Tamil writer Thoppil Mohamed Meeran dies aged 74

CHENNAI: Noted Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi award winner Thoppil Mohamed Meeran died at Pettai in Tirunelveli district on Friday morning.
He was 74 and is survived by his wife, Jaleela, and two sons, Shameem Ahmed and Mirzad Ahmed.
Meeran authored several novels in Tamil and Malayalam and won the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel “Saaivu Naarkkali” (reclining chair) in 1997.
His other novels include “Oru Kadalora Graamaththin Kathai,” “Thuraimugam,” “Koonan Thoppu” and “Anju Vannam Theru.”
He wrote short stories like “Anbukku Muthumai Illai,” “Thangarasu,” “Ananthasayanam Colony,” “Oru Kutti Theevin Varippadam,” “Thoppil Mohamed Meeran Kathaigal” and “Oru Maamaramum Konjam Paravaigalum.”
Meeran received a total of eight awards, including the Sahitya Akademi Award and Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumantram Award (in 1992).