Ku. Alagirisami or G. Alagirisami (23 June 1923– 5 July 1970) was a

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writer from

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Biography

He was born in Idaicheval village near

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. He was a childhood friend of

Ki. Rajanarayanan Rayangala Shri Krishna Raja Narayana Perumal Ramanujam Naicker (16 September 1923 – 17 May 2021), shortened to Ki. Rajanarayanan and popularly known by his Tamil initials as Ki. Ra., was an Indian Tamil language folklorist and acclaimed write ...

. He completed his SSLC and worked as a teacher and then as a clerk in the registrar office. He later became a journalist and wrote for Tamil publications like ''Tamil Mani'', ''Sakthi'' and ''Prasanda Vikatan''. His first short story ''Urakkam Kolluma'' was published in ''Ananda Bodhini'' in 1943. He became a sub-editor at ''Sakthi'' in 1947. He was a friend and contemporary of Vallikannan,

Pudumaipithan C. Viruthachalam (25 April 1906 – 30 June 1948), better known by the pseudonym Pudhumaipithan (also spelt as Pudumaipithan or Puthumaippiththan), was one of the most influential and revolutionary writers of Tamil fiction. His works were charac ...

and T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan. His first short story collection - ''Ku. Alagirisamy kathaigal'' was published in 1952 with a foreword from Kalki Krishnamurthy. In 1953, he went to Malaysia to work in ''Tamil Nesan''. He married Seethalakshmi in 1955. During 1960-65 he worked as a sub-editor in ''Navasakthi''. He freelanced during 1965-70. He worked at ''Soviet Nadu'' for a few months until his death. In 1967, the

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's Tamil development department awarded a prize for his play ''Kavichakravarthi'' (lit. Emperor among poets). He was noted for his short stories. In 1970, he was awarded the

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for

posthumously for his short story collection ''Anbalippu''.Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007

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Official website.

Partial bibliography

Novels

*''Doctor Anuradha'' *''Theerada Vilayattu'' *''Puthu veedu puthu ulagam'' *''Vaazhkai padhai''

Children's fiction

*Moonru pillaigal *Kaalivaram

Translations

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's Akbar'' ;

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's books *''

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udan sila naatkal'' *''Americavilae'' *''Yutham vendaam'' *''Virodhi'' *''Paniyavittal''

Plays

*''Vanja Magal'' *''Kavichakravarthi''

Short story collections

*''Anbalippu'' *''Sirikkavillai'' *''Thavappayan'' *''Varaprasadham'' *''Kaviyum kaadhalum'' *''Sevisaykka oruvan'' *''Pudhiya roja'' *''Thuravu'' *''ku. Alagirisami siruhathiakal'' (complete collection of short stories, April 2011)

Essay collections

*''Ilakkiya then'' *''Thamizh thandha kaviyinbam'' *''Thamizh thandha kavichelvam'' *''Naan kanda ezhuthalargal''