Ku. Alagirisami or G. Alagirisami (Template:Lang-ta, 23 June 1923– 28 March 1949) was a 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.[1][2] 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.[3] In 1970, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil posthumously for his short story collection Anbalippu.[4]
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
- Leninudan 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
- ↑ கு. அழகிரிசாமி, Venkat Swaminathan.
- ↑ Tamil short stories{{#if:Subramaniam|, Subramaniam}. Authors Guild of India Cooperative Society(1978)
- ↑ சிறுகதைச் செம்மல் கு. அழகிரிசாமி.
- ↑ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Template:Webarchive Sahitya Akademi Official website.
References
- Alagirisamy Ilakkiya Thadam{{#if:Mu. Paramasivam|, Mu. Paramasivam}. Kavya(2007)