Dr. Muhammad Aslam is working as an Assistant Professor at the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Amma Urangunnilla (poetry collection), DC Books, Kottayam
  * Aromayude Vastrangal (short story collection), Current Books, Thrissur
  * Pothuvakya Sammelanam (short story collection), Current Books, Thrissur
  * Koottu
  
  ## Honors and awards
  
  * 2019 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar
  * ONV Youth Literature Award
  * Abudabi Shakthi Award
  * Venmani Award
  * Tirur Thunchan Memorial Award
  * VT Kumaran Master Award
  * Binoy Chathuruthi Award
  * Vyloppilly Award
  * Ayyappa Paniker Memorial Poetry Award
  * Kamala Surayya Award
  * Atlas-Kairali Poetry Award
  * Anganam Literature Award
  * Kerala School Youth Festival State level Prize
  