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Thoppil Mohamed Meeran
Tamil novels including the award-winning Saivu Narkali.
Turaimugam · Saivu Narkali
- Born
- 26 September 1944
- Birthplace
- Nagercoil
- Died
- 10 May 2019
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Thoppil Mohamed Meeran
Indian Tamil-language novelist and short-story writer associated with the coastal communities of Kanyakumari. His fiction received the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Early life
Coastal origins
Came from Thengai Pattanam in Kanyakumari district, a setting connected with the coastal world of his writing.
Career
- 1988
First listed novel
Published Oru Kadalora Kiramathin Kathai.
- 1997
National recognition
Won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Saivu Narkali.
- 2017
Later fiction
Published Kudiyetram.
Selected work
Turaimugam
A novel whose title means Harbour.
Saivu Narkali
The Reclining Chair became his best-known award-winning novel.
Beyond work
Family
Was married to Jaleela. They had two children, Shameem Ahamed and Mirzad Ahamed.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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