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Thoppil Mohamed Meeran
Indian writer

Thoppil Mohamed Meeran

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Indian writer
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Place of birth
Nagercoil, India
Age
74 years
Residence
Nagercoil, India
Awards
Sahitya Akademi Award
 
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Biography

Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (26 September 1944 – 10 May 2019) was an Indian Nagercoil based author who wrote in Tamil.

Meeran was awarded the Highest Indian Government award for Litrature, Sahitya Akademi Award in 1997 for his novel Saivu Narkali (The Reclining Chair). He also received the Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumantam Award, the Ilakkiya Chintanai Award, and the T N Govt. Award. He published six novels and seven short story collections.

Personal life

Mohamed Meeran was born in Nagercoil. He was also addressed as Thoppil Meeran by his friends and family. His father name Mohammed Abdul Khader (முஹம்மதுஅப்துல் காதர் ) and his Mother Name is Beevi Paatha Kannu (பீவிபாத்த கண்ணு ). He was married to, Jaleela and had two children, Shameem Ahamed and Mirzad Ahamed. He hailed from a village named Thengai Pattanam which is part of the Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. He was one of the sons of the famous M.O.M Family.

Works

Novels

  • Oru Kadalora Kiramathin Kathai (1988, The Story of Sea Side Village)
  • Turaimugam (1991, Harbour)
  • Koonan Thoppu (1993, The Grove of a Hunchback)
  • Saivu Narkkali (1995, The Reclining Chair)
  • Anju vannam theru (2011, "Five Colours street")
  • kudiyetram (2017, Emigration)

Short story collections

  • Anbuku Muthumai Illai
  • Thankarasu(1995)
  • Anathasainam Colony
  • Oru kutty thevin varipadam
  • Thoppil mohammed meeran kathaigal
  • Oru maaamaramum konjam paravaigalum
  • Maranathin meethu urulum sakkaram

Anthology

  • varekalin pechu

Translations

  • Husainul jamal (moin kutty vaither)
  • Theivathin kanne (NP Mohammed)
  • vaikom muhammad basheer valkai varalaru (mona graph) (MN karassery)
  • Thirukottiyur kurunavel (U.A Kader)
  • Meesan karkalin kaval(Pk Parakadavu)

Awards

  • Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumantam (1992)
  • Ilakkiya Chintanai
  • Lilly Devasigamani
  • T N Govt. Award
  • Amuthan adigal Literary award
  • TN Murpokku Ezhuthalar Sangam
  • Sahitya Akademi Award (1997)
  • SRM University Tamil Academy Award 'Pudumaipiththan Creative Literature Award for the best small stories Novels and Drama(2012)'
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