N. P. Mohammed

N. P. Mohammed
Born	(1928-07-01)1 July 1928 Koondungal, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Died	3 January 2003(2003-01-03) (aged 73) Kerala
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	Arabi Ponnu Maram Hiranyakasipu Daivathinte Kannu
Notable awards	1953 Government of Madras Award 1970 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story 1981 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel 1993 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award 1993 Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad Award 1997 Lalithambika Antharjanam Award 2000 Padmaprabha Literary Award 2001 Muttathu Varkey Award C. V. Raman Pillai Award Padmanabha Swami Puraskaram
Spouse	Imbichi Pathumma
Children	7 children including N. P. Hafiz Mohamad
Parents	N. P. Abu Imbichi Pathumma

N. P. Mohammed (1 July 1928 – 3 January 2003), popularly known by his initials N. P., was an Indian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Malayalam language. Along with his contemporaries like M. T. Vasudevan Nair, O. V. Vijayan, Kakkanadan, and Madhavikutty, he was known to have been one of the pioneers of modernist movement in Malayalam fiction. He was the president of Kerala Sahitya Akademi and a recipient of several awards including Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel, Lalithambika Antharjanam Award, Padmaprabha Literary Award and the Muttathu Varkey Award.