Sundara Ramasamy
| Sundara Ramasamy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
30 May 1931 Thazhuviya Mahadevarkoil, Kanyakumari district, Tamilnadu |
| Died | 15 October 2005 (aged 74) |
| Occupation | novelist |
Sundara Ramaswamy (1931–2005), fondly known as "Su.Ra" in literary circles, was one of the exponents of Tamil modern literature. He edited and published a literary magazine called Kalachuvadu. He wrote poetry under the penname "Pasuvayya". His novels are Oru Puliya Marathin Kathai (Tamarind History), tr, Blake Wentworth, Penguin 2013, J.J Silakuripukal (J.J: Some Jottings, tr, A.R Venkatachalapathy, Katha, 2004) and Kuzhanthaigal, Pengal, Aangal (Children, Women, Men), tr, Lakshmi Holmstrom, Penguin 2013.
Ramaswamy was born on 30 May 1931, in Thazhuviya MahadevarKovil, (a village in Nagercoil). At 20, he began his literary career, translating Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai's Malayalam novel, Thottiyude Makan into Tamil and writing his first short story, "Muthalum Mudivum", which he published in Pudimaipithan Ninaivu Malar. He died on 15 October 2005 (IST) aged 74.
Sundara Ramaswamy was born in 1931 in a village called Thazhuviya Mahadevar Kovil, 20 km north of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. He spent his childhood years in Kottayam, Travancore, where his father worked as a Burma Oil agent. Though Tamil was his native tongue, since he lived in Travancore, he only learned Malayalam in his childhood. His father decided to wind up his business and move to Nagercoil, Kanyakumari in 1939. He continued his school there, but was generally considered to be a poor student. Kanyakumari then was still a part of Kerala, and not Tamil Nadu. Hence his education continued in Malayalam.
When he was ten years old, he was attacked by rheumatism, and was sick for the next five or six years. This caused him to be bedridden often, and made him irregular at school. Finally, he discontinued school on the advice of his physician. He first taught himself the Tamil alphabet at the age of 18. Through his mother, he was exposed to the vernacular magazine Manikodi, and famous Tamil writers such as Pudumaipithan, Na.Pitchamurthy, C.S.Chellappa, etc. He was particularly influenced by Pudumaipithan.
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