வாடா மல்லி [Vadaamalli]

by Su Samuthiram

தமிழில் திருநங்கையர்களைப் பற்றி வந்த முதல் நாவல்.

443 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2017

About the author

Samuthiram was born in Tippanampatti village in Tirunelveli District. He worked in All India Radio and Doordarshan. He was a prolific writer who wrote fourteen novels, four novellas, two essay anthologies, one play and more than 300 short stories (published as twenty-two collections). Many of his works have been translated into other Indian languages, such as Telugu, Hindi, and Malayalam. His political orientation was socialist, and he was involved in many literary feuds with fellow writers, such as Asokamitran and Vannanilavan. His works reflect his socialist beliefs, and most of them are about the oppression of the downtrodden. In 1990, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his novel Veril Pazhutha Pala. Other awards received include the Tamil Annai Award from Tamil University, Thanjavur; the Ilakkiyachinthanai Short Story Prize; and the Kalaignar Award from Murasoli Trust (posthumous). He died in 2003 in a road accident in Chennai.