Bio
B. Jeyamohan, based in Nagercoil, is a pre-eminent writer in modern Tamil literature. One of the most prolific writers in India today, he has authored more than two hundred books, spanning novels, short fiction, travelogues, literary criticism and essays on heritage and philosophy, amongst others. Apart from containing critically acclaimed works such as Vishnupuram (1997) and Kottravai (2005), Jeyamohan’s oeuvre includes a 26-part novel called Venmurasu (The White Drum), a post-modern reimagination of the Mahabharata in 2020.
In 2023, his popular work Ezhaam Ulagam was translated into English by Suchitra Ramachandran (The Abyss, Juggernaut, 2023) and was shortlisted for the American Literary Translators Association’s First Translation Prize for emerging translators.
Jeyamohan is also a renowned screenwriter in the Tamil and Malayalam film industry and has written for many successful films including Naan Kadavul, Kadal, 2.0, Venthu Thaninthathu Kaadu and Ponniyin Selvan.