Noted writer and Jnanpith award winner MT Vasudevan Nair, who had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital here following heart failure, has passed away, hospital sources said on Wednesday.

He was 91.

“MT has died,” a hospital source told PTI without elaborating.

The office of Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan confirmed receiving the information about MT’s demise.

He had been under the care of a multidisciplinary team of specialists, including cardiologists and critical care experts, since his hospitalisation last week.

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