190. Thoppil Mohamed Meeran

Born	26 September 1944 (1944-09-26) (age 66) Tengapattanam, Kanyakumari district, Tamilnadu
Residence	Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (born September 26, 1944) is an Indian author who writes in Tamil.

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

Personal life

Mohamed Meeran is married to his wife, Jaleela. They have two children, Shameem Ahamed and Mirzad Ahamed.

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)

 Short Story Collections

• Anbuku Muthumai Illai
• Thankarasu(1995)
• Anathasainam Colony
• Oru kutty thevin varipadam
• Thoppil mohammed meeran kathaigal
• Oru mamaramum konjam paravaigalum

 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)

Awards

• Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumantam
• Ilakkiya Chintanai
• Lilly Devasigamani
• T N Govt. Award
• Amuthan adigal Literary award
• TN Murpokku Ezhuthalar Sangam
• Sahitya Akademi Award

Source : Wikipedia