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Malayalam literary critic

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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. He has also been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship of 2022.

Life

M M Basheer was set to write a series of newspaper columns on the Ramayana in the Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi from August. Basheer’s series on Ramayana has been a regular feature during the Malayalam month of Karkidakam which is observed as ‘Ramayana month’. His work Thiricharivukal received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award for Literary Criticism (Thayat Award) in 2014. In 2022, he received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.

References

  1. Duggal, Kartar Singh (1980). Literary encounters. Marwah Publications. p. 210. OCLC 7121336.
  2. Ayyappapanicker, K. (1990). A perspective of Malayalam literature. Annu Chithra Publications. p. 129. OCLC 25093568.
  3. "Hindutva voices force Kerala scholar to stop Ramayana column in newspaper". The Indian Express. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. "M M Basheer | KERALA EDITOR". Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. "Award winners". The Hindu. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  6. "അബുദാബി ശക്തി അവാര്‍ഡുകള്‍ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു". Deshabhimani. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  7. "Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships for M M Basheer, N Prabhakaran". The New Indian Express. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024.


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