Anees Salim

Anees Salim is an Indian author known for his books like Vanity Bagh, The Blind Lady's Descendants and the Small Town Sea. He is from the town of Varkala, and now lives in Kochi, Kerala. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for The Blind Lady's Descendants in 2018, becoming only the fourth Malayalee in history to win the award for an English work.[1] Some of his columns have appeared in newspaper The Indian Express.[2]

  1. ^ "Kerala: Akademi Award raises readers' expectations, says Anees Salim". The New Indian Express. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Anees Salim". The Indian Express. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.