Benyamin is an acclaimed author writing in the Malayalam. in 2009, his novel Aadu Jeevitham (Goat Days) won the Kerala Sahitya Akedemi Award. It was translated into English by Joseph Koyyippally and in 2013, it was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. In 2018, benyamin won the JCB Prize for Literature for his novel Mullapoo Niramulla Pakalukal (Jasmine Days), translated into English by Shahnaz Habib.