Religion Islam Residence Nagercoil Role Author | Name Thoppil Meeran Spouse(s) Jaleela Meeran | |
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Born 26 September 1944 (age 79) ( 1944-09-26 ) Nagercoil, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu Children Shameem Ahamed, Mirzad Ahamed | ||
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Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (born September 26, 1944) is an Indian Nagercoil based author who writes in Tamil.
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- Thoppil mohamed meeran avm jaffardeen tribute
- Personal life
- Novels
- Short story collections
- Anthology
- Translations
- Awards
- References
Meeran was awarded the Highest Indian Government award for Poets, Sahitya Akademi Award in 1997 for his novel Saivu Narkali (The Reclining Chair). He has also received the Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumantam Award, the Ilakkiya Chintanai Award, and the T N Govt. Award. He has published five novels and six short story collections.
Personal life
Mohamed Meeran was born in Nagercoil. He is also addressed as Thoppil Meeran by his friends and family is married to, Jaleela. They have two children, Shameem Ahamed and Mirzad Ahamed. He hails from a village named Thengai Pattanam which is part of the Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. He is one of the sons of the famous M.O.M Family.