N. P. Mohammed

N. P. Mohammed (Malayalam: എന്‍. പി. മുഹമ്മദ്‌) (1 July 1929 - 3 January 2003), popularly known by his initials N.P., was a well known Malayalam novelist and short story writer from Kerala state, South India.^[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]

References

1. ^ "N.P. Mohammed laid to rest with State honours". The Hindu. 4 January 2003. http://www.hindu.com/2003/01/04/stories/2003010402730400.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-24. 
2. ^ George, K. M. (1994). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788172013240. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA253&dq=N.+P.+Muhammad. 
3. ^ "Pall of gloom at Sahitya Akademi". The Hindu. 4 January 2003. http://www.hindu.com/2003/01/04/stories/2003010402560300.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-24. 
4. ^ Awards & Fellowships-Akademi Awards

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Name	Mohammed, N. P.
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Date of birth	1 July 1929
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Date of death	3 January 2003
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