A. Madhavan (7 February 1934 – 5 January 2021) was a

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writer who won the

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for his collection of essays ''Ilakkiya Chuvadukal (Traces of Literature)''. He supported the

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Biography

Madhavan was born in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

to Chellammal and Avudainayagam. He had a small business in the main bazaar of Chalai, Thiruvananthapuram. He had one son and two daughters and was living with his elder daughter until his death. He died on 5 January 2021.

Selected works

* ''Punalum Manalum (On a River’s Bank)'' * ''Krishna Parunthu (Brahmini Kite)'' * ''Thoovaanam (Drizzle)'' * ''Kaalai (Bull)'' * ''Ettavathu Naal (Eighth Day)'' Translations from Malayalam to Tamil: *

Malayatoor Ramakrishnan K. V. Ramakrishna Iyer, better known by his pen name, Malayattoor Ramakrishnan (27 May 1927 – 27 December 1997), was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, cartoonist, lawyer, judicial magistrate, and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) o ...

's ''Yakshi'' (A Mythical Being) * P.K. Balakrishnan’s ''Ini Gnan Urangatte'' (And Now, Let Me sleep) *

Karur Neelakanta Pillai Karoor Neelakanta Pillai (Malayalam: കാരൂർ നീലകണ്ഠപ്പിള്ള) (22 February 1898 – 30 September 1975) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and one of the founders of Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative ...

’s ''Sammaanam'' (Reward)

References

1934 births 2021 deaths Tamil-language writers Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil Writers from Thiruvananthapuram Tamil–Malayalam translators {{India-writer-stub