Bio
Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2013, social activist and commercial shipping professional.
Works:
Korkkai – Tamil Novel, published in Dec 2009 talked about a traditional community in south Tamil Nadu who were pioneers of Maritime Business and were also the Pearl Divers of Coromandal coast.
Aazhi Suzh Ulagu – Tamil Novel, published in Nov’2004 talked about traditional Fishermen who are making their living through fishing. It deals with the lives and fortune of several interlinked catholic fisherman family.
Accolades:
Sahitya Academy Award (2013) and Sujatha Best Novel Award (2011)
for ‘Korkai’