Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

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Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was a celebrated 20th-century Malayalam writer known for his humanistic themes, simple yet powerful prose, and pioneering contributions to modern Indian literature.

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instanceOf Malayalam-language writer
novelist
person
short story writer
alsoKnownAs Beypore Sultan NERFINISHED
awardReceived Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award NERFINISHED
Padma Shri
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1908-01-21
dateOfDeath 1994-07-05
ethnicGroup Malayali NERFINISHED
familyName Basheer NERFINISHED
fullName Vaikom Muhammad Basheer NERFINISHED
genre fiction
novels
short stories
givenName Muhammad NERFINISHED
hasSignatureWork Balyakalasakhi NERFINISHED
Mathilukal NERFINISHED
influenced Malayalam literature
modern Indian literature
knownFor depiction of marginalized people
humanistic themes
humor in literature
simple prose style
languageOfWorkOrName Malayalam
movement modernism
progressive literature
nativeLanguage Malayalam
notableWork Anargha Nimisham NERFINISHED
Balyakalasakhi NERFINISHED
Janmadinam NERFINISHED
Mathilukal NERFINISHED
Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu
Pathummayude Aadu NERFINISHED
Premalekhanam NERFINISHED
Shabdangal NERFINISHED
occupation freedom fighter
journalist
participatedIn Indian independence movement NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Thalayolaparambu NERFINISHED
Vaikom NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Beypore NERFINISHED
religion Islam
residence Beypore NERFINISHED
spouse Fabi Basheer NERFINISHED
stateOfBirth Kerala NERFINISHED
stateOfDeath Kerala NERFINISHED
writingPeriod 20th century

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Indian literature hasNotableAuthor Vaikom Muhammad Basheer