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'''Thoppil Mohamed Meeran''' (26 September 1944 – 10 May 2019)<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-writer-thoppil-mohamed-meeran-dies-aged-74/articleshow/69265969.cms Tamil writer Thoppil Mohamed Meeran dies aged 74]</ref> was an Indian [[Nagercoil]] based author who wrote in [[Tamil language|Tamil]].<br />
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Meeran was awarded the highest Indian Government award for Literature, [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Living Legend |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/02/19/stories/2005021900630100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508041539/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/02/19/stories/2005021900630100.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=8 May 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=19 February 2005 |accessdate=3 May 2010 }}</ref> in 1997 for his novel ''Saivu Narkali'' (''The Reclining Chair'').<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/10/07/stories/2005100700040300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108164629/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/10/07/stories/2005100700040300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 November 2012 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=His mission is to dispel myths | date=7 October 2005}}</ref> He also received the Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumantam Award, the Ilakkiya Chintanai Award, and the T N Govt. Award. He published six novels and seven short story collections.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Mohamed Meeran was born in [[Nagercoil]]. He was also addressed as Thoppil Meeran by his friends and family. His father's name is Mohammed Abdul Khader (முஹம்மது அப்துல் காதர் ) and his mother's name is Beevi Paatha Kannu (பீவி பாத்த கண்ணு ). He was married to Jaleela and had two children, Shameem Ahamed and Mirzad Ahamed. He hailed from a village named Thengai Pattanam which is part of the Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. He was one of the sons of the famous M.O.M Family. On 10th May, 2019 he died due to the ill health at [[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=எழுத்தாளர் தோப்பில் முஹம்மது மீரான் மறைவு|url=https://www.dinamani.com/tamilnadu/2019/may/11/எழுத்தாளர்-தோப்பில்-முஹம்மது-மீரான்-மறைவு-3149076.html|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Dinamani}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
===Novels===<br />
*''Oru Kadalora Kiramathin Kathai'' (1988, ''The Story of Sea Side Village'')<br />
*''Turaimugam'' (1991, ''Harbour'')<br />
*''Koonan Thoppu'' (1993, ''The Grove of a Hunchback'')<br />
*''Saivu Narkkali'' (1995, ''The Reclining Chair'')<br />
*''Anju vannam theru'' (2011, "Five Colours street")<br />
*kudiyetram (2017, Emigration)<br />
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===Short story collections===<br />
*''Anbuku Muthumai Illai''<br />
*''Thankarasu''(1995)<br />
*''Anathasainam Colony''<br />
*''Oru kutty thevin varipadam''<br />
*''Thoppil mohammed meeran kathaigal''<br />
*''Oru maaamaramum konjam paravaigalum''<br />
*Maranathin meethu urulum sakkaram<br />
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===Anthology===<br />
*''varekalin pechu''<br />
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===Translations===<br />
*''Husainul jamal (moin kutty vaither)''<br />
*''Theivathin kanne (NP Mohammed) ''<br />
*''vaikom muhammad basheer valkai varalaru (mona graph) (MN karassery) ''<br />
*''Thirukottiyur kurunavel (U.A Kader)''<br />
*''Meesan karkalin kaval (Pk Parakadavu)''<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*''Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumantam (1992)''<br />
*''Ilakkiya Chintanai''<br />
*''Lilly Devasigamani''<br />
*''T N Govt. Award''<br />
*''Amuthan adigal Literary award''<br />
*''TN Murpokku Ezhuthalar Sangam''<br />
*''Sahitya Akademi Award (1997)''<br />
*''SRM University Tamil Academy Award 'Pudumaipiththan Creative Literature Award for the best small stories Novels and Drama (2012)' ''<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}<br />
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