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Lakshmi Holmström MBE (1 June 1935 – 6 May 2016 [1] [2]) was an Indian-British writer, literary critic, and translator of Tamil fiction into English. Her most prominent works were her translations of short stories and novels by contemporary writers in Tamil, such as Mauni, Pudhumaipithan, Ashoka Mitran, Sundara Ramasami, C. S. Lakshmi, Bama, and Imayam.
Charu Nivedita aka Charu (born 18 December 1953) is a Tamil writer based in Chennai, India.. His novel Zero Degree (1998) was translated into English in 2013 and longlisted that year for the annual Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. [1]
Cho Dharman (born 8 August 1953) is an Indian Tamil writer. He was born in Kovilpatti Taluk in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu. The real name is S. Dharmaraj. Cho Dharman's novel Koogai, a stunning account of Tamil lives in post-independence India, was translated into English as The Owl.
S. Rangarajan (3 May 1935 – 27 February 2008), better known by his allonym Sujatha, was an Indian author, novelist and screenwriter who wrote in Tamil.He authored over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems.
Balakumaran (5 July 1946 – 15 May 2018) [1] was an Indian Tamil writer and author of over 200 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for 23 films. [2] He also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as Kalki, Ananda Vikatan and Kumudam. [3]
In 1986, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his literary criticism Ilakkiyathukku oru Iyakkam (lit. A Movement for Literature). A Movement for Literature). After his return to Chennai, he started writing for Tamil magazines like Kungumam , Mutharam , Dina mani Kathir and Thuglak .
Nanjil Nadan was born in Veera Narayanamangalam, Thazhakudy in Kanyakumari District to Ganapathiya Pillai and Saraswathi Ammal. [1] [2] Born G. Subramaniam, he uses the pseudonym Nanjil Nadan (means a native of the Nanjil Nadu – the area comprising the taluks of Agastheeswaram and Thovalai in Kanyakumari district [3]).
Bhashyam Iyengar (6 November 1910 – 11 September 1987), better known by the pen name of Sandilyan, was an Indian writer known for his historical fiction novels in Tamil.He is known for his historical romance and adventure novels, often set in the times of the Chola and Pandya empires.