Anvar Ali (born1966) is a remarkable name in the post modern period of Malayalam poetry. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Malayalam (മലയാളഠ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ...
Mazhakkalam(Kottayam: D. C. Books, 1999) is his collection of 27 poems. This book has won the Kanakasree Award of Kerala Sahithya Academy in 2000. He is a film writer too who has co-written the scenario of Maargam the filmic vertion of the famous Malayalam short fiction Pithrutharppanam with Rajiv Vijayrakhavan and dr. S. P. Ramesh. Now he is living at Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam literature is an autonomous body which was established to promote Malayalam language and literary heritage. ...
Other Works
1. Toto chan (translation to Malayalam), National Book Trust, 1997)