SHIHABUDDIN POITHUMKADAVUShihabuddin Poithumkadavu is one of Malayalam's leading fiction writers. He has been awarded the most prestigious prizes for literature in Malayalam.Shihabuddin's working life began at the age of fifteen when he dropped out of school and began to wor as a cleaner in a hotel. Since then he worked multiple jobs--as a helper in wedding feasts, a waiter in a restaurant, an ironing boy, a cleaner in a lorry, subscription-collector for the local merchants' association, bystander in a hospital, proof-reader, timber loader, house painter, wood polisher, sand loader, cashier in a restaurant, nightwatchman in a saw mill, and so on. However, he continued his school education and went on to earn a college degree, after which he worked in different capacities in the media as journalist, scriptwriter and editor in Dubai and Kerala. Read More Read Less