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A. Muttulingam (January 19, 1937) is one of the | A. Muttulingam (January 19, 1937) is one of the pre-eminent writers in modern Tamil literature. His contributions which include, several short stories, essays, interviews and novels, are characterized by humour, aesthetic appeal and perfection in form. Born in Sri Lanka, he is a storyteller who travelled the world on work and captured the varied cultures of the nations he visited, their people and their incongruities in his writing. He founded the Tamil Literary Garden<ref>[https://www.tamilliterarygarden.com/ Tamil Literary Garden]</ref>(''Tamil Illakiya Thottam'') in Canada. The organization presents lifetime achievement awards to eminent literary personalities. He led the effort towards establishing Tamil chairs at many universities, including Harvard University, U.S.A. | ||
== Early Life & Education == | |||
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A. Muttulingam was born on January 19, 1937 in Kokuvil in the Jaffna District of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka to Appadurai and Rasamma. A. Muttulingam received primary and secondary education from Kokuvil Hindu College school and Jaffna College school. After graduating from the University of Colombo with a degree in Science, he passed the Chartered Accountant Examination in Sri Lanka and the Management Chartered Accountant Examination in the United Kingdom.[[File:Muthulingam family.jpg|thumb|With his wife Kamalaranjani (PC: ''Ananta Vikatan'' Publication) ]] | A. Muttulingam was born on January 19, 1937 in Kokuvil in the Jaffna District of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka to Appadurai and Rasamma. A. Muttulingam received primary and secondary education from Kokuvil Hindu College school and Jaffna College school. After graduating from the University of Colombo with a degree in Science, he passed the Chartered Accountant Examination in Sri Lanka and the Management Chartered Accountant Examination in the United Kingdom.[[File:Muthulingam family.jpg|thumb|With his wife Kamalaranjani (PC: ''Ananta Vikatan'' Publication) ]] | ||
== Personal Life== | == Personal Life== | ||
A. Muttulingam married Kamalaranjani and has a son named Sanjayan and a daughter named Vaithehi. He has worked in many countries, including Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Muttulingam has served in the World Bank and in senior positions in the United Nations Office for Project Services. He is currently living with his wife in Markham, Ontario State, Canada. | A. Muttulingam married Kamalaranjani and has a son named Sanjayan and a daughter named Vaithehi. He has worked in many countries, including Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Muttulingam has served in the World Bank and in senior positions in the United Nations Office for Project Services. He is currently living with his wife in Markham, Ontario State, Canada. | ||
== Literary life == | == Literary life == | ||
[[File:அ.முத்துலிங்கம் இளமையில்.jpg|thumb|Young A. Muttulingam (''Akka'' short story collection)]] | [[File:அ.முத்துலிங்கம் இளமையில்.jpg|thumb|Young A. Muttulingam (''Akka'' short story collection)]] | ||
. Prof. Kailasapathy introduced modern Tamil writers like ''Pudumaipithan'' to Muttulingam. His discussions and conversations with Professors K. Sivathambi and K. Kailasapathy gave him the courage and inspiration to write. | . Prof. Kailasapathy introduced modern Tamil writers like ''Pudumaipithan'' to Muttulingam. His discussions and conversations with Professors K. Sivathambi and K. Kailasapathy gave him the courage and inspiration to write. A. Muttulingam's first short story ''Kadaisi Kaingariyam'' was published in 1958 in the magazine ''Suthanthiram.'' In 1964, a collection of short stories titled ''Akka'' (Elder Sister) was published with a preface by Prof. K. Kailasapathy. It featured the first prize-winning short shory - A''kka'' in Dinakaran (Sri Lanka) magazine. | ||
After a long hiatus, he continued his work in 1995 with the publication of a collection of short stories, ''Thigadachakram'' (Ten Beautiful Arms). Since then, many short story collections and articles have been published. ''Unmaikalantha Natkuripugal'' (2008) was his first novel. ''Kadavul Thodangiya Idam'' (2011- novel) was serialized in ''Ananta Vikatan.'' Muttulingam's literary works are set in the countries of Africa, Arabia and Pakistan where he has worked and travelled, and also in Sri Lanka, his birthplace. He has interviewed several writers like Margaret Atwood from India and outside. | |||
== Institutional Works == | == Institutional Works == | ||
He established the ''Tamil Ilakkiya Thottam'' (Tamil Literary Garden) 2001 in Canada, to recognize the eminent personalities, around the world, who have worked to promote Tamil language and to present them with a life achievement award. | He established the ''Tamil Ilakkiya Thottam'' (Tamil Literary Garden) 2001 in Canada, to recognize the eminent personalities, around the world, who have worked to promote Tamil language and to present them with a life achievement award. | ||
He collaborated with Doctor Vijay, Janakiraman and others for a fundraising in 2018 from the Tamils around the world to establish a Tamil chair at Harvard University in the United States of America. A. Muttulingam has written an article based on this experience entitled ''Kaalai Thoduven'' (I will touch the feet). | He collaborated with Doctor Vijay, Janakiraman and others for a fundraising in 2018 from the Tamils around the world to establish a Tamil chair at Harvard University in the United States of America. A. Muttulingam has written an article based on this experience entitled ''Kaalai Thoduven'' (I will touch the feet). | ||
== Controversies == | == Controversies == | ||
A. Muttulingam was criticized by a few that his works lacked an expansive treatment of the tragedies of ''Eelam'' War. To which he replied, “I have gone only to the limit where I should go. A writer's work should be judged by what he writes. Not by what he has not written.” | A. Muttulingam was criticized by a few that his works lacked an expansive treatment of the tragedies of ''Eelam'' War. To which he replied, “I have gone only to the limit where I should go. A writer's work should be judged by what he writes. Not by what he has not written.” | ||
== Literary Significance == | == Literary Significance == | ||
A. Muttulingam wrote with the idea that reading his works should be a pleasurable experience for the reader. Critic Jayamohan considers his works to be a continuation of the literary traditions of the Tamil writers Ki. Rajanarayanan and [[Ashokamithran]]. Writer [[Jeyamohan]] has written extensively on him under the topic ''Punnagaikkum Kadhaisolli'' (Smiling Storyteller).<ref>[https://www.jeyamohan.in/134/ Smiling Storyteller, Jeyamohan.in]</ref> He narrates stories with a subtle homour and embellishes them with literary anecdotes, interesting details and mythologies. | A. Muttulingam wrote with the idea that reading his works should be a pleasurable experience for the reader. Critic Jayamohan considers his works to be a continuation of the literary traditions of the Tamil writers Ki. Rajanarayanan and [[Ashokamithran]]. Writer [[Jeyamohan]] has written extensively on him under the topic ''Punnagaikkum Kadhaisolli'' (Smiling Storyteller).<ref>[https://www.jeyamohan.in/134/ Smiling Storyteller, Jeyamohan.in]</ref> He narrates stories with a subtle homour and embellishes them with literary anecdotes, interesting details and mythologies. | ||
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Muttulingam's works contain images drawn from modern life. Eg; washing machine (''Bhoomadevi''). He reaches a new poetic height through these images, even in realistic depictions of life. | Muttulingam's works contain images drawn from modern life. Eg; washing machine (''Bhoomadevi''). He reaches a new poetic height through these images, even in realistic depictions of life. | ||
== Biographies, Special Editions == | == Biographies, Special Editions == | ||
* ''Solvanam'' internet magazine: A. Muttulingam special edition - February, 2017 | * ''Solvanam'' internet magazine: A. Muttulingam special edition - February, 2017 | ||
* [[File:Ezhuthulagil A. Muttulingam 60.png|thumb|Ezhuthulagil A. Muttulingam 60 (Gnanam Special Edition)]]''Gnanam'' Tamil literary magazine published ''Ezhuthulagil A. Muttulingam 60'' (A. Muttulingam in the literary world) as a special edition, in April 2018. | * [[File:Ezhuthulagil A. Muttulingam 60.png|thumb|Ezhuthulagil A. Muttulingam 60 (Gnanam Special Edition)]]''Gnanam'' Tamil literary magazine published ''Ezhuthulagil A. Muttulingam 60'' (A. Muttulingam in the literary world) as a special edition, in April 2018. | ||
== Works == | == Works == | ||
====== Short Story Collections ====== | ====== Short Story Collections ====== | ||
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* ''Aatuppal Puttu'' - Nattrinai Publishing House (2016) | * ''Aatuppal Puttu'' - Nattrinai Publishing House (2016) | ||
* The Complete Collection of A.Muttulingam Short Stories - Two Parts - Nattrinai Publishing House (2016) | * The Complete Collection of A.Muttulingam Short Stories - Two Parts - Nattrinai Publishing House (2016) | ||
====== Soundbook ====== | ====== Soundbook ====== | ||
* A. Muttulingam Short Stories - Audiobook-Eastern Publishing (2008) | * A. Muttulingam Short Stories - Audiobook-Eastern Publishing (2008) | ||
====== Translated works ====== | ====== Translated works ====== | ||
* Inauspicious Times - 2008 - (Short stories by Appadurai Muttulingam - translation by Padma Narayanan-Indian Writing-2008 | * Inauspicious Times - 2008 - (Short stories by Appadurai Muttulingam - translation by Padma Narayanan-Indian Writing-2008 | ||
* After Yesterday - Translated from Tamil - Short stories- translation by Padma Narayanan-Ratna Books; 1st edition – 2018 | * After Yesterday - Translated from Tamil - Short stories- translation by Padma Narayanan-Ratna Books; 1st edition – 2018 | ||
====== Articles ====== | ====== Articles ====== | ||
* ''Ange Ippa enna Neram?'' (What time is it there?) -Tamilini Publishing (2004) | * ''Ange Ippa enna Neram?'' (What time is it there?) -Tamilini Publishing (2004) | ||
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* ''Ondrukkum Udavadhavan'' - Uyirmai (2011) | * ''Ondrukkum Udavadhavan'' - Uyirmai (2011) | ||
* ''Thamizh Mozhikku Nadillai'' (There is no country for the Tamil language) - Interviews - Kayal Gavin Publishing (2013) | * ''Thamizh Mozhikku Nadillai'' (There is no country for the Tamil language) - Interviews - Kayal Gavin Publishing (2013) | ||
*''Thottravar Varalaru'' | *''Thottravar Varalaru'' (Loser’sHistory) - Nattrinai Publishing (2016) | ||
* A.Muttulingam Essays - Complete Collection - Two Volumes-Nattrinai Publishing (2018) | * A.Muttulingam Essays - Complete Collection - Two Volumes-Nattrinai Publishing (2018) | ||
====== Novels ====== | ====== Novels ====== | ||
* ''Unmai kalandha Naatkurippu'' | * ''Unmai kalandha Naatkurippu'' - Uyirmai(2008) | ||
* ''Kadavul Thodangiya Idam'' (Where God Began) - Vikatan Publication (2012) | * ''Kadavul Thodangiya Idam'' (Where God Began) - Vikatan Publication (2012) | ||
== Prizes and Awards == | == Prizes and Awards == | ||
* ''Pakkuvam'' (Maturity) -Short Story-Dinakaran Short Story Competition-First Prize-Dinakaran Daily, Sri Lanka (1961) | * ''Pakkuvam'' (Maturity) -Short Story-Dinakaran Short Story Competition-First Prize-Dinakaran Daily, Sri Lanka (1961) | ||
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* Jothi Vinayagam Memorial Short Story Prize-Jothi Vinayagam Memorial Short Story Project (1997) | * Jothi Vinayagam Memorial Short Story Prize-Jothi Vinayagam Memorial Short Story Project (1997) | ||
* ''Vadakku Veethi'' (North Street) - Short Story Collection - State Literary Award (Sakitiya Award) - Government of Sri Lanka (1999) | * ''Vadakku Veethi'' (North Street) - Short Story Collection - State Literary Award (Sakitiya Award) - Government of Sri Lanka (1999) | ||
* ‘Forty Years of Tamil Literary Achievement Award’ for Literary Contribution ’- ''Thamizhar Thagaval'' | * ‘Forty Years of Tamil Literary Achievement Award’ for Literary Contribution ’- ''Thamizhar Thagaval'' Monthly Magazine, Canada (2006) | ||
* ''Amerika Ulavali'' (American Spy) - Editor-in-Chief Tirupur Tamil Sangam Literary Award, Tirupur Tamil Sangam, India (2012) | * ''Amerika Ulavali'' (American Spy) - Editor-in-Chief Tirupur Tamil Sangam Literary Award, Tirupur Tamil Sangam, India (2012) | ||
* ''Kudiraikaran'' (Horseman) - Short Story Collection - Vikatan Award for Best Short Story Collection, Vikatan Group, Chennai, India (2012) | * ''Kudiraikaran'' (Horseman) - Short Story Collection - Vikatan Award for Best Short Story Collection, Vikatan Group, Chennai, India (2012) | ||
* ''Amerikakari'' - Tamil Immigrant’s ''Tamilpeeraaya Vipulaanandhar'' Creative Award - SRM University, Chennai, India (2012) | * ''Amerikakari'' - Tamil Immigrant’s ''Tamilpeeraaya Vipulaanandhar'' Creative Award - SRM University, Chennai, India (2012) | ||
* Literary Contribution-Literary Award-Markham City Council-State of Ontario, Canada (2014) | * Literary Contribution-Literary Award-Markham City Council-State of Ontario, Canada (2014) | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* A. Muttulingam Website (www.amuttu.net) | * A. Muttulingam Website (www.amuttu.net) | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:English Content]] | [[Category:English Content]] | ||
Revision as of 09:16, 29 April 2022
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: அ. முத்துலிங்கம்
A. Muttulingam (January 19, 1937) is one of the pre-eminent writers in modern Tamil literature. His contributions which include, several short stories, essays, interviews and novels, are characterized by humour, aesthetic appeal and perfection in form. Born in Sri Lanka, he is a storyteller who travelled the world on work and captured the varied cultures of the nations he visited, their people and their incongruities in his writing. He founded the Tamil Literary Garden[1](Tamil Illakiya Thottam) in Canada. The organization presents lifetime achievement awards to eminent literary personalities. He led the effort towards establishing Tamil chairs at many universities, including Harvard University, U.S.A.
Early Life & Education
A. Muttulingam was born on January 19, 1937 in Kokuvil in the Jaffna District of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka to Appadurai and Rasamma. A. Muttulingam received primary and secondary education from Kokuvil Hindu College school and Jaffna College school. After graduating from the University of Colombo with a degree in Science, he passed the Chartered Accountant Examination in Sri Lanka and the Management Chartered Accountant Examination in the United Kingdom.
Personal Life
A. Muttulingam married Kamalaranjani and has a son named Sanjayan and a daughter named Vaithehi. He has worked in many countries, including Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Muttulingam has served in the World Bank and in senior positions in the United Nations Office for Project Services. He is currently living with his wife in Markham, Ontario State, Canada.
Literary life
. Prof. Kailasapathy introduced modern Tamil writers like Pudumaipithan to Muttulingam. His discussions and conversations with Professors K. Sivathambi and K. Kailasapathy gave him the courage and inspiration to write. A. Muttulingam's first short story Kadaisi Kaingariyam was published in 1958 in the magazine Suthanthiram. In 1964, a collection of short stories titled Akka (Elder Sister) was published with a preface by Prof. K. Kailasapathy. It featured the first prize-winning short shory - Akka in Dinakaran (Sri Lanka) magazine.
After a long hiatus, he continued his work in 1995 with the publication of a collection of short stories, Thigadachakram (Ten Beautiful Arms). Since then, many short story collections and articles have been published. Unmaikalantha Natkuripugal (2008) was his first novel. Kadavul Thodangiya Idam (2011- novel) was serialized in Ananta Vikatan. Muttulingam's literary works are set in the countries of Africa, Arabia and Pakistan where he has worked and travelled, and also in Sri Lanka, his birthplace. He has interviewed several writers like Margaret Atwood from India and outside.
Institutional Works
He established the Tamil Ilakkiya Thottam (Tamil Literary Garden) 2001 in Canada, to recognize the eminent personalities, around the world, who have worked to promote Tamil language and to present them with a life achievement award.
He collaborated with Doctor Vijay, Janakiraman and others for a fundraising in 2018 from the Tamils around the world to establish a Tamil chair at Harvard University in the United States of America. A. Muttulingam has written an article based on this experience entitled Kaalai Thoduven (I will touch the feet).
Controversies
A. Muttulingam was criticized by a few that his works lacked an expansive treatment of the tragedies of Eelam War. To which he replied, “I have gone only to the limit where I should go. A writer's work should be judged by what he writes. Not by what he has not written.”
Literary Significance
A. Muttulingam wrote with the idea that reading his works should be a pleasurable experience for the reader. Critic Jayamohan considers his works to be a continuation of the literary traditions of the Tamil writers Ki. Rajanarayanan and Ashokamithran. Writer Jeyamohan has written extensively on him under the topic Punnagaikkum Kadhaisolli (Smiling Storyteller).[2] He narrates stories with a subtle homour and embellishes them with literary anecdotes, interesting details and mythologies.
A. Muttulingam's writings transcend cultural and territorial boundaries. With a global vision and cultural identity, his stories approach the problems of immigrants, their cultural affinities and aversions. He does not end his stories with a satirical note or pass judgements on other cultures. Most importantly, his works do not project a shallow sense of cultural pride. Muttulingam presents myriad cultural backdrops from a global perspective and his stories portray people of various race, language and culture with a compassionate tone.
Muttulingam's works contain images drawn from modern life. Eg; washing machine (Bhoomadevi). He reaches a new poetic height through these images, even in realistic depictions of life.
Biographies, Special Editions
- Solvanam internet magazine: A. Muttulingam special edition - February, 2017
- Gnanam Tamil literary magazine published Ezhuthulagil A. Muttulingam 60 (A. Muttulingam in the literary world) as a special edition, in April 2018.
Works
Short Story Collections
- Akka (Sister) -Vijayalakshmi Library (1964)
- Thikadachakram- Gandhalakam (1995)
- Vamsaviruthi-Mitra Release (1996)
- Vadakku Veethi (North Street) - Manimegalai Publication (1998)
- Maharajavin Rail Vandi (Maharaja's Train) - Kalachuvadu Publication (2001)
- A. Muthulingam Kathaigal (A.Muthulingam Stories) (Complete Collection of Short Stories - Written till 2003) -Tamilini Publishing House (2003)
- Americakari – Kalachuvadu Publication (2009)
- Kuthiraikaran (Horseman) – Kalachuvadu Publication(2013)
- Kozhuthadu Pidippen (Selected Short Stories) - Editor K. Mohanarangan-Kalachuvadu Publishing House (2015)
- Pillai Kadathalkaran (Child Abductor) – Kalachuvadu Publication (2015)
- Aatuppal Puttu - Nattrinai Publishing House (2016)
- The Complete Collection of A.Muttulingam Short Stories - Two Parts - Nattrinai Publishing House (2016)
Soundbook
- A. Muttulingam Short Stories - Audiobook-Eastern Publishing (2008)
Translated works
- Inauspicious Times - 2008 - (Short stories by Appadurai Muttulingam - translation by Padma Narayanan-Indian Writing-2008
- After Yesterday - Translated from Tamil - Short stories- translation by Padma Narayanan-Ratna Books; 1st edition – 2018
Articles
- Ange Ippa enna Neram? (What time is it there?) -Tamilini Publishing (2004)
- Bhoomiyin Pathi Vayathu (Earth Half-Age) - Uyirmai (2007)
- Kadikaram amaithiyaga ennikkondirukiradhu (The Clock Is Counting Silently) - (Review Collection) - Uyirmai (2006)
- Viyatthalum Ilame (Interviews) - Kalachuvadu Publishing House (2006)
- Amerika Ulavali (American Spy) - Kizhakku Publication (2010)
- Ondrukkum Udavadhavan - Uyirmai (2011)
- Thamizh Mozhikku Nadillai (There is no country for the Tamil language) - Interviews - Kayal Gavin Publishing (2013)
- Thottravar Varalaru (Loser’sHistory) - Nattrinai Publishing (2016)
- A.Muttulingam Essays - Complete Collection - Two Volumes-Nattrinai Publishing (2018)
Novels
- Unmai kalandha Naatkurippu - Uyirmai(2008)
- Kadavul Thodangiya Idam (Where God Began) - Vikatan Publication (2012)
Prizes and Awards
- Pakkuvam (Maturity) -Short Story-Dinakaran Short Story Competition-First Prize-Dinakaran Daily, Sri Lanka (1961)
- Anula-Kalki Short Story Competition-Second Prize-Kalki Weekly Magazine, Chennai, India (1959-1961)
- Thikadachakram - Short Story Collection - Lilly Devasikamani Memorial Award, Lilly Devasikamani Memorial Foundation, Coimbatore, India (1995)
- Vamsaviruthi - Short Story Collection - First Prize for Best Short Story Collection - Government of Tamil Nadu, India (1996)
- Vamsaviruthi - Short Story Collection - First Prize for Best Short Story Collection - State Bank of India (1996)
- Jothi Vinayagam Memorial Short Story Prize-Jothi Vinayagam Memorial Short Story Project (1997)
- Vadakku Veethi (North Street) - Short Story Collection - State Literary Award (Sakitiya Award) - Government of Sri Lanka (1999)
- ‘Forty Years of Tamil Literary Achievement Award’ for Literary Contribution ’- Thamizhar Thagaval Monthly Magazine, Canada (2006)
- Amerika Ulavali (American Spy) - Editor-in-Chief Tirupur Tamil Sangam Literary Award, Tirupur Tamil Sangam, India (2012)
- Kudiraikaran (Horseman) - Short Story Collection - Vikatan Award for Best Short Story Collection, Vikatan Group, Chennai, India (2012)
- Amerikakari - Tamil Immigrant’s Tamilpeeraaya Vipulaanandhar Creative Award - SRM University, Chennai, India (2012)
- Literary Contribution-Literary Award-Markham City Council-State of Ontario, Canada (2014)
Links
- A. Muttulingam Website (www.amuttu.net)
- Solvanam Internet Magazine: A. Muttulingam special edition
- 'The smiling storyteller', Article on A Muttulingam by Jeyamohan
- Eelam Internet Literary Archive
- A Muttulingam interview
- A. Muttulingam short stories- review by Arulselvam
Notes
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