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Madathil Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair (born 9 August 1933), popularly known as MT, is an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He is a prolific and versatile writer in modern Malayalam literature, and is one of the masters of post-Independence Indian literature.〔〔 * * (【引用サイトリンク】title=M. T. Vasudevan Nair ) * (【引用サイトリンク】title=At 80, MT Vasudevan Nair wants to do more ) 〕 He was born in Kudallur, a small village in the present day Palakkad district (Palghat), which was under the Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of the British Raj. He shot into fame at the age of 20 when, as a chemistry undergraduate, he won the prize for the best short story in Malayalam at World Short Story Competition conducted by ''The New York Herald Tribune''. His debut novel ''Naalukettu'' (''Ancestral Home''- translated to English as ''The Legacy''), wrote at the age of 23, won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958. His other novels include ''Manju'' (''Mist''), ''Kaalam'' (''Time''), ''Asuravithu'' (''The Prodigal Son'' - translated to English as ''The Demon Seed'') and ''Randamoozham'' (''The Second Turn''). The deep emotional experiences of his early days have gone into the making of MT's novels. Most of his works are oriented towards the basic Malayalam family structure and culture and many of them were path-breaking in the history of Malayalam literature. His three seminal novels on life in the matriarchal family in Kerala are ''Naalukettu'', ''Asuravithu'', and ''Kaalam''. ''Randamoozham'', which retells the story of the ''Mahabharatha'' from the point of view of Bhimasena, is widely credited as his masterpiece. M. T. Vasudevan Nair is a script writer and director of Malayalam films. He has directed seven films and written the screenplay for around 54 films. He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay four times for: ''Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha'' (1989), ''Kadavu'' (1991), ''Sadayam'' (1992), and ''Parinayam'' (1994), which is the most by anyone in the screenplay category. He was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith, in 1995 for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature. In 2005, India's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan was awarded to him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Padma Bhushan Awardees – Padma Awards – My India, My Pride – Know India: National Portal of India )〕 He has won numerous other awards and recognition including Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Vayalar Award, Vallathol Award, Ezhuthachan Award and Mathrubhumi Literary Award. He was awarded the J.C. Daniel Award for lifetime achievement in Malayalam cinema for the year 2013. He served as the editor of ''Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly'' for several years. ==Early life and family== Vasudevan was born on 9 August 1933 in Kudallur in the present day Palakkad district. He was the youngest of four children born to T. Narayanan Nair and Ammalu Amma. His father was in Ceylon and he spent his early days in Kudallur and in his father's house in Punnayurkulam, a village in the present day Thrissur district.〔 He completed his schooling from Malamakkavu Elementary School and Kumaranelloor High School. He had to break education after high school, and when he joined college in 1949, he was advised to opt for the science stream as it was felt that a degree in science secured a job faster than any other degree. He obtained a degree in chemistry from Victoria College, Palakkad in 1953.〔 He taught mathematics in Pattambi Board High School and Chavakkad Board High School for over a year and worked in M.B. Tutorial College, Palakkad during 1955-56.〔 He also worked as a gramasevakan at a block development office in Taliparamba, Kannur for a few weeks before joining ''Mathrubhumi Weekly'' as subeditor in 1957.〔 MT has been married twice. He married writer and translator Prameela in 1965. They separated after 11 years of marriage. In 1977 he married dance artist Kalamandalam Saraswathy〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kalamandalam Saraswathy, Founder of Nrityalaya )〕 with whom he has a daughter, dancer Aswathy Nair.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aswathy and Srikanth, the Torch Bearers of Nrityalaya )〕 He has a daughter from his first marriage, Sitara, who works as a business executive in the United States.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M. T. Vasudevan Nair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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