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| Born | 1935 Billeen, Rangoon, Burma |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
U. A. Khader is a noted Indian novelist and literary personality. He has written about fifty works in Malayalam language, which include novels, novellas, short-stories, travelogues and non-fictions. His works have been translated to various languages inluding English, Hindi and Kannada.
Biography
U. A. Khader was born in 1935, on the banks of river Airavati, in Billeen village, near Rangoon (Yangoon), Burma (Myanmar). His father Ussangaantakathu Moithootti Haji hailed from Koyilandy, Kerala, India while his mother Mamaidi was Burmese in origin. Mamaidi died seven days after the birth of Khader. At the age of seven, Khader returned to India and grew as a Malayalee at father's native place in Koyilandi. He had his schooling from Koyilandi High School and obtained a degree in painting from the Madras College of Arts. Khader got in touch with writers such as K. A. Kodungalloor and social figures such as C. H. Mohammed Koya during his Madras days, which happened to be a turning point in his life. It was C. H. Mohammed Koya who initiated him into the world of reading by gifting him Vaikom Muhammed Basheer's Balyakalasakhi.
U. A. Khader's first story was published in Chandrika weekly in 1953. The story, based on a real life incident in which he sold his watch and bought a dinner set as a wedding present for a friend, was published in a totally different form. He had written quite harshly about his father and step-mother when he put the story to paper. He handed over the story to C. H. Mohammed Koya who published it in Chandrika, but in a totally different form. His message to Khader was that story writing was not about writing ill of others. Sooner or later a lot of his stories began to be published in almost all major literary magazines in Malayalam. He shot to fame after writing Thrikkottur Peruma (The Fame of Thrikkottur). He is now regarded as one of the major writers in modern Malayalam literature.
U. A. Khader has worked in various governmental departments: Kerala Government Health Services (from 1960), Akashavani Kozhikode (from 1967 to 1972), and Institute of Maternal and Child Health-Calicut Medical College. He retired in 1990 while working in the administration section of Government General Hospital, Calicut. In addition, he has held many major posts in various literary associations and served as the editor of many major magazines.
Major works
- Anuyayi
- Changala
- Chengol
- Kadha Pole Jeevitha
- Kalimuttam
- Khuraisikkoottam
- Krishnamaniyile Theenaalam
- Oru Mappila Penninte Lokam
- Oru Piti Vattu
- Pavanmattu
- Rasiya Sulthana
- Sarpa Santhathi
- Thrikkottur Novellakal
- Thrikkottur Peruma
- Thrikkottur Vilakku
- Vallooramma
Major awards
- 1983: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award: 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