Author of 23 novels, 11 novellas, 3 collection of short stories, 2 poetry collections and a nonfiction. Shortlisted for Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2019. In 2024, he had been awarded "Anugerah Penulis Harapan Sarawak" for "Anugerah Sastera Sarawak ke-11". His short stories had won awards such as Hadiah Sastera Selangor 2019 and Hadiah Sastera Penulis Sarawak 2019 & 2020. His short stories entitled "Tivi Rafah", "Jam Menanggalkan Jarumnya Lalu Menghitung..." "Selimut", "Masjid", "Tiga Cerita Tentang Bahasa" & "Gergasi" had been awarded Main Prize for Short Story in Hadiah Sastera Selangor 2024, Hadiah Sastera Selangor 2021, Hadiah Sastera Penulis Sarawak 2022 & 202, Hadiah Sastera Perdana Malaysia 2019/2020 & Hadiah Sastera Perdana Malays
M. Navin is a Malaysian Tamil writer with MA in Tamil Literature. His works speak the lives of Malaysian Tamils and their daily struggles and 39 books have been published to date. He established Vallinam, a magazine for alternative literary endeavors in 2007, which has gone digital in 2009. He supervised the publication of Parai, a compilation of research papers such as Malay/Chinese Literature, Riverine and Eelam Literature in 2014. He has also worked in various fields of the arts and has directed documentaries on 14 Malaysian-Singaporean personalities and worked in films such as Jerantut Ninaivugal and Maounam and screenplays for films such as Jagat (Malaysia), and Kabali (Tamil Nadu). He started the Yazl Publication for students of Tamil
