N. P. Mohammed

N. P. Mohammed (1 July 1929 - 3 January 2003), popularly known by his initials N.P., was a 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] NP wrote the novel Arabipponnu (The Gold of Arabia) along with M. T. Vasudevan Nair. MT and Mohamed stayed in a rented house in Karuvarakkundu village, Kozhikode for a period of two weeks to complete this work. The novel Hiranyakasipu, which tells us a story of power and politics, brings characters from Hindu mythology into a modern political setting in Kerala.

Malayalam writer and academic N. P. Hafiz Mohamad is the son of N. P. Mohammed.

List of works

Novels

• "maram"
• Arabipponnu (1960, The Gold of Arabia; written with M. T. Vasudevan Nair)
• Daivathinte Kannu (1990, winner of Kendra Sahithya Academy Award)
• Hiranyakasipu
• ghuha (Cave)

Short story collections

• N.P. Mohammedinte Kathakal (2002)
• Ente Priyappetta Kathakal (2003)

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References

1. "N.P. Mohammed laid to rest with State honours". The Hindu. 4 January 2003. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
2. George, K. M. (1994). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
3. "Pall of gloom at Sahitya Akademi". The Hindu. 4 January 2003. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
4. Awards & Fellowships-Akademi Awards
5. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7067905.N_P_Mohammed