N. S. Madhavan
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| Born | 9 September 1948 Ernakulam, Ernakulam District, Kerala State |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Maharaja's College, Ernakulam |
| Genre | Novel, short story, essays |
| Subject | Social aspects |
| Notable works | Higuita Thiruth, Chulaimedile Savangal (Corpses of Chulaimed)" "Pancha Kanyakakal (Five Virgins)Lanthan Batheriyile Luthiniyakal |
| Notable awards | Odakkuzhal Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |
| Spouse | Sheela Reddy |
N. S. Madhavan (born 9 September 1948) is a leading writer of contemporary Malayalam literature, whose short stories, novels, football columns and travel articles enjoy a wide readership in Malayalam speaking areas of India.
Madhavan was born in the port city of Cochin where he attended the Sree Rama Varma High School. After graduating in economics from Maharajas College, Ernakulam he moved to Thiruvananthapuram to study for his masters at the Department of Economics, University of Kerala. During this period he began writing, and in 1970 won the top prize for his first published short story 'Sisu', in a contest organised by the Malayalam literary magazine Mathrubhumi. In 1975, Madhavan joined the Indian Administrative Service where he was seconded to the Bihar cadre. His civil service career followed the usual path of initially administering sub-districts and districts, then jobs in the state and union secretariats followed by the running departments and corporations.
In the 1980s, Madhavan went through a decade-long period of writer's block, until the release of his story 'Higuita' in 1990. In this work, Madhavan models his protagonist, priest Father Geevarghese, on René Higuita, the 1990 FIFA World Cup goalkeeper for Colombia. Higuita's unconventional playing style whereby he would often abandon his goal and try to score goals, occupies the priest's imagination. Likewise, he temporarily abandons his cassock and saves a tribal girl Lucie from the clutches of the trafficker Jabbar. The short story was adjudged the best in hundred years of Malayalam literature. Since then he has published four collections of stories, a novel and one collection of plays. Madhavan's works of short fiction are:
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