Popular Malayalam novelist VT Vasudevan passes away

PALAKKAD: Malayalam novelist V.T. Vasudevan (79) passed away on Sunday. Vasudevan breathed his last at his residence, 'Prasadam', in Vadakkanthara. He was the brother of the late V.T. Gopalakrishnan—a prominent critic and writer—and the late novelist V.T. Velayudhan.

An active member of the Mumbai Sahitya Vedi and Mumbai Nataka Vedi, Vasudevan also served as the president of the V.T. Gopalakrishnan Memorial Trust. He authored the novels *Sukhashayanam* and *Kazhukankunnu*. Vasudevan remained unmarried.

FAMILY:

Father: K. Govindan Nair; Mother: V.T. Devaki Amma. Other siblings: V.T. Kumaran, V.T. Kesavan Kutty, V.T. Damodaran, V.T. Ramachandran, V.T. Devayani, and V.T. Santhakumari.