Sakitya Akademi award winner Ashokamitran dies
Q. Which literary award was won by prominent Tamil writer Ashokamitran?- Published on 27 Mar 17a. Sahitya Akademi award
b. Creative writing fellowship from University of Iowa
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
ANSWER: Both a and b
Well known Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi award winner Tyagarajan whose pen name was Ashokamitran has died at age 86 on 23rd March 2017.
The oeuvre includes 200 short stories, 8 novels, 15 novellas and other prose writings.
Born on Sept 22, 1931 and is one of the few writers who wrote fluently in Tamil and English
He had a career spanning six decades
He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1996 for Appavin Snegidhar, a collection of short stories.
Twice, he had been awarded the creative writing fellowship at the Iowa University.
As editor of Tamil literary magazine Kanaiyaazhi for 25 years, he maintained close links with the mainstream media and his works were published in leading journals and newspapers.
He also wrote Karaindha Nizhalgal, a fictionalised account of the Tamil film world in a novel.
He also wrote about classical music.
