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K. R. Meera

കെ.ആർ. മീര

Born 1970 · India

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Sahitya Akademi 2015 · Winner

    Hangwoman: Everyone Loves a Good Hanging

    ആരാച്ചാർ · Aarachar

    K. R. Meera · 42 when first published

    Novel · 448 pages · Family, Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:In Kolkata, Chetna, a young woman from a family that has supplied hangmen for generations, is chosen as India’s first woman executioner and becomes a television sensation as the day of her first hanging approaches.