Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Malayalamവകക മഹമമദ ബഷർ 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 pathbreaking disarmingly downtoearth 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 successful and outstanding writers from India3better source needed Translations of his works into other languages have won him worldwide acclaim3 His notable works include Balyakalasakhi Shabdangal Pathummayude Aadu MathilukalNtuppuppakkoranendarnnu Janmadinam and Anargha Nimisham He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1982 He is fondly remembered as the Beypore Sultan