Thoppil Mohamed Meeran

Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (26 September 1944 – 10 May 2019) was an Indian Nagercoil based author who wrote in Tamil.

Meeran was awarded the highest Indian Government award for Literature, Sahitya Akademi Award in 1997 for his novel ''Saivu Narkali'' (''The Reclining Chair''). 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. Provided by Wikipedia