Akaramudhalvan
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: அகரமுதல்வன்
Akaramudhalvan (August 11, 1992) is a poet, writer and essayist. Born in Sri Lanka, he currently lives in India and works in the film industry. He uses Eelam as the backdrop in his works.
Birth, Education
Akaramudhalvan was born on August 11, 1992, in Pallai, Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka, to Sundaralingam and Jayajyothi. He has studied in Jaffna (Saiva Sanmarga Sangam), Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and many other places. Born during Eelam war, he was continuously displaced from place to place.
Personal Life
He married Jayaprabha on August 27, 2018. He has a son, Athiran. He works in the film industry, and also functions as a full-time writer.
Literary Life
Akaramudhalvan's first work was a poem published in 2000. He lists Kasi Ananthan (poet), Puthuvai Ratnathurai (poet), Ambuli (poet), Kasthuri(poet), Adilakshmi Sivakumar(writer), Malaimagal, M. Thalayasingam and, Shanmugam Sivalingam as his literary influences.
"The characters in my stories bear an essential truth that rips apart the false narratives built around the three-decade-long armed liberation struggle of the Tamil people" says Akaramudhalvan while talking about his reason for writing fiction.
Literary Significance
Akaramudhalvan, born and raised in Sri Lanka, settled in Tamil Nadu, narrates the plight of Eelam refugees and the history of the Eelam struggle through the individual's experience of those conflicts. As an essayist, he talks about Eelam politics and the Eelam literary tradition. "Akaramudhalvan's stories expresss his inner turmoil. The Indian Tamil mind chooses to look away from the Tamil Eelam problem like maggots in a flesh wound. Akaramudhalvan's depiction of the Tamil Eelam life makes us feel like the maggot and the wound too", says Nanjilnadan.
Awards
- Jeyanthan Pataippilakkiya Award
- Kovai Vasagar Vatta Kavignar Mira Award
- Tamilnool Veliyutu Matrum Tamilnool Virpanai Membattu Kuzhuma Award
Works
Poems
- Aththarunathil Pagai Veezhthi
- Aram Vellum Anjarka
- Tankigalil Sariyum Mullai Nila
Short Stories
- Irandam Leprinant
- Mustafavai Suttukondra Or Iravu
- Ban Ki-moon'in Rwanda
- Maaberum Thai
Novella
- Ulagin Miga Neenda Kazhivarai
Interview
- Nandru edhu? Theethu edhu?
Editor
- Jeyandhanin Therndhedutha Sirukadhaigal
- Thuilatha Oozh- Eezha Samakala Sirukathaigal
Links
- https://youtu.be/MVZvMfnSutM
- https://akaramuthalvan.blogspot.com
- https://akaramuthalvan.blogspot.com/2018/03/blog-post_17.html
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