K. R. Meera

K. R. Meera is an Indian author, who writes in Malayalam. She was born in Sasthamkotta, Kollam district in Kerala. She worked as a journalist in Malayala Manorama but later resigned to concentrate more on writing. She started writing fiction in 2001 and her first short story collection Ormayude Njarambu was published in 2002. Since then she has published five collections of short stories, two novellas, five novels and two childrens books. She won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009 for her shortstory, Ave Maria. Her novel Aarachaar is widely regarded as one of the best literary works produced in Malayalam language. It received several awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award , Odakkuzhal Award , Vayalar Award and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award . It was also shortlisted for the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

She was born in Sasthamkotta, Kollam district in Kerala as the daughter of Ramachandran Pillai and Amritakumari. She passed her masters degree in Communicative English from Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.

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