M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Writer
M.T. Vasudevan Nair was a writer, editor, and screenwriter. Considered one of the masters of post-Independence Indian literature, he was one of the most prolific and versatile writers of his era. M.T.'s fiction emerged as a contrast to the progressive leftist concerns of his predecessors; he instead depicted the stories of individuals caught in the storms of time: men left out of society and at war with themselves. His short fiction and novels, mostly set around the Valluvanadan villages of central Kerala on the banks of the Nila river, depicts the transformations undergone by their inhabitants in the course of the highly volatile 20th century. His novels include Naalukettu, Asuravithu, Kaalam, Manju and the highly celebrated Randamoozham, an adaptation of the Mahabharata with Bhima as its protagonist. M.T. Vasudevan Nair was awarded the Jnanpith, India's highest literary prize, in 1995.
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