Ku. Alagirisami

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| birth_place = Idaicheval, Koilpatti Tamil Nadu
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1970|7|5|1923|9|23}}
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| occupation = Journalist, poet
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'''Ku. Alagirisami''' or '''G. Alagirisami''' ({{lang-ta|கு. அழகிரிசாமி}}, 23 June 1923– 28 March 1949) was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].

==Biography==
He was born in Idaicheval village near [[Kovilpatti]]. He was a childhood friend of [[Ki. Rajanarayanan]]. He completed his [[SSLC]] and worked as a teacher and then as a clerk in the registrar office. He later became a journalist and wrote for Tamil publications like ''Tamil Mani'', ''Sakthi'' and ''Prasanda Vikatan''. His first short story ''Urakkam Kolluma'' was published in ''Ananda Bodhini'' in 1943.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60701251&format=print|title=கு. அழகிரிசாமி|last=Venkat Swaminathan|work=Thinnai|accessdate=1 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Subramaniam|first=Ka. Na.|title=Tamil short stories|publisher=Authors Guild of India Cooperative Society|year=1978|pages=200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYUOAAAAYAAJ&q=ku+alagirisamy&dq=ku+alagirisamy&client=firefox-a&cd=9}}</ref> He became a sub-editor at ''Sakthi'' in 1947. He was a friend and contemporary of [[Vallikannan]], [[Pudumaipithan]] and [[T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan]]. His first short story collection - ''Ku. Alagirisamy kathaigal'' was published in 1952 with a foreword from [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]]. In 1953, he went to Malaysia to work in ''Tamil Nesan''. He married Seethalakshmi in 1955. During 1960-65 he worked as a sub-editor in ''Navasakthi''. He freelanced during 1965-70. He worked at ''Soviet Nadu'' for a few months until his death. In 1967, the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]'s Tamil development department awarded a prize for his play ''Kavichakravarthi'' (lit. Emperor among poets). He was noted for his short stories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tamilnirubar.org/?p=5057|title=சிறுகதைச் செம்மல் கு. அழகிரிசாமி|work=Tamil Nirubar|language=Tamil|accessdate=1 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728081606/http://tamilnirubar.org/?p=5057|archive-date=28 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1970, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] posthumously for his short story collection ''Anbalippu''.<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |date=24 January 2010 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref>

==Partial bibliography==

===Novels===
*''Doctor Anuradha''
*''Theerada Vilayattu''
*''Puthu veedu puthu ulagam''
*''Vaazhkai padhai''

===Children's fiction===
*Moonru pillaigal
*Kaalivaram

===Translations===
''*[[Laurence Binyon]]'s Akbar''

;[[Maxim Gorky]]'s books
*''[[Lenin]]udan sila naatkal''
*''Americavilae''
*''Yutham vendaam''
*''Virodhi''
*''Paniyavittal''

===Plays===
*''Vanja Magal''
*''Kavichakravarthi''

===Short story collections===
*''Anbalippu''
*''Sirikkavillai''
*''Thavappayan''
*''Varaprasadham''
*''Kaviyum kaadhalum''
*''Sevisaykka oruvan''
*''Pudhiya roja''
*''Thuravu''
*''ku. Alagirisami siruhathiakal'' (complete collection of short stories, April 2011)

===Essay collections===
*''Ilakkiya then''
*''Thamizh thandha kaviyinbam''
*''Thamizh thandha kavichelvam''
*''Naan kanda ezhuthalargal''

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|last=Mu. Paramasivam|title=Alagirisamy Ilakkiya Thadam|year=2007|publisher=Kavya|language=Tamil}}

==Further reading==
*[https://archive.is/20130121153947/http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?SectionName=Tamil_Mani&artid=280728&SectionID=179&MainSectionID=179&SEO=&Title=%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_-_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81.%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF Dinamani profile of Ku. Alagirisamy]
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