Aadhavan Sundaram


Aadhavan is the pseudonym of K.S. Sundaram, 21 March 1942 – 19 July 1987), a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.

Biography

Sundaram was born in Kallidaikurichi and obtained his education in Delhi. He worked briefly for Indian Railways. Later he joined the National Book Trust of India as an assistant editor. He married Hema in 1976. He started his literary career as a writer of stories for children in the magazine Kannan. He wrote under the pseudonym Aadhavan. His most noted work was the novel En peyar Ramaseshan, which was translated into Russian by Vitaliy Furnika and sold over a hundred thousand copies. In 1987, he drowned while swimming in a river at Shringeri. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil posthumously for his collection of short stories Mudalil iravu varum.

Novels

  • En Peyar Ramaseshan
  • Kagitha Malargal
  • ''Kanagathin Naduvae''

Novellas

  • Iravukku mun varuvadhu maalai
  • Siragugal
  • Meetchiyai thedi
  • Ganapathi oru keezhmattathu oozhiyan
  • Nadhiyum Malayum
  • ''Penn, thozhi, thalaivi''

Short story collections

  • Singa Rajakumari
  • Mudalil Iravu Varum
  • Kanavu kumizhigal
  • Kaal vali
  • Oru arayil irandu naarkaligal
  • Pudhumaipithanin dhrogam
  • ''nilalgal''

Plays

  • ''Puzhudhiyil veenai''