The Bells Are Ringing in Haridwar - Softcover

Mukundan, M.

 
9789369891764: The Bells Are Ringing in Haridwar
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9369891765 ISBN 13: 9789369891764
Publisher: Harper Fiction, 2025

About the Author

Maniyambath Mukundan (born 10 September 1942) worked asa cultural attaché at the Embassy of France in Delhi from1961 to 2004, while concurrently working as an author. Many of his early worksare set in Mahe (Mayyazhi), his homeland, which earned him themoniker ‘Mayyazhiyude Kathakaaran' (Mayyazhi's storyteller). He isknown to be one of the pioneers of modernity in Malayalam literature.

Mukundan has been awarded the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, thehighest literary honour given by the Government of Kerala, the Crossword BookAward twice, first in 1999 for On the Banks of the Mayyazhi andagain in 2006 for Kesavan's Lamentations, the Sahitya Akademi awardand N.V. Puraskaram for Daivathinte Vikrithikal (God's Mischief), andthe 2023 JCB Prize for Literature for Delhi: A Soliloquy. His storiesand novels have been widely translated into various Indian languages, Englishand French, and four of his books have been adapted into award-winning films. Heis also a recipient of the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres ofthe Government of France.

 

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Publisher
Harper Fiction
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9369891765
ISBN 13 
9789369891764
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232