Writing
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Born January 19, 1908 Died July 5, 1994 (Age 86)Thalayolaparambu, Vaikom, Kottayam district, Travancore16 Credits
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (Malayalam:വൈക്കം മുഹമ്മദ് ബഷീർ) (19 January 1908 – 5 July 1994) was a Malayalam fiction writer from the state of Kerala in India. He was a humanist, freedom fighter, novelist and short story writer. He is noted for his path-breaking, disarmingly down-to-earth style of writing that made him equally popular among literary critics as well as the common man. He is regarded as one of the most suc…
