B. M. Suhara is a
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...
writer from
Kerala
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,
India
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. She was born in
Thikkodi
Thikkodi is a small village near Koyilandy in Kozhikode district of Kerala state, south India. Thikkodi is famous for a coconut nursery, which is 100 years old. The nearest city is Kozhikode, which is 35 km from this village.
One can see r ...
near
Calicut
Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...
.
Awards
*1992 – Lalithambika Antharjanam Memorial Special Award for outstanding creative talent in the field of Malayalam fiction and short story.
*2004 – K. Balakrishanan Smaraka Award for total contribution to Malayalam Literature
*2006 – Unnimoy Memorial Award for total contribution to Malayalam Literature
*2008 – Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for total contribution to Malayalam Literature
Published works
References
Further reading
* ''Ummakkuttiyude Kunhikkinavukal'' – B. M. Suhara's memoirs serialised in ''
Madhyamam Weekly''
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1952 births
Living people
Malayalam novelists
Malayalam short story writers
People from Kozhikode district
Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Indian women short story writers
Indian women novelists
20th-century Indian novelists
21st-century Indian novelists
20th-century Indian short story writers
21st-century Indian short story writers
Novelists from Kerala
20th-century Indian women writers
21st-century Indian women writers
21st-century Indian writers
Women writers from Kerala