Aadhavan Sundaram
Aadhavan | |
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| Born | K. S. Sundaram 21 March 1942 |
| Died | 19 July 1987 (aged 45) |
| Occupation | Author, Assistant Editor |
| Language | Tamil |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Period | until 1987 |
| Genre | Novels, Novellas, Short Stories |
| Subject | Children's fiction, Social Novels |
| Notable works | En Peyar Ramaseshan Kagidha Malargal Mudalil Iravu Varum |
| Spouse | Hema Sundaram |
| Children | 2 |
Aadhavan is the pseudonym of K.S. Sundaram, 21 March 1942 – 19 July 1987), a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Sundaram was born in Kallidaikurichi (near Ambasamudram in present-day Tirunelveli District) and obtained his education in Delhi. He worked briefly for Indian Railways. Later he joined the National Book Trust of India as an assistant editor. He married Hema in 1976. He started his literary career as a writer of stories for children in the magazine Kannan. He wrote under the pseudonym Aadhavan (lit. The Sun). His most noted work was the novel En peyar Ramaseshan (lit. My name is Ramaseshan), which was translated into Russian by Vitaliy Furnika and sold over a hundred thousand copies. In 1987, he drowned while swimming in a river at Shringeri. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil posthumously for his collection of short stories Mudalil iravu varum (lit. First comes the night).[1][2][3][4]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Novels
[edit | edit source]- En Peyar Ramaseshan
- Kagitha Malargal
- Kanagathin Naduvae
Novellas
[edit | edit source]- Iravukku mun varuvadhu maalai
- Siragugal
- Meetchiyai thedi
- Ganapathi oru keezhmattathu oozhiyan
- Nadhiyum Malayum
- Penn, thozhi, thalaivi
Short story collections
[edit | edit source]- Singa Rajakumari
- Mudalil Iravu Varum
- Kanavu kumizhigal
- Kaal vali
- Oru arayil irandu naarkaligal
- Pudhumaipithanin dhrogam
- nilalgal
Plays
[edit | edit source]- Puzhudhiyil veenai
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.
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External links
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- Novelists from Tamil Nadu
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil
- 1942 births
- 1987 deaths
- Indian Tamil writers
- People from Tirunelveli district
- 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Indian short story writers
- 20th-century Indian novelists
- Dramatists and playwrights from Tamil Nadu