M mukundan biography
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Why Delhi was the muse for Malayalam writer M Mukundan, this year’s JCB Prize for Literature winner
Four decades later, he returned to mine Delhi for another novel. Delhi: A Soliloquy (Delhi Gathakal; DC Books), a translation of which won the JCB Prize for Literature gods month, fryst vatten a more mature work that has an epic quality. A sweeping view of Delhi from the 1960s to 1980s, it is the biography of a city in turmoil and transition. Within the large panorama of history, Mukundan situates the subculture of the Malayali diaspora and the struggles of lower-middle class families. Sahadevan, the conscience of Delhi: A Soliloquy is a mature utgåva of Aravindan in Delhi. If Aravindan was an unsuccessful artist, Sahadevan fryst vatten a failed novelist — “Delhi: A Soliloquy” fryst vatten the novel that he publishes late in life under someone else’s name. Aravindan arrives in Delhi after winning a prize for his painting, shacks up in a mess in Connaught Place and wastes away while consuming bhang in Paharganj a
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M. Mukundan() is one of the pioneers of modernity in Malayalam literature. He was born on 10 September 1942 at Mayyazhi in Mahe, a one-time French territory in Kerala. He served as the president of Kerala Sahitya Akademi from October 2006 until March 2010.
Mukundan is known in Kerala as 'Mayyazhiyude Kathakaaran' (The story-teller of Mayyazhi). His native village of Mayyazhi figures in his early works: 'Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil', 'Daivathinte Vikrithikal', 'Appam Chudunna Kunkiyamma' and 'Lesli Achante Kadangal'.
His first literary work was a short story published in 1961. Mukundan has so far published 12 novels and ten collections of short stories. Mukundan's latest four novels 'Adithyanum Radhayum Mattu Chilarum', 'Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadanakatha','Kesavante Vilapangal' and 'Nritham ' carries a change in structure and approach.
'Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadanakatha' reveals how Vasundhara, an actress has been insulted in the course
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AuthorM. Mukundan
- Books Written: Delhi: A Soliloquy
M. Mukundan was born and brought up in Mahe. He rose to critical acclaim and popularity with Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil (1974). His stories and novels have been widely translated into various Indian languages, English and French. He has been awarded Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the highest literary honour given by the Government of Kerala, the Crossword Book Award twice, first in 1999 for On the Banks of the Mayyazhi and again in 2006 for Kesavan’s Lamentations, and the Sahitya Akademi award and N.V. Puraskaram for Daivathinte Vikrithikal (God’s Mischief). His other major works include Kesavante Vilapangal (2009) and Prasavam (2008). He was presented with the insignia of Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 1998. He also served as the president of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi from 2006 to 2010. Four of his books have been adapted into award-winning films. Delhi Gathakal (