Sunday, February 3, 2013

Tribute to Writer AshokaMitran 232.

Today i remembered another interesting personality who was popular in the Tamil  literary field is none other than writer Thyagarajan  popularly known as Ashoka Mitran.After spending two decades in Secundrabad he moved to Chennai where his literary career started.He was the Editor for the famous Kanayazhli  Journal.Later he joined with Gemini Studios served for a decade had good interaction with film field.Then he
became a full time writer and created many Novels and more then 200 short stories.His first prize winning story Anbin parisu was welcomed by the readers. He won the PrestigiousSahitya academy award as well IlakiyaChinthanai award twice is worth to be mentioned here.I have read few creations of this writer.Those are ,Anbin Parisu,Thanneer,and Manasarovar.He has also won the famous late actor   NTR award.His Appavin Sneghidar short stories was very popular in those days.His way of writing ,and simple language was welcomed by his readers.He is one of the few simple versatile writers respectedin the literary world.Many of his creations are translated to english and european languages.Today i am very happy to tribute this Stalwart.
K.Ragavan.
See You Next Week,
4-2-13.

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