N. P. Mohammed

N. P. Mohammed (1 July 1929 - 3 January 2003), popularly known by his initials N.P., was a Malayalam novelist and short story writer from Kerala state, South India.[1] He, along with his contemporaries like M. T. Vasudevan Nair, O. V. Vijayan, Kakkanadan, and Kamala Das ushered in a modernist movement in Malayalam fiction in the late 1950s.[2] During his long literary career NP served as the President of Kerala Sahitya Akademi.[3] His novel Daivathinte Kannu won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award (Malayalam) in 1993.[4] Malayalam writer and academic N. P. Hafiz Mohamad is the son of N. P. Mohammed.

References

  1. ↑ "N.P. Mohammed laid to rest with State honours". The Hindu. 4 January 2003. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  2. ↑ George, K. M. (1994). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
  3. ↑ "Pall of gloom at Sahitya Akademi". The Hindu. 4 January 2003. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  4. ↑ Awards & Fellowships-Akademi Awards