Books List, Authors List, Publishers List. EPPOTHUMIRUKKUM KATHAL S RAMAKRISHNAN. EZHUTHALAI NAGARAM S RAMAKRISHNAN ANANDA.

India Residence, Spouse(s) Chandraprabha Children Hari Akash Parent(s) N.Shanmugam S.Mangayarkarasi Website S. Ramakrishnan is an influentially important writer of modern Tamil literature. He is a full-time writer who has been active over the last 27 years in diverse areas of Tamil literature like short stories, novels, plays, children’s literature and translations. He has written and published 9 novels, 20 collections of short stories, 3 plays, 21 books for children, 3 books of translation, 24 collections of articles, 10 books on world cinema, 16 books on world literature including seven of his lectures, 3 books on Indian history, 3 on painting and 4 edited volumes including a Reader on his own works. He also has 2 collections of interviews to his credit. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Writing career [ ] About his first book he says: 'I was not a writer when my first book ‘veLiyil oruvan’ was published.

Until then I was just writing whatever I wanted to write, but I was not a writer; even after my first book came out' and 'but now I know the direction, purpose and strength of the written word. I didn’t know that then.

It is like how a child with a camera takes pictures of whatever she sees I was like that child.' His short stories and articles have been translated and published in English, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada and French.

His novel Upa Paandavam, written after a deep research into Mahabharata, was selected as the best novel in Tamil. It was widely well received by the readers. The novel Nedum Kuruthi, which spoke of the dark and tragic existential experiences of the tribe of oppressed people cruelly stamped as criminal tribe by the British, secured the Gnanavaani award for the Best Novel. His novel Yaamam, written with Chennai city’s three hundred years history as back drop, is another widely appreciated creation.

His Urupasi is a novel that conveys the stirring mental agonies of a young man who was unemployed because he took his degree majoring in Tamil language. He became a celebrated author to lakhs of readers through his series of articles like Thunai Ezhuthu, Desandhri, Kathavilaasam, Kelvikuri and Siridhu Velicham which appeared in the highly circulated Tamil weekly, Ananda Vikatan. He is the first writer in Tamil to have created a broad circle of readers for his columns. The compilation book of the articles, Thunai Ezhuthu, has created a new history by selling almost a lakh of copies. Writing style [ ] His short stories are noted for their modern story-telling style in Tamil.

He says in an interview: “As a storyteller, it’s vital that I observe people, their mannerisms and keep myself aware of present trends” and “I keep myself surrounded by youngsters who I learn a lot from. I think it is such company that keeps me revitalised to write more and more stories.” He explains the magical nature of his stories quite simply – 'The reason why my stories have a magical aspect is because I am unable to separate Magic from Realism.' Literary activism [ ] A great story-teller, he has organized over thirty story-telling camps for school children, all over Tamilnadu. He has organized a special story-telling camp for children with dyslexia-related learning disabilities. He says in an interview: 'We have a rich tradition of PaaNans and Koothars going around places singing and creating poetry in the Sangam period.