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'''Lalgudi Saptarishi Ramamrutham''' (30 October 1916 – 30 October 2007) was born in Bangaluru, Karnataka State. He was a veteran Tamil novelist, having authored 300 short stories, 6 novels and 10 collections of essays. He died on his ninety-Second birthday.<ref name="Tamil novelist dead">{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/31/stories/2007103162201200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031150412/http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/31/stories/2007103162201200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 October 2007 |title=Tamil novelist dead |date=31 October 2007 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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'''Novels'''<br />
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1.''Puthra(1965)''<br />
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''2.Abitha(1970)''<br />
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''3.Kal Sirikkirathu''<br />
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''4.Prayachiththam''<br />
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''5.Kalugu''<br />
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''6.keralathil engo''<br />
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'''Short Stories'''<br />
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''1.Janani(1957)''<br />
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''2.Ithalgal(1959)''<br />
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''3.Pachai Kanavu(1961)''<br />
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''4.Ganga(1962)''<br />
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''5.Anjali(1963)''<br />
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''6.Alaigal(1964)''<br />
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''7.Dhaya(1966)''<br />
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''8.Meenottam''<br />
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''9.Uththarayanam''<br />
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''10.Nesam''<br />
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''11.Putru''<br />
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''12.Thulasi''<br />
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''13.En priyamulla Snegithanukku''<br />
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''14.Aval''<br />
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''15.Dhvani''<br />
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''16.Vilimbil''<br />
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''17.Alaigal''<br />
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''18.Naan''<br />
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''19.Sowndarya''<br />
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'''Essays'''<br />
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''1.Mutruperatha Thedal''<br />
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''2.Unmaiyana Dharisanam''<br />
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==Early years==<br />
His ancestors were natives of [[Lalgudi|Lalgudi, Trichy District]] and one of the writers of the [[Manikodi]] era. He spent his entire childhood and adolescent years in Ayyampettai village near Kanchipuram. His father took special care on his son and personally home tutored him advanced Tamil and English that instilled in him a love of Tamil and English Classics even at an early age. He studied from 8th to 10 Standard in Government School. He started writing when he was 20, originally in English and then changed over to Tamil. He worked for the [[Punjab National Bank]] for 30 years and settled down in [[Chennai]] after his retirement.<ref name="Tamil novelist dead"/><br />
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La Sa Ra worked for three years as a typist in [[Vauhini Pictures]], which then produced a series of landmark Telugu films like ''Vande Mataram'', ''Sumangali'', and ''Devata''. It was then [[K. Ramnoth]], another South Indian film director, told La Sa Ra not to waste his gift indicating that his hoping for a career in films would not be salutary. He ultimately became a banker but he continued with his writing.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2005/03/22/stories/2005032200151600.htm |title=Literary miscellany |date=22 March 2005 |newspaper=The Hindu |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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He won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1989 for ''[[Chintha nathi]]'', a collection of autobiographical essays.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/lr/2007/12/02/stories/2007120250330500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204180717/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2007/12/02/stories/2007120250330500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2007 |title=Master storyteller |date=2 December 2007 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}<br />
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