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| birth_name = K. S. Sundaram<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1942|3|21}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kallidaikurichi]], [[Tamil Nadu]] <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1987|7|19|1942|3|21}} <br />
| death_place = [[Shringeri]], [[Karnataka]]<br />
| occupation = [[Author]], Assistant Editor<br />
| language = [[Tamil Language|Tamil]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
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| period = until 1987<br />
| genre = Novels, Novellas, Short Stories<br />
| subject = Children's fiction, Social Novels<br />
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| notableworks = ''En Peyar Ramaseshan''<br> ''Kagidha Malargal''<br> ''Mudalil Iravu Varum''<br />
| spouse = Hema Sundaram<br />
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| children = Charumathi<br />Neeraja<br />
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'''Aadhavan''' ({{lang-ta|ஆதவன்}}) is the pseudonym of '''K. S. Sundaram''' ({{lang-ta|கே. எஸ். சுந்தரம்}}, 21 March 1942 – 19 July 1987), a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Sundaram was born in [[Kallidaikurichi]] in [[Tirunelveli District]] and obtained his education in [[Delhi]]. He worked briefly for [[Indian Railways]]. Later he joined the [[National Book Trust of India]] as an assistant editor. He married Hema in 1976. He started his literary career as a writer of stories for children in the magazine ''Kannan''. He wrote under the pseudonym Aadhavan (lit. The Sun). His most noted work was the novel ''En peyar Ramaseshan'' (lit. My name is Ramaseshan), which was translated into [[Russian language|Russian]] by Vitaliy Furnika and sold over a hundred thousand copies. In 1987, he drowned while swimming in a river at [[Shringeri]]. He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] posthumously for his collection of short stories ''Mudalil iravu varum'' (lit. First comes the night).<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=2010-01-24 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aadhavan Profile|url=http://www.uyirmmai.com/publications/AuthorDetails.aspx?aid=107|work=Uyirmmai|accessdate=31 May 2010|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610043701/http://www.uyirmmai.com/Publications/AuthorDetails.aspx?aid=107|archive-date=10 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Aadhavan Sundaram|title=First Comes the Night|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|pages=Backcover|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Fx9R5fICMUC&pg=PT1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nesamudan Venkatesh |title=ஆதவன் வீட்டுக்குச் சென்று வந்தேன் |url=http://www.tamiloviam.com/nesamudan/page.asp?ID=77&fldrID=1 |work=Tamiloviam |accessdate=31 May 2010 |language=Tamil |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060224223212/http://www.tamiloviam.com/nesamudan/page.asp?ID=77&fldrID=1 |archivedate=24 February 2006 }}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
===Novels===<br />
*''En Peyar Ramaseshan''<br />
*''Kagitha Malargal''<br />
*''Kanagathin Naduvae''<br />
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===Novellas===<br />
*''Iravukku mun varuvadhu maalai''<br />
*''Siragugal''<br />
*''Meetchiyai thedi''<br />
*''Ganapathi oru keezhmattathu oozhiyan''<br />
*''Nadhiyum Malayum''<br />
*''Penn, thozhi, thalaivi''<br />
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===Short story collections===<br />
*''Singa Rajakumari''<br />
*''Mudalil Iravu Varum''<br />
*''Kanavu kumizhigal''<br />
*''Kaal vali''<br />
*''Oru arayil irandu naarkaligal''<br />
*''Pudhumaipithanin dhrogam'' <br />
*''nilalgal''<br />
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===Plays===<br />
*''Puzhudhiyil veenai''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*A critical commentary on Adhavan's writings in Thisaigal magazine - [http://santhoshguru.blogspot.com/2005/09/blog-post.html Part 1], [http://santhoshguru.blogspot.com/2005/09/blog-post_19.html Part 2] and [http://santhoshguru.blogspot.com/2005/09/blog-post_112714420206142566.html Part 3]<br />
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