Litterateur M. Leelavathy turns 96
The Hindu
Well-wishers visit noted litterateur M. Leelavathy on her 96th birthday; poet couple Vijayalakshmi and Balachandran Chullikkad among them. Jayachandran of CICC Book House, a former student, presents her a copy of her book, which won her Soviet Land Nehru Award in '76. She tearfully receives it, having searched for it for some time.
Several former students and well-wishers visited noted litterateur M. Leelavathy to wish her on her 96th birthday on Saturday. Among those who visited were poet couple Vijayalakshmi and Balachandran Chullikkad.
Jayachandran of CICC Book House, a former student, presented her a copy of her book Vishwotharamaya Viplavethihasam on the fiction of Mikhail Sholokhov, which had won her the Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1976. “The book is out of print, and Teacher was looking for a copy for some time. So, I had to rummage through the books in the godown to find a copy. It was in good shape, and she was teary-eyed to get the copy,” he said in a note.
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