Agni Sukumar

Akini Sukumar (October 8, 1955 - October 3, 2019) was one of the pioneers of Modern poetry in Malaysia. In 1977, he co-founded the 'Vanambadi' daily magazine with friends, which spawned a modern poetry movement and created many young poets in Malaysia.

Personal Life

Sukumar is the real name of Agni Sukumar. He was born on October 8, 1955 as the last son to Vellathurai and Pasupathiammal with a brother and a sister as siblings. He went with his mother to Tamil Nadu and studied there till college. As a second year BA History student at Karur Government College, he returned to Malaysia to renew his passport but was unable to go back to Tamil Nadu and his college education was abruptly stopped. He married Padmini on October 10, 1984, who is also a writer. He has three children. Agni Sukumar died of cancer on October 3, 2019.

Literary Life