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M. M. Basheer is a Malayalam literary critic who has written more than forty critical works on Malayalam poetry, short stories and novels. [1] [2] He has also been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship of 2022.
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M. M. Basheer is a Malayalam literary critic who has written more than forty critical works on Malayalam poetry, short stories and novels. [1] [2] He has also been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship of 2022.
M M Basheer was set to write a series of newspaper columns on the Ramayana in the Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi from August. [3] Basheer’s series on Ramayana has been a regular feature during the Malayalam month of Karkidakam which is observed as ‘Ramayana month’. [4] His work Thiricharivukal received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award for Literary Criticism (Thayat Award) in 2014. [5] [6] In 2022, he received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship. [7]
N. S. Madhavan is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. Known for his novel, Lanthan Batheriyile Luthiniyakal and a host of short stories such as Higuita, Thiruthu, Chulaimedile Shavangal and Vanmarangal Veezhumpol, Madhavan also writes football columns and travel articles. He is a distinguished fellow of Kerala Sahitya Akademi and a recipient of several major awards including Odakkuzhal Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel, Muttathu Varkey Award, Mathrubhumi Literary Award, Crossword Book Award and Kerala State Students Federation Sahithyolsav Award.
Maniyambath Mukundan is an Indian author of Malayalam literature and former diplomat. He worked as a cultural attaché at the Embassy of France in Delhi from 1961 to 2004, while concurrently working as an author. Many of his early works are set in Mahe (Mayyazhi), his homeland, which earned him the moniker Mayyazhiyude Kathakaaran. He is known to be one of the pioneers of modernity in Malayalam literature. Some of his best known works include Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil, Daivathinte Vikrithikal, Kesavante Vilapangal, and Pravasam.
VaikomMuhammad Basheer, popularly referred to as Beypore Sulthan, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, a humanist and an Indian independence activist. He was a novelist and short story writer noted for his path-breaking, down-to-earth style of writing that made him equally popular among literary critics as well as the common man. His notable works include Balyakalasakhi, Shabdangal, Pathummayude Aadu, Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu, Mathilukal, Janmadinam and Anargha Nimisham and the translations of his works into other languages have earned him worldwide acclaim. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honor of the Padma Shri in 1982. He was also a recipient of the Sahitya Academy Fellowship, Kerala Sahitya Academy Fellowship, and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Story. He was a recipient of the Vallathol Award in 1993.
Karimpumannil Mathai George (1914–2002), popularly known as Dr. K. M. George, was an eminent Malayalam writer and educator. An erudite scholar and literary critic with astute organisational capabilities, he is best known as a pioneer of Comparative Indian Studies and Literatures. He was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian honour, the Padma Shri, the highest literary award of the Government of Kerala, the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram and the third highest Indian civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, besides other honours.
Mundanat Leelavathy is a Malayalam writer, literary critic and educationist. She taught at various colleges in Kerala before retiring as Principal from Government Brennen College, Thalassery. During her long literary career, she won several awards including Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. She is a contemporary of such noted critics in Malayalam including K. M. George, S. Guptan Nair, N. Krishna Pillai, P. K. Balakrishnan, M. K. Sanu and Sukumar Azhikode. Leelavathy is a recipient of the Padma Shri Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for writing poetry of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for writing a story of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for writing a drama of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for writing literary criticism. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography is an award presented every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for writing a biography or autobiography of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for writing a travelogue of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for writing a book of humour of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to writers for translating a work from a foreign language to Malayalam. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for writing children's literature of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for their overall contributions to Malayalam literature. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to Malayalam writers for writing scholarly literature of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
N. Prabhakaran is a noted short story writer, novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, educationist, editor and columnist in Malayalam. He won the 2022 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship. The eldest of the five children born to N Kunhambu and A Kalliani, Prabhakaran was born at Parassinikkadavu in Kannur district of Kerala on 30 December 1952. He spent his childhood days at Madayi. Prabhakaran studied at Madayi L P School, Govt. High School, Madayi, Payyannur College and Government Brennen College, Thalassery. He served as a lecturer at the Dept. of Malayalam of Lekshmipuram college of Arts and Science, Neyyoor, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, CKG Memorial Govt College, Perambra, and Govt Brennen College, Thalassery, and retired while serving as the Head of the Malayalam Department of Brennen College. The writer also served as a visiting professor of Malayalam at the University of Calicut. Prabhakaran resides at Dharmadam in Thalassery.
Priya A. S. is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. She writes short stories, children's literature, translations and memoirs. She has translated Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things into Malayalam under the title Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran of which Roy herself has said that although there have been translations in several languages, no other translation is as important to her as this, as it is the language of the novel's central characters. She is a three-time recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is an honour of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, given to writers of Malayalam literature by inducting them as the distinguished members of the Akademi.
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