Friday, September 27, 2013

A Tamil writer discovered (in translation)

Thanks to two recent review assignments I have discovered a Tamil writer, the late  Sundara Ramaswamy (1931-2005). Thanks also  to Penguin Classics for introducing this lesser known writer to  an uninformed readership. Mr Ramaswamy deserves to be read, his particular Tamil-Travancore-Nagercoil world understood and appreciated. The writer was  fondly known known as 'SuRa' in literary circles

Here is a link to the recent releases of Sundara Ramaswamy's translated works.

http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/sundara-ramaswamy

And here  are the links to my reviews of two 'SuRa' gems.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/344581/travancore-tryst.html

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/351644/an-iconic-work.html

Here is Mr. Sundara  Ramaswamy himself.


                         

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