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| death_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]] | | death_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]] | ||
| othername = | | othername = | ||
| occupation = {{ | | occupation = {{Ublist|Writer|Orator}} | ||
| alma mater = {{ublist|Government Boys High School [[Kodungallur]]|[[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]]|[[Government Law College, Ernakulam]]}} | | alma mater = {{ublist|Government Boys High School [[Kodungallur]]|[[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]]|[[Government Law College, Ernakulam]]}} | ||
| spouse = Sharada | | spouse = Sharada | ||
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| children = A son and two daughters | | children = A son and two daughters | ||
| parents = {{ublist|Pathiyasseril Narayana Menon (father)|Mooliyil Kochammu Amma (mother)}} | | parents = {{ublist|Pathiyasseril Narayana Menon (father)|Mooliyil Kochammu Amma (mother)}} | ||
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| awards = 1982 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] | | awards = 1982 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] | ||
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From 1960 to 1999 M. N. Vijayan stayed at Dharmadam, Thalassery. Vijayan worked as the editor of the cultural weekly ''[[Deshabhimani]]'' owned by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)). He was President of [[Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham]] (Progressive Association for Art and Letters) and [[Adhinivesha Prathirodha Samithi]] (Council for Resisting Imperialist Globalisation), a leftist think-tank based in [[Kerala]] which collaborated with the CPI(M). | From 1960 to 1999 M. N. Vijayan stayed at Dharmadam, Thalassery. Vijayan worked as the editor of the cultural weekly ''[[Deshabhimani]]'' owned by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)). He was President of [[Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham]] (Progressive Association for Art and Letters) and [[Adhinivesha Prathirodha Samithi]] (Council for Resisting Imperialist Globalisation), a leftist think-tank based in [[Kerala]] which collaborated with the CPI(M). | ||
He was removed as editor of Deshabhimani when leaders of the provincial Communist Party felt he did not adhere to the party line. He opposed the policy of some state level leaders and other leftist intellectuals to accept foreign funding of political work.<ref name="The Hindu : Mixed response to Kerala Social Forum">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/26/stories/2003122605170400.htm |title=Mixed response to Kerala Social Forum |access-date=2019-02-05|date=26 December 2003 |last1=Ramavarman |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first1=T. }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was also for a time the editor of the controversial periodical ''[[Padom]]'', notably criticising a Kerala state government program called People's Campaign for Decentralised Planning ([[People's Plan]]) and its creator [[Thomas Isaac]].<ref name="The Hindu : Padhom is the winner in CPI(M) row">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/16/stories/2004021604030400.htm |title=Padhom is the winner in CPI(M) row |access-date=2019-02-05|date=16 February 2004 |last1=Nair |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first1=C. Gouridasan }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Vijayan and [[Professor Sudheesh]]'s articles in ''Padom'' against the "people's plan", a program aimed at decentralisation of power, became a controversial issue. Later a Kerala court ruled that the allegations of foreign funding of the [[Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad]] (KSSP) had been proven by Sudheesh and Vijayan.<ref> | He was removed as editor of Deshabhimani when leaders of the provincial Communist Party felt he did not adhere to the party line. He opposed the policy of some state level leaders and other leftist intellectuals to accept foreign funding of political work.<ref name="The Hindu : Mixed response to Kerala Social Forum">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/26/stories/2003122605170400.htm |title=Mixed response to Kerala Social Forum |access-date=2019-02-05|date=26 December 2003 |last1=Ramavarman |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first1=T. }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was also for a time the editor of the controversial periodical ''[[Padom]]'', notably criticising a Kerala state government program called People's Campaign for Decentralised Planning ([[People's Plan]]) and its creator [[Thomas Isaac]].<ref name="The Hindu : Padhom is the winner in CPI(M) row">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/16/stories/2004021604030400.htm |title=Padhom is the winner in CPI(M) row |access-date=2019-02-05|date=16 February 2004 |last1=Nair |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first1=C. Gouridasan }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Vijayan and [[Professor Sudheesh]]'s articles in ''Padom'' against the "people's plan", a program aimed at decentralisation of power, became a controversial issue. Later a Kerala court ruled that the allegations of foreign funding of the [[Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad]] (KSSP) had been proven by Sudheesh and Vijayan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mathrubhumi.com/php/showNews.php?news_category_id=3&Farc= |title=Archived copy |website=mathrubhumi.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009120933/http://mathrubhumi.com/php/showNews.php?news_category_id=3&Farc= |archive-date=9 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Vijayan and Sudheesh had started ''Paatom'' in 2000, and started to attack on CPI(M)'s social democratic stands and attitude towards World Bank and IMF.<ref name="Intra-Party Differences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.epw.org.in/epw/uploads/articles/1900.pdf |title=Intra-Party Differences |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155539/http://www.epw.org.in/epw/uploads/articles/1900.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=2007-08-26}}</ref> He resigned from Purogamana Kala Sahithya Sangham as a result of a disagreement with [[M. A. Baby]], then in charge of the CPI(M). | ||
The cultural programme [[Manaveeyam]] of CPI(M)-led [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]] government of [[Kerala]] was criticised for the extravagance of the programmes and the elitist audience to which the ps catered, and also for the fact that the "people's art and culture" gave way to [[bourgeois]] concepts under the influence of [[neoliberalism]]. Vijayan also led an ideological debate against [[social democratic]] deviations. When the leader of [[Kerala Shastra Sahitya Parishad]] (a pro-[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] Science forum) [[M. P. Parameswaran]] went ahead with his "theory of the fourth world" campaign, it was alleged that a theory that had been opposed by the late ideologue of the party, [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]], was now being resurrected after his death. Vijayan and his followers resisted [[P. Govinda Pillai]]'s controversial critical remarks against [[A. K. Gopalan]], Namboodiripad and others on ideological grounds. Though, initially, CPI(M) leadership was forced to expel Parameswaran<ref name="The Hindu : CPI(M) expels M.P. Parameswaran">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/16/stories/2004021602610700.htm |title=CPI(M) expels M.P. Parameswaran |access-date=2019-02-05|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=16 February 2004 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and Depromote Pillai from the state committee because of the high reputation that Vijayan enjoyed among the party supporters, writers and the literate, later the [[Social Democratic Party of India|Social Democrats]] group got control over the CPI(M) organisation.<ref name="Comrades at each other's neck - Vicious infighting over lucrative businesses bleeds Kerala CPM">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/comrades-at-each-other-s-neck-vicious-infighting-over-lucrative-businesses-bleeds-kerala-cpm/cid/860746 |title=Comrades at each other's neck - Vicious infighting over lucrative businesses bleeds Kerala CPM |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref><ref name="DEBATING ON THE FUTURE">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/debating-on-the-future/cid/1025012 |title=DEBATING ON THE FUTURE |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref> There were similar attacks against other left-leaning intellectuals like [[B. Ekbal|Dr. B. Ekbal]] (leading to Ekbal's expulsion from CPI(M)) who were trying to re-examine the direction of left-wing politics in Kerala. | The cultural programme [[Manaveeyam]] of CPI(M)-led [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]] government of [[Kerala]] was criticised for the extravagance of the programmes and the elitist audience to which the ps catered, and also for the fact that the "people's art and culture" gave way to [[bourgeois]] concepts under the influence of [[neoliberalism]]. Vijayan also led an ideological debate against [[social democratic]] deviations. When the leader of [[Kerala Shastra Sahitya Parishad]] (a pro-[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] Science forum) [[M. P. Parameswaran]] went ahead with his "theory of the fourth world" campaign, it was alleged that a theory that had been opposed by the late ideologue of the party, [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]], was now being resurrected after his death. Vijayan and his followers resisted [[P. Govinda Pillai]]'s controversial critical remarks against [[A. K. Gopalan]], Namboodiripad and others on ideological grounds. Though, initially, CPI(M) leadership was forced to expel Parameswaran<ref name="The Hindu : CPI(M) expels M.P. Parameswaran">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/16/stories/2004021602610700.htm |title=CPI(M) expels M.P. Parameswaran |access-date=2019-02-05|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=16 February 2004 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and Depromote Pillai from the state committee because of the high reputation that Vijayan enjoyed among the party supporters, writers and the literate, later the [[Social Democratic Party of India|Social Democrats]] group got control over the CPI(M) organisation.<ref name="Comrades at each other's neck - Vicious infighting over lucrative businesses bleeds Kerala CPM">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/comrades-at-each-other-s-neck-vicious-infighting-over-lucrative-businesses-bleeds-kerala-cpm/cid/860746 |title=Comrades at each other's neck - Vicious infighting over lucrative businesses bleeds Kerala CPM |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref><ref name="DEBATING ON THE FUTURE">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/debating-on-the-future/cid/1025012 |title=DEBATING ON THE FUTURE |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref> There were similar attacks against other left-leaning intellectuals like [[B. Ekbal|Dr. B. Ekbal]] (leading to Ekbal's expulsion from CPI(M)) who were trying to re-examine the direction of left-wing politics in Kerala. | ||
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