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'''S. Hareesh''' (born 15 May 1975) is an Indian [[writer]], [[translator]] and [[screenwriter]] of [[Malayalam literature]] and [[Malayalam cinema|cinema]]. He is best known for his short stories and his acclaimed but controversial [[debut novel]], ''[[Meesa]]'', which explores [[caste]] in [[Kerala]] in the mid-20th century.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nagarajan|first=Saraswathy|date=2020-01-23|title=I drew on the stories I have been hearing from childhood to write 'Meesha', says author S Hareesh|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/s-hareesh-on-his-first-novel-meesha-which-is-getting-translated-into-english-as-moustache/article30633087.ece|access-date=2020-11-12|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The novel, initially serialized in the [[Mathrubhumi Weekly|''Mathrubhumi'' weekly]], was withdrawn after protests by right-wing [[Hindutva]] groups and caste-community organizations for "maligning Hindu women and temple priests".<ref name=":0" /> It was later published as a full novel by [[DC Books]].<ref name=":0" /> Hareesh is the recipient of several honours including the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] and the [[Geetha Hiranyan]] Endowment of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]]. In November 2020, the English translation of ''Meesa,'' titled ''Moustache'', was selected for the [[JCB Prize for Literature]], the Indian literary award with the highest prize money.<ref name="mangalam.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mangalam.com/news/detail/438125-latest-news-s-hareesh-bags-jcb-literature-award.html|title=എസ്. ഹരീഷിന്റെ മീശ നോവലിന് ജെ.സി.ബി സാഹിത്യ പുരക്‌സാരം}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-07|title=Malayalam author S Hareesh wins the JCB Prize for Literature 2020|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/s-hareesh-wins-the-jcb-prize-for-literature-2020-6996117/|access-date=2020-11-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

== Biography ==
S. Hareesh was born on 15 May 1975 at [[Neendoor]] in [[Kottayam district]] in the South Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="S Hareesh - Mathrubhumi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2018/speakers/s-hareesh-1.2549784 |title=S Hareesh | publisher=Mathrubhumi |date=23 January 2018 | author=Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters | access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="Who is S Hareesh? IE">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-s-hareesh-5294127/ |title=Who is S Hareesh? IE |date=2018-08-06 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-US |access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref>

Hareesh published his first book in 2005, a short story anthology titled ''Rasavidyayude Charithram'' ('The History of Alchemy'), which won him the Geetha Hiranyan Endowment Award of Kerala Sahithya Akademi.<ref name=":0" /> This was followed by a Malayalam translation of ''The Last Lecture'' by [[Randy Pausch]], which was published by [[DC Books]] in 2012.<ref name="Anthya Prabhashanam (The Last Lecture)">{{Cite web |title=Anthya Prabhashanam (The Last Lecture) |url=https://www.indulekha.com/anthyaprabhashanam-randy-pausch-the-last-lecture-malayalam |access-date=2020-09-20 |website=www.indulekha.com |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124032628/https://www.indulekha.com/anthyaprabhashanam-randy-pausch-the-last-lecture-malayalam |url-status=dead }}</ref> Four years later, he published his second short story collection titled ''Aadam,'' which won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award of 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-06|title=Who is S Hareesh?|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-s-hareesh-5294127/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, his debut novel, ''[[Meesa]]'', was serialised in [[Mathrubhumi weekly]], but he had to withdraw it due to pressures from Hindu right-wing groups.<ref name="Kerala Gets Its Own Perumal Murugan, Thanks (Again) to the Sangh Parivar">{{Cite web |title=Kerala Gets Its Own Perumal Murugan, Thanks (Again) to the Sangh Parivar |url=https://thewire.in/books/kerala-author-s-harish-withdraws-book-due-to-sang-parivar-threat |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=The Wire}}</ref> Later, the novel was published in book format by [[DC Books]]. The same year, he brought out another short story anthology, ''Appan''. ''Meesa'' was translated by Crossword Award winner, [[Jayasree Kalathil]] and the book was published under the title, ''Moustache'', by Harper Perennial India in 2020.<ref name="S Hareesh's Moustache is a diligently told story of a troubled yet awe-inspiring land">{{Cite web |title=S Hareesh's Moustache is a diligently told story of a troubled yet awe-inspiring land |url=https://www.firstpost.com/tag/s-hareesh |access-date=2020-09-20 |website=Firstpost}}</ref>

The 2018 film ''[[Aedan (film)|Aedan]]'' was based on one of the three stories in Hareesh's short story collection ''Adam''.<ref name="Aedan: Garden of Desire (2018) - IMDb">{{Cite web |title=Aedan: Garden of Desire (2018) - IMDb |website=[[IMDb]] |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5933698/fullcredits |access-date=2020-09-20}}</ref> The story ''Maoist'' from the collection has been adapted by [[Lijo Jose Pellissery]] for his film ''[[Jallikattu (2019 film)|Jallikattu]]'',<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Anandan|first=S.|title=Who is S. Hareesh?|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/who-is-s-hareesh/article24603467.ece |access-date=5 August 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 August 2018}}</ref> the film was India's official entry at the 2020 [[Academy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 26, 2020 |first=Janani |last=K. |title=Why Lijo Jose's Jallikattu deserves to be India's Oscars 2021 entry: An overview |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/why-lijo-jose-s-jallikattu-deserves-to-be-india-s-oscars-2021-entry-an-overview-1744314-2020-11-26 |access-date=2020-12-15 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Malayalam film Jallikattu is India's entry for 2021 Oscars">{{Cite web |date=2020-11-27 |title=Malayalam film Jallikattu is India's entry for 2021 Oscars |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/jallikattu-is-indias-entry-for-oscars-2021-7065545/ |access-date=2020-12-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

He is employed as a village assistant at Kaipuzha in Kottayam.<ref name=":0" />

== Awards and recognition ==
Hareesh won his first major honors in 2008 when he was selected the Geetha Hiranyam Endowment by [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] for his short story anthology ''Rasavidyayude Charithram''.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Award%20Pages.pdf |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards |date=2019-03-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref> The next year, he received the Thomas Mundassery Award for short story.<ref name="S Hareesh- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2019">{{Cite web |url=http://keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=Mjg3 |title=S Hareesh- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2019 |date=2019-03-23 |website=keralaliteraturefestival.com |access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref> He received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] for the Best Story Writer for his anthology, ''Adam'' in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sahithya-akademi-awards-announced/article22819193.ece |title=Sahithya Akademi awards announced |author=Staff Reporter |date=2018-02-22 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the V. P. Sivakumar Memorial Keli Award<ref name="S. Hareesh - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/s._hareesh-profile-11672-25.htm |title=S. Hareesh - Veethi profile |date=2019-03-23 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref> as well as the Nandanar Award in 2020.<ref name="'മീശ' നോവലിന് അംഗീകാരം; എസ് ഹരീഷിന് നന്തനാര്&zwj; പുരസ്‌കാരം">{{Cite web |date=2020-10-20 |title='മീശ' നോവലിന് അംഗീകാരം; എസ് ഹരീഷിന് നന്തനാര്&zwj; പുരസ്‌കാരം |url=https://www.reporter.live/s-hareesh-got-nandanar-award/7557/ |access-date=2020-10-20 |website=Reporter Live |language=en-US |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021051916/https://www.reporter.live/s-hareesh-got-nandanar-award/7557/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="നന്തനാര്&zwj; സാഹിത്യപുരസ്‌കാരം എസ് ഹരീഷിന്">{{Cite web |last=www.dcbooks.com |date=2020-10-20 |title=നന്തനാര്&zwj; സാഹിത്യപുരസ്‌കാരം എസ് ഹരീഷിന് |url=https://www.dcbooks.com/s-harish-wins-nandanar-literary-award.html |access-date=2020-10-20 |website=DC Books |language=en-gb}}</ref> ''Aedan'', the film based on his short story for which he wrote the screenplay fetched him the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay]] (adapted) in 2017.<ref name="Kerala State Film Awards: Debut films steal the show - Times of India">{{Cite web |title=Kerala State Film Awards: Debut films steal the show - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/kerala-state-film-awards-debut-films-steal-the-show/articleshow/63226786.cms |access-date=2020-09-20 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

In 2020 the English translation of ''Meesa,'' titled ''Moustache'', received the [[JCB Prize for Literature]].<ref name="mangalam.com"/> The novel won another award, the 2019 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] which was announced in February 2021.<ref name="kerala sahithya academy award announced">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-15 |title=kerala sahithya academy award announced കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു; എസ്. ഹരീഷിന്റെ 'മീശ' മികച്ച നോവൽ |url=https://www.twentyfournews.com/2021/02/15/kerala-sahithya-academy-award-announced.html |access-date=2021-02-15 |website=www.twentyfournews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
=== Short story anthologies ===
* {{Cite book |title=Rasavidhyayude Charithram |date=2005 |publisher=Current Books}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://opac.cusat.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=9161 |title=Rasavidhyayude charithram |last=Hareesh |first=S. |date=2005 |publisher=Current books |access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref>
* {{Cite book |title=Aadam |date=2016 |publisher=[[DC Books]]}}
* {{Cite book |title=Appan |year = 2018|publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8-126-47733-3 |page=130}}

=== Novels ===
* {{Cite book |title=[[Meesa]] |publisher=DC Books |year=2018 |isbn=978-8-126-47737-1 |page=328}}
* {{Cite book | title=August 17 | publisher = DC Books | year=2022| isbn= 978-9-354-82575-0 | page=368}}
* {{Cite book | title=Pattunool Puzhu | publisher = DC Books | year=2024| isbn= 978-9-364-87667-4 | page=290}}

=== Translations ===
* {{Cite book |author1=[[Randy Pausch]] |author2=[[Jeffrey Zaslow]] |title=[[The Last Lecture]] |trans-title=Anthyaprabhashanam |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8-126-42672-0 |page=212 |language=ml |translator=S. Hareesh}}

=== Works available in English ===
* {{Cite book |author=S. Hareesh |title=[[Moustache (novel)|Moustache]] |translator=[[Jayasree Kalathil]] |publisher=Harper Perennial India |year=2020 |isbn=978-9-353-57602-8 |page=360}}

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:75%"
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:25%" | Title
! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Screenplay
! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Story
! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Dialogues
! scope="col" style="width:20%" | Director
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| 2018 || ''[[Aedan (film)|Aedan]]'' || {{Yes}}|| {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || [[Sanju Surendran]]
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| 2019 || ''[[Jallikattu (2019 film)|Jallikattu]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || [[Lijo Jose Pellissery]]
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| 2021 || ''[[Churuli]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || [[Lijo Jose Pellissery]]
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| 2023 || ''[[Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || [[Lijo Jose Pellissery]]
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Thekku Vadakku]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || Prem Shankar
|}

== See also ==
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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{{Portal|India|Literature}}

== References ==

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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://scroll.in/article/889421/read-these-excerpts-from-malayalam-writer-s-hareeshs-novel-meesha-which-some-people-want-banned |title=Excerpts from Malayalam writer S. Hareesh's controversial novel 'Meesha' |last=Hareesh |first=S. |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-23}}
* {{Cite web |date=December 11, 2020 |first=Bhavya|last=Dore |title=Speaking His Truth |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20201221-speaking-his-truth-1748785-2020-12-11 |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=India Today |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |title=The best books of 2020 based on your mood |url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/the-best-books-of-2020-based-on-your-mood |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=Vogue India |date=15 December 2020 |language=en-IN}}
* {{Cite web |last=Pradeep |date=2020-12-18 |title=From Kuttanad's belly, Jallikattu writer Hareesh takes the bull by the horns |url=https://thefederal.com/the-eighth-column/from-kuttanads-belly-jallikattu-writer-hareesh-takes-the-bull-by-the-horns/ |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=The Federal |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite web |last=S.anandan |date=2020-12-04 |title=Master of the labyrinth: S. Hareesh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/master-of-the-labyrinth-s-hareesh/article33246814.ece |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}
* {{Cite web |title=Interview: S Hareesh, author, Moustache, winner of the JCB prize 2020 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/interview-s-hareesh-author-moustache-winner-of-the-jcb-prize-2020/story-Rsj8T9VxLkuEPMZmLaaRdM.html |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=hindustantimes.com |date=20 November 2020 |language=en}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm8340689}}
* {{Cite web |title=മീശനാടിന്റെ കഥാകാരൻ - Interview _ എസ് ഹരീഷ് |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQftsHTfBcc |access-date=2020-09-20 |website=Media One TV - YouTube video}}
* {{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2018-02-22 |title=Sahithya Akademi awards announced |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sahithya-akademi-awards-announced/article22819193.ece |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}
* [[:ml:എസ്. ഹരീഷ്|Malayalam Wiki]]
* {{Cite web |title=In Conversation with S. Hareesh and Jayasree Kalathil (Moustache). - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk5BH-PSdPY |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=www.youtube.com}}

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[[Category:Malayalam-language novelists]]
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