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| Khader started his writing career by writing for magazines and journals. His first story was published in the Malayalam weekly, '']'', in 1953. The story was based on a real-life incident in which the author had to sell his watch to buy a dinner set as a wedding present for a friend. Khader had written quite harshly about his father and step-mother in the original draft which was later tempered when handed over the story to C. H. Mohammed Koya, who had it tweaked before publishing it in ''Chandrika''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2008-10-22|title=The Hindu : Kerala / Kozhikode News : U.A. Khader, in his own words|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022161828/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/11/stories/2008081158940200.htm|access-date=2020-12-12|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Koya would leave Khader with a message that story writing was not about writing ill of others.<ref name=":3" /> | Khader started his writing career by writing for magazines and journals. His first story was published in the Malayalam weekly, '']'', in 1953. The story was based on a real-life incident in which the author had to sell his watch to buy a dinner set as a wedding present for a friend. Khader had written quite harshly about his father and step-mother in the original draft which was later tempered when handed over the story to C. H. Mohammed Koya, who had it tweaked before publishing it in ''Chandrika''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2008-10-22|title=The Hindu : Kerala / Kozhikode News : U.A. Khader, in his own words|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022161828/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/11/stories/2008081158940200.htm|access-date=2020-12-12|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Koya would leave Khader with a message that story writing was not about writing ill of others.<ref name=":3" /> | ||
| He was the president of ], an organization of artists, writers and art and literature enthusiasts based in Kerala.<ref name=Deshabhimani>K.S. Ravikumar (27 June 2016). . ''Deshabhimani''. Retrieved 24 February 2019.</ref> . In his travelogue ''Ormakalude Pegoda'', which was serialised in '']'' in January 2012, he describes his nostalgic experiences when he visited his hometown Yangon after 70 years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burmese Malayalis too savour chips, murukku|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/columns/keralaspora/2018/07/27/burmese-malayalis-too-savour-chips-murukku-kerala.html|access-date=2020-12-12|website=OnManorama|language=en}}</ref> | He was the president of ], an organization of artists, writers and art and literature enthusiasts based in Kerala.<ref name=Deshabhimani>K.S. Ravikumar (27 June 2016). . ''Deshabhimani''. Retrieved 24 February 2019.</ref> . In his travelogue ''Ormakalude Pegoda'', which was serialised in '']'' in January 2012, he describes his nostalgic experiences when he visited his hometown Yangon after 70 years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burmese Malayalis too savour chips, murukku|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/columns/keralaspora/2018/07/27/burmese-malayalis-too-savour-chips-murukku-kerala.html|access-date=2020-12-12|website=OnManorama|language=en}}</ref> | ||
| Some of his notable works included ''Thrikkottur Peruma'', ''Arabikadalinte,'' ''Arippravinte Premam, Chempavizham, Raziya Sultana'', ''Shathru,'' ''Srishtavinte Khajana, and Theeram.<ref name=":2" />'' | Some of his notable works included ''Thrikkottur Peruma'', ''Arabikadalinte,'' ''Arippravinte Premam, Chempavizham, Raziya Sultana'', ''Shathru,'' ''Srishtavinte Khajana, and Theeram.<ref name=":2" />'' His books were translated into many languages including English, Kannada, and Hindi.<ref name=":4" /> | ||
| Khader worked with the Kerala state government's health department administrative division between 1964 and 1990. During this time he was deputed to the Kozhikode ''Akashvani'' (Radio) division between 1967 and 1972.<ref name=":2" /> | Khader worked with the Kerala state government's health department administrative division between 1964 and 1990. During this time he was deputed to the Kozhikode ''Akashvani'' (Radio) division between 1967 and 1972.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
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| == Death == | == Death == | ||
| He died on 12 December 2020 at a private hospital in Calicut.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-12-12|title=Renowned Malayalam writer UA Khader passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/renowned-malayalam-writer-u-a-khader-passes-away/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> He had been suffering from respiratory ailments and was also undergoing treatment for cancer.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Eminent Malayalam writer UA Khader passes away at 85|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/dec/12/eminent-malayalam-writer-ua-khader-passes-away-at-85-2235407.html|access-date=2020-12-12|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> | He died on 12 December 2020 at a private hospital in Calicut.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-12-12|title=Renowned Malayalam writer UA Khader passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/renowned-malayalam-writer-u-a-khader-passes-away/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> He had been suffering from respiratory ailments and was also undergoing treatment for cancer.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Eminent Malayalam writer UA Khader passes away at 85|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/dec/12/eminent-malayalam-writer-ua-khader-passes-away-at-85-2235407.html|access-date=2020-12-12|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> | ||
| ==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Indian writer
| U. A. Khader | |
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| Born | 1935 (1935) Bilin, Rangoon, Burma |
| Died | December 12, 2020(2020-12-12) (aged 84–85) Calicut, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | Thrikkotur Peruma, Raziya Sultana, Shathru, Srishtavinte Khajana |
| Notable awards |
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U. A. Khader (1935 – 12 December 2020) was an Indian author. He published in Malayalam, including novels, novellas, short stories, travelogues and non-fiction. His works have been translated to various languages including English, Hindi and Kannada. He was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009 for Thrikkotur Peruma and had also received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983.
Early life
Khader was born in 1935, on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, in Bilin, Mon State, near Rangoon (now Yangon) in today's Myanmar. His father Ussangaantakathu Moithootti Haji was from Quilandy, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. His mother, Mamaidi, was of Burmese origin. His mother died three days after his birth, from small pox. With the outbreak of the Second World War, a few years later, his family fled Burma and came to Kerala, when he was eight years old.
On return to India, he grew as a Malayali at his father's native place in Quilandy. He completed his schooling from Koyilandy High School. Describing his early days, he talks about the dilemma of straddling two distinct cultures. He also talks of his classmates finding him strange because of his features. He would go on to obtain a degree in painting from the Madras College of Arts. During this period he got in touch with noted writers and social activists such as K. A. Kodungalloor and C. H. Mohammed Koya (who would later go on to become the chief minister of Kerala) during his days as a student in Madras (present day Chennai). His association with Koya would be a turning point, introducing him to books and writing, starting with a copy of Vaikom Muhammed Basheer's Balyakalasakhi.
Career
Khader started his writing career by writing for magazines and journals. His first story was published in the Malayalam weekly, Chandrika, in 1953. The story was based on a real-life incident in which the author had to sell his watch to buy a dinner set as a wedding present for a friend. Khader had written quite harshly about his father and step-mother in the original draft which was later tempered when handed over the story to C. H. Mohammed Koya, who had it tweaked before publishing it in Chandrika. Koya would leave Khader with a message that story writing was not about writing ill of others.
He was the president of Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham, an organization of artists, writers and art and literature enthusiasts based in Kerala. . In his travelogue Ormakalude Pegoda, which was serialised in Madhyamam Weekly in January 2012, he describes his nostalgic experiences when he visited his hometown Yangon after 70 years.
Some of his notable works included Thrikkottur Peruma, Arabikadalinte, Arippravinte Premam, Chempavizham, Raziya Sultana, Shathru, Srishtavinte Khajana, and Theeram. His books were translated into many languages including English, Kannada, and Hindi.
Khader worked with the Kerala state government's health department administrative division between 1964 and 1990. During this time he was deputed to the Kozhikode Akashvani (Radio) division between 1967 and 1972.
He was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009 for Thrikkotur Peruma and had also received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983.
Death
He died on 12 December 2020 at a private hospital in Calicut. He had been suffering from respiratory ailments and was also undergoing treatment for cancer.
Bibliography
Source(s):
- Prakashathinte Lokam
- Aghorashivam
- Krishnamaniyile Theenalam
- Thrikkottur Kathakal
- Katha Pole Jeevitham
- Oru Padakalippenninte Charithram
- Natavarambukaliloote
- Chempavizhavum Ottuvalayum
- Vallooramma
- Swapnakumpasaram
- Shathru
- Kalasham
- Khaderinte Pathu Novelukaal
- Oru Piti Vattu
- Oru Mappilappenninte Lokam
- Raziya Sultana
- Chenkol
- Changala
- Anuyayi
- Sarppasanthathi
- Pavanmaattu
- Aazham
- Khuraisikkoottam (1974)
- Arabbikkatalinte Theeram
- Inayute Vedantham
- Mrs. Menon
- Yamunayute Urakal
- Shathru (2011)
- Kotimarachuvattile Melam
- Arippravinte Premam
- Chempavizham
- Manikyam Vizhungiya Kanaaran
- Vayeppaathaalam
- Poomarathalirukal
- Kalimuttom
- Panthalayaniyilekku Oru Yathra
- Atiyaadharam
- Naanikkuttiyute Naadu
- Srishtavinte Khajana
- Bhagavathi Choottu
- Ithiri Poomottukal
- Kaattile Kathakal
- Kozhi Moonnuvattom Koovum Munpu
- Ethanum Yuvathikal
- Ragalola
- Inathedal
- Premapoorvam
- Koya
- Pookkal Viriyumpol
- Dhanya
- Ponguthatikal
- Khader Kathakal
- Khaderinte Kathalekhanangal
- Khader Ennal
- Prakashanalangal
- Nanmayute Amma
Major awards
- 1983: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story – Thrikkottur Peruma
- 1993: S. K. Pottekkattu Award – Katha Pole Jeevitham
- 1993: Abudabi Shakti Award – Oru Piti Vattu
- 1999: C. H. Mohammed Koya Award – Kalimuttam
- 2009: Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award – Thrikkottur Peruma
- 2019: Mathrubhumi Literary Award – Overall contributions
References
- ^ Safiya Fathima (10 October 2016). "ഓര്മ്മയിലെ വ്യാളി മുഖങ്ങള്; ഒറ്റപ്പെടലിന്റെ, ഭയത്തിന്റെ ബാല്യം-യു എ ഖാദര്/അഭിമുഖം". Azhimukham. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Renowned Malayalam writer UA Khader passes away". The Indian Express. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- "The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : U.A. Khader felicitated". web.archive.org. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "U.A. Khader, in his own words". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- "U.A. Khader felicitated". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "The Hindu : Kerala / Kozhikode News : U.A. Khader, in his own words". web.archive.org. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- K.S. Ravikumar (27 June 2016). "തൃക്കോട്ടൂര് പെരുമയുടെ കഥാകാരന്". Deshabhimani. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- "Burmese Malayalis too savour chips, murukku". OnManorama. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Eminent Malayalam writer UA Khader passes away at 85". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Renowned Malayalam writer UA Khader passes away". The Indian Express. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- "University of Calicut - U. A. Khader". University of Calicut Library. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Books by U.A. Khader (Author of Thrikkottoor Peruma)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- "Worldcat Identities - U. A. Khader". Worldcat. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story" Archived 1 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "UNI India - Noted Malayalam Writer Novelist U A Khader Dies". UNI India. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "U A Khader bags Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2019". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- "Kendra Sahithya Academy award for U A Khader"
- "U A Khader bags Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2019". Mathrubhumi. Calicut. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- 1935 births
- Indian Muslims
- Malayali people
- Malayalam-language writers
- Burmese people of Indian descent
- Malayalam novelists
- Malayalam short story writers
- People from Kozhikode district
- People from Yangon
- Burmese Muslims
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam
- Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
- 2020 deaths
- Novelists from Kerala
- 20th-century Indian short story writers
- 20th-century Indian novelists
- Indian travel writers
- Deaths from lung cancer
- Deaths from cancer in India