N. P. Mohammed
N. P. Mohammed (1 July 1928 – 3 January 2003), popularly known by his initials N.P., was an Indian Malayalam language novelist and short story writer.[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] NP wrote the novel Arabi Ponnu (The Arab Gold) along with M. T. Vasudevan Nair. MT and Mohamed stayed in a rented house in Karuvarakkundu village, Kozhikode for a period of two weeks to complete this work. The novel Hiranyakasipu, which tells us a story of power and politics, brings characters from Hindu mythology into a modern political setting in Kerala.
Malayalam writer and academic N. P. Hafiz Mohamad is the son of N. P. Mohammed.
List of works
Novels
- Maram
- Arabi Ponnu (1960, The Gold of Arabia; written with M. T. Vasudevan Nair)
- Daivathinte Kannu (1990, winner of Kendra Sahithya Academy Award)
- Hiranyakasipu
- Guha (Cave)
Short story collections
- N.P. Mohammedinte Kathakal (2002)ln Malayalam
- Ente Priyappetta Kathakal (2003)
References
- ^ "N.P. Mohammed laid to rest with State honours". The Hindu. 4 January 2003. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ George, K. M. (1994). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
- ^ "Pall of gloom at Sahitya Akademi". The Hindu. 4 January 2003. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ Awards & Fellowships-Akademi Awards Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
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