M. M. Basheer
{{Short description|Malayalam literary critic}}
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M. M. Basheer is a Malayalam literary critic who has written more than forty critical works on Malayalam poetry, short stories and novels.{{cite book |title=Literary encounters |last=Duggal |first=Kartar Singh |authorlink=Kartar Singh Duggal|page=210 |year=1980 |publisher=Marwah Publications |oclc=7121336 }}{{cite book |title=A perspective of Malayalam literature |authorlink=K. Ayyappapanicker |last=Ayyappapanicker |first=K. |page=129 |year=1990 |publisher=Annu Chithra Publications |oclc=25093568 }} He has also been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship of 2022.
Life
M M Basheer was set to write a series of newspaper columns on the Ramayana in the Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi from August.{{Cite web|date=2015-09-04|title=Hindutva voices force Kerala scholar to stop Ramayana column in newspaper|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/hindu-group-forces-muslim-writer-to-stop-ramayana-column/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en}} Basheer’s series on Ramayana has been a regular feature during the Malayalam month of Karkidakam which is observed as ‘Ramayana month’.{{Cite web|title=M M Basheer {{!}} KERALA EDITOR|url=https://keralaeditor.com/tag/m-m-basheer/|access-date=2021-10-05|language=en-US}} His work Thiricharivukal received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award for Literary Criticism (Thayat Award) in 2014.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/award-winners/article7369118.ece |title=Award winners |newspaper=The Hindu |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=3 January 2023 }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/latest-news/478904 |title=അബുദാബി ശക്തി അവാര്ഡുകള് പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു |newspaper=Deshabhimani |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=3 January 2023 }} In 2022, he received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.{{Cite news |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships for M M Basheer, N Prabhakaran |language= |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Jul/01/kerala-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-for-m-m-basheer-n-prabhakaran-2590213.html |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=1 July 2023 |access-date=14 August 2024}}
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Category:Writers from Kozhikode
Category:Malayalam literary critics
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Category:Indian male short story writers
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Category:21st-century Indian male writers
Category:Recipients of the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award
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