R. Chudamani

R. Chudamani
Born Raghavan Chudamani
(1931-01-10)January 10, 1931
Madras, Tamilnadu
Died September 13, 2010(2010-09-13) (aged 79)
Occupation writer

Raghavan Chudamani (January 10, 1931[1] September 13, 2010) was an Indian writer[2] writing in Tamil. She also wrote short stories in English as Chudamani Raghavan.[3] Her name also appears as Choodamani.[4]

She was born in Chennai[1] and grew up there.[3] Because of a physical disability, she was schooled at home.[2] She published her first story "Kaveri" in 1957. In 1960, she published her first novel Manathukku Iniyaval (Beloved woman). Her 1961 play Iruvar Kandanar (Two persons witnessed), which has been performed many times,[3] received the Ananda Vikatan award. Her stories have been translated into other Indian languages. She also translated stories from other Indian languages into Tamil.[1]

She received the Tamil Nadu Government Award in 1966, the Lilly Devasigamani Award in 1992[1] and the Kalagnar Mu Karunanidhi Award at the Chennai Book Fair in 2009.[2]

Selected works[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. p. 255. ISBN 8126008733.
  2. 1 2 3 C.S. Lakshmi (October 2, 2010). "Loss of a crest jewel". The Hindu.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 64. ISBN 0415159806.
  4. 1 2 3 "Elegy to an Eminent writer in Tamil". Boloji. April 2, 2011.


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