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novelist, journalist, translator and biographer

Annie Thayyil

1918–1993, born Thrissur, writes in Malayalam, writer, novelist, journalist

Annie Thayyil, was an Indian novelist, journalist, translator and biographer of Malayalam language and a member of the Cochin Legislative Council between 1945 and 1948. Her oeuvre comprises 78 books covering the genres of novel, biography, politics, travelogue and biblical literature. She was the secretary of the Sahitya Parishad and a member of the executive council of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi.

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Also writing in Malayalam