Ku. Alagirisami

Ku. Alagirisami or G. Alagirisami (23 June 1923– 5 July 1970) was a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.

Ku. Azhagirisamy
Born	Azhagirisamy (1923-09-23)23 September 1923 Idaicheval, Koilpatti Tamil Nadu
Died	5 July 1970(1970-07-05) (aged 46)
Occupation(s)	Journalist, poet

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 (Sahitya Akademi Award Winner)
• 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