Sreejith Moothedath

Sreejith Moothedath is a short story writer, novelist and children's writer from Kerala, India. His novel Penguinukalute Vankarayil received the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2025.

Biography Sreejith was born on 31 March 1978 in Bhumivathukkal, Kozhikode district, to P.M. Bhaskaran Master and O.K. Nalini. He completed his primary education from Vanimel Crescent High School, and higher education from Calicut University, Gauhati University and Annamalai University. The theme is that three teenage children, with the help of a girl named Saniya, who comes from an alien planet, travel through various continents and islands, see various living creatures in the Andaman Islands, Indonesian islands, and the coastal areas of Australia, and the nature in which they grow, and finally reach Antarctica, the land of penguins.

His other children's literature works such as Kuruvikalte Lokam, African Thumpikal, Chakkarapadam, Surya Yatrayde Vismayacheppu, Tuvalthottill, etc. also feature environmental awareness and love for fellow beings as major themes. Penguinukalute Vankarayil received the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2025.