K. R. Meera

Quick Facts

Full Name	K. R. Meera
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Feb 19, 1970(1970-02-19)
Age	54
Birthplace	Sasthamkotta
Country	India
Horoscope	Aquarius

K. R. Meera Biography

K. R. Meera is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on February 19, 1970 in Sasthamkotta, India. K. R. Meera (born 19 February 1970) is an Indian writer, that writes her work in Malayalam. Her birthplace was Sasthamkotta, Kollam district in Kerala. She was an editor in Malayala Manorama however, she later quit to focus on writing. She began working on fiction writing in 2001, and her first collection of short stories Ormayude Njarambu was released in 2002. Since then, she has released five short story collections and novellas, as well as five novels, and two books for children. She received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009 for her short story, Ave Maria. The book Aarachaar (2012) is considered to be one of the finest literary works created in the Malayalam language. It received several awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2013), Odakkuzhal Award (2013), Vayalar Award (2014) and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (2015). In addition, it was selected for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

Aarachaar widely regarded as her greatest work, first serialized by Madhyamam Weekly and was published as the book DC Books in 2012. It is set in Bengal The novel describes the life of an executioner family with a long lineage starting with the fourth century BC. The protagonist in the novel, Chetna, is a determined and strong woman who tries to become the next generation of the position. According to the noted writer M. Leelavathy, Aarachaar is among the top literature works made in Malayalam and continues the tradition that was left by O. V. Vijayan’s classic novel Khasakkinte Itihasam. The novel won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. It also won the famous Odakkuzhal Award in 2013, Vayalar Award in 2014, and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2015. Aarachaar is translated in English in the hands of J. Devika as The Hangwoman. This novel is sold over 38000 copies (as of January 2015). This novel has been translated from English from the original English by J. Devika under the title Hangwoman The Book Everyone Loves: A Good hanging (Hamish Hamilton 2014). Hangwoman was nominated for the highly coveted DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2016. Her most recent book Sooryane Aninja Oru Stree has been published in Vanitha magazine.

Her earlier books comprise Aa Maratheyum Marannu Marannu Njan Meera Saadhu Nethronmeelanam as well as Yudasinte Suvishesham. Meera Sadhu (DC Books 2008) is the tale of the story of an IIT graduate who is stranded at the Krishna temple after experiencing many difficult times during her marriage. The five short novellas have been combined into a single volume titled Meerayude Novellakal (2014).

K. R. Meera Net Worth

K. R. Meera is one of the richest Writer from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, K. R. Meera 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When she was in 1993, she was hired as a reporter in the Kottayam’s Malayalam weekly Malayala Manorama. After her articles were published and received a positive response She quit journalism in 2006 and turned into an author. The senior editor was at Manorama at the time she quit. In her journalistic career, she wrote a number of unique stories, which earned numerous awards and awards. She was awarded the PUCL Human Rights National Award for Journalism in 1998 for her investigation-based series about the suffering of women who work in Kerala. The series also received the Chowara Parameswaran Award, which was established by the Kerala Press Academy. A children’s show earned her an award called the Deepalaya National Journalism Award for Child Rights in 2001.

She began creating fiction around 2001, and her first collection of short stories Ormayude Njarambu was released in 2002. The collection was awarded the Gita Hiranyan Endowment Award created in 2002 by Kerala Sahitya Akademi and Ankanam Literary Award. Her second book Mohamanja was released in 2004. The book is translated from English from the original English by J. Devika as Yellow is the colour of Longing (Penguin 2011,). The story that is the title is a look at the absurdity of love, is also included in Arshilata: Women’s Fiction from India and Bangladesh (ed. Niaz Zaman). She was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Prize in 2008 for her collection Ave Maria. The story that is the title of the collection is an eerie look at the detritus of Kerala’s Communist doctrine, as well as the lines of division left within families. A translation of the story was published in the collection First Proof 5, The Penguin Book of New Writing from India (Penguin in 2010). Her other books comprise K. R. Meerayude Kathakal is a collection of the most important 26 stories, published in the past which include Machakathe Thachan, Ormayude Njarambu Mohamanja, Ave Maria, Karineela, Malakhayude Marukukal, Soorpanakha, Alif Laila and Ottapalam Kadakkuvolam.

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Facts & Trivia

K. Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. K. R. Meera celebrates birthday on February 19 of every year.

Where is KR Meera born?

Sasthamcotta, India

Who wrote Malayalam novel Aarachar?

First edition
Author K. R. Meera
Publisher| DC Books (Malayalam), Hamish Hamilton (English)
Publication date| December 2012
Published in English|

Is Aarachar a real story?

The novel is based on the life of India’s first hangwoman Chetna Grddha Mullick , who shot into limelight with the execution of Dhananjay Chatterjee, convicted for rape and murder. The novel with Bengal as its background was published in Malayalam in 2012, and it was translated into English also.

Who is the first Hangwoman in India?

First up: ‘Hangwoman’. “ Jatindranath Banerjee ‘s hanging will be the first to happen in India in thirteen years.

What is the story of Aarachar?

Aarachar is the story of twenty-two-year-old Chetna Grddha Mullick, the last link in a family whose members have been hangmen even before the birth of Christ. Her father, Phanibhushan Grddha Mullick is in his eighties and her brother’s limbs had been hacked off by the revengeful father of a man hanged by her father.