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Writer M. Raghavan passed distant astatine Mahe aboriginal greeting connected Monday. Mr. Raghavan is known for his abbreviated stories ‘Nanavu’, ‘Vadhu’, ‘September Akaleyalla’ and ‘Iniyumethra Kaatham’ ; and novels ‘Nankis’, ‘Avan’, ‘Yathra Parayathe’ and ‘Chithariya Chithrangal’. He has besides penned a fewer plays specified arsenic Karkkidakam and Chathurangam. He has translated the play Dora by French feminist writer Helen Cixous to Malayalam nether the rubric Dorayude Katha. He is the elder member of writer M. Mukundan.
Born successful Mahe successful 1930, Mr. Raghavan worked successful the French consulate successful Mumbai and the French Embassy successful Delhi. He retired arsenic the Secretary of Cultural Affairs from the embassy successful 1983.
He was awarded the Malayala Ratnam grant by the Puducherry authorities for his contributions to Malayalam lit and language. He besides received the Vaikom Mohammed Basheer grant from the State Institute of Languages successful 2008 and the Abu Dhabi Shakti award.
