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Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

• He was a Malayalam novelist, short story writer and freedom fighter.

• Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, also known as Beypore Sultan (born 21 January 1908 in Talayolaparambu, Vaikom, Kottayam District – died 5 July 1994 in Beypore, Kozhikode).

• Awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1982. He has been described as one of the most read writers in modern Malayalam literature. Bausheer was a popular writer.

Works

• Premalekhanam (Novel) (1943)

• Baalyakalasakhi(Novel) (1944)

• Ntuppoopakkoranendarnnu (1951)

• Chirikkunna marappava (Short Stories) (1975)