Fellow of the Sahithya Academy [Indian National Academy of Letters] (1970-1994)
Works
Books
- പ്രേമലേഖനം [The love letter] (Novel) (1943)
- ബാല്യകാലസഖി [Childhood friend] (Novel) (1944)
- കഥാബീജം [Story seed] (Play; Written for the Sahithya Parishad at the request of G. Sankara Kurup, M. O. Joseph, Nedumkunnam, and A. D. Harisarma) (1945)
- ജന്മദിനം [Birthday] (Short stories) (1945)
- ഓര്മ്മക്കുറിപ്പു് [Jottings for memory] (Short stories) (1946)
- അനര്ഘനിമിഷം [Invaluable instant] (Short stories) (1946)
- ശബ്ദങ്ങള് [Voices] (Novel) (1947)
- വിഡ്ഢികളുടെ സ്വര്ഗ്ഗം [Fools' paradise] (Short stories) (1948)
- ന്റുപ്പുപ്പാക്കൊരാനേണ്ടാര്ന്നു് [Me gran'dad 'ad an elephant] (Novel) (1951)
- മരണത്തിന്റെ നിഴലില് [In the shadow of death] (Novel) (1951)
- മുച്ചീട്ടുകളിക്കാരന്റെ മകള് [The daughter of the card-shark] (Novel) (1951)
- പാവപ്പെട്ടവരുടെ വേശ്യ [The courtesan of the poor] (Short stories) (1952)
- സ്ഥലത്തെ പ്രധാന ദിവ്യന് [The principal divine of the place] (Novel) (1953)
- ആനവാരിയും പൊന്കുരിശും [Elephant-scooper and Golden cross] (Novel) (1953)
- ജീവിതനിഴല്പ്പാടുകള് [The shadows of life] (Novel) (1954)
- വിശ്വവിഖ്യാതമായ മൂക്കു് [The world-renowned nose] (Short stories) (1954)
- വിശപ്പു് [Hunger] (Short stories) (1954)
- പാത്തുമ്മായുടെ ആടു് [Paaththumma's goat] (Novel) (1959)
- മതിലുകള് [Walls] (Novel; basis for the film (1989) by Adoor Gopalakrishnan) (1965)
- ഒരു് ഭഗവദ്ഗീതയും കുറേ മുലകളും [A bhagavadgeetha and some breasts] (Short stories) (1967)
- താരാസ്പെഷ്യല്സ് [Thaaraa specials] (Novel) (1968)
- മാന്ത്രികപ്പൂച്ച [The magic cat] (Novel) (1968)
- നേരും നുണയും [Truth and lie] (Commentary and letters; Edited by V. T. Nandakumar; Part I: Questions and Answers [in Artist Raghavan Nair's periodical `Narmada'], Part II: Miscellany) (1969)
- ഓര്മ്മയുടെ അറകള് [The cells of memory] (Memoirs; Conversation with Sreedharan, B. M. Gafoor, P. K. Muhammad, M. A. Hakim, K. K. Amu, I. V. Sasi, and Punalur Rajan) (1973)
- ആനപ്പൂട [Elephant-hair] (Short stories) (1975)
- ചിരിക്കുന്ന മരപ്പാവ [The laughing wooden-doll] (Short stories) (1975)
- ഭൂമിയുടെ അവകാശികള് [The inheritors of the earth] (Short stories) (1977)
- അനുരാഗത്തിന്റെ ദിനങ്ങള് [The days of desire] (Diary; originally titled `കാമുകന്റെ ഡയറി' [The diary of the paramour]) (1983
- ഭാര്ഗവീനിലയം [The house named Bhaargavi] (Screenplay for the film (1964) by A. Vincent; adapted from the short story `നീലവെളിച്ചം' [The blue glow]) (1985)
- എം. പി. പോള് [M. P. Paul] (Memoir; Reminiscences of his friendship with M. P. Paul, Menachery) (1991)
- ശിങ്കിടിമുങ്കന് [Shinkidimunkan] (Short stories) (1991)
- ചെവിയോര്ക്കുക! അന്തിമകാഹളം!! [Hark! The final clarion call!!] (Speech on the occasion of being conferred the D. Litt. by the University of Calicut, January 1987) (1992)
- യാ ഇലാഹീ! [Oh God!] (Short stories found by Kiliroor Radhakrishnan at Beypore and published posthumously) (1997)
Films
- ഭാര്ഗവീനിലയം [The house named Bhaargavi] (A. Vincent (debut); Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (debut); adapted from the short story `നീലവെളിച്ചം' [The blue glow] by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer; Music: M. S. Baburaj; Lyrics: P. Bhaskaran; Madhu as Basheer (Saahithyakaaran), Vijaya Nirmala as Bhaargavi, Prem Nazir as Sasikumar (Kavi), P. J. Antony as Naanukuttan alias M. N. alias Narayanan Nair, Adoor Bhasi as Cheriya Parikkanni (Son of Valiya Parikkanni), Kuthiravattam Pappu as Kuthiravattam Pappu; Producer: T. K. Pareekkutty) (1964)
- ബഷീര് എന്ന മനുഷ്യന് [Basheer the man] (M. A. Rahman) (1987)
- ധ്വനി [Tone] (A. T. Abu; P. R. Nathan; Music: Naushad; Lyrics: Yusufali Kecheri; Jayaram as Shabari, Shobhana as Devi, Prem Nazir (last appearance) as Justice Rajashekharan Nair, Thilakan as Vettukuzhi, Nedumudi Venu as Shekhar, Jagathi Sreekumar as Manikantan Pillai, Innocent as Rappai, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer as self) (1988)
- മതിലുകള് [Walls] (Adoor Gopalakrishnan; adapted from the novel and various short stories by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer; Mammootty as Basheer, KPAC Lalitha (voice) as Narayani, Sreenath as `Aniyan' Jailer, Murali as class-mate; Location: Central Jail, Trivandrum) (1989)
Bibliography
`ബഷീര്: സമ്പൂര്ണ്ണ കൃതികള്' [Basheer: Complete works], (2 Volumes), D. C. Books, Kottayam, India, 1992. Introduction: M. N. Vijayan.
`യാ ഇലാഹീ!' [Oh God!], D. C. Books, Kottayam, India, 1997.
"`Voices' and `Walls'", Translator: V. Abdulla, Orient Longman, Bombay, India, 1976.
`The magic cat', Translator: N. Kunju, Kerala Sahithya Academy, Trichur, India, 1978.
"`Me gran'dad 'ad an elephant': three stories of Muslim life from South India", Translators: Ronald E. Asher and Achamma Coilparampil Chandersekaran, UNESCO collection of representative works, Indian series, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1980 and Penguin Books, India, 1995. (ISBN: 0852243863)
"`The love letter' and other stories", Translator: V. Abdulla, Vantage Press and Sangam Books, Madras, India, 1983. (ISBN: 0861314476)
"`Poovan Banana' and other stories", Translator: V. Abdulla, Disha Books, Sangam Books, and Orient Longman, New Delhi, India, 1994. (ISBN: 8125003231)
M. N. Vijayan: `മരുഭൂമികള് പൂക്കുമ്പോള്: ബഷീര് പഠനങ്ങള്' [When deserts bloom: studies on Basheer], Kalakshethram, Kasaragode, 1993.
Vanajam Ravindran: `Vaikom Muhammad Basheer: short stories', Katha classics, Rupa and Co., New Delhi, India, 1996.
O. V. Vijayan: `Vaikom Muhammad Basheer', 22 Jan. 1997. (Review of the preceding.)
Ronald E. Asher: `Basheer and the freedom struggle', Frontline, 15(2), pp. 84-86, 24 Jan. - 6 Feb. 1998, Madras, India.
Ronald E. Asher: `ബഷീര്: മലയാളത്തിന്റെ സര്ഗ്ഗവിസ്മയം' [Basheer: the Creative Wonder of Malayalam], D. C. Books, Kottayam, India, 1999.
Kiliroor Radhakrishnan: `അബുവിന്റെ ഓര്മ്മകള്' [Memoirs by Abu Bakr (Youngest brother of Basheer)], Green Books, Trichur, India, 2007.
Anees Basheer: `An inner view', January 2008.
Punalur Rajan: `ഓര്മ്മഛായ' [Pictures from memory], D. C. Books, Kottayam, India.
Adoor Gopalakrishnan: `മതിലുകള്' [Walls] (Screenplay), Mathrubhoomi Books, Calicut, India.
ജന്മദിനം [Date of Birth]
Basheer and his neighbour Mathankunju were born one day apart; the latter was born on 20th January 1908 (7th മകരം 1083 Malayalam Era); so much is stated by Basheer, together with the confession that he does not remember his own age (and the advice that one must not ask married men their age), in his `ഓര്മ്മയുടെ അറകള്' [The cells of memory] (Chapter 6: അച്ഛന് വീഴുമ്പോള് [When father falls]) published in the year 1973; his parents who remembered his date of birth had passed away by then, and the records they left had been burnt by his brother. In his `ജന്മദിനം' [Birthday] published in the year 1945, the birthday of the lead character (presumably Basheer himself), is given as 8th മകരം. Therefore, it seems reasonable to conclude that Basheer was born on 21st January 1908, Tuesday.
-- David C. Kandathil, Chempu, Vaikom, 7th January 2008.
जि़न्दगी [Life] (Direction: P. C. Barua; Music: Pankaj Mullick; Lyrics: Kidar Sharma; Actor and Singer: Kundan Lal Saigal)
सो जा... सो जा...
सो जा राजकुमारी... सो जा...
सो जा राजकुमारी... सो जा...
सो जा मैं बलिहारी... सो जा...
सो जा राजकुमारी सो जा...
सो जा मीठे सप्ने आएँ...
सप्नों में पी दरस् दिखाएँ...
(सो जा मीठे... दिखाएँ...)
उठ्कर् रूप् नगर् में जाएँ...
(उठ्कर्... जाएँ...)
रूप्नगर् की सखियाँ आएँ...
(रूप्नगर्... आएँ...)
राजाजी माला पहनाएँ...
चूमे मांग् तिहारी सो जा...
सो जा राजकुमारी सो जा...
सो जा राजकुमारी सो जा...
Anjaan; film adapted from the short story `ഒരു് മനുഷ്യന്' by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer; Department of Mass Communications, Aligarh Muslim University, India, April 2009.
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