Cho Dharman
Cho Dharmaraj also known as Cho Dharman (born August 8, 1953) is a novel and short story writer of modern Tamil literature. He is a writer of the lives of agricultural people on Karisal soil, and was acknowledged for a special place in the naturalism wave emerged in the 90s in Tamil literature. He received the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi Award in 2019 for his novel Sool.
Birth, Education
Cho Dharman was born on August 8, 1953, to M. Solaiyappan and Ponnuthai belonging to a farming family. His hometown is Urulaikudi near Kadalaiyur in Kovilpatti Taluk of Thoothukudi District. He completed primary education at Urulaikudi Panchayat Union School, secondary education at Tirunelveli Diocesan Trust Association School (TDTA), Kadalaiyur and higher secondary education at Nadar Higher Secondary School, Nellai. He finished his professional education at St. Mary College, Thoothukudi.
Private Life
Cho Dharman married Mariyammal and they have two sons: Vinod Madhavan and Vijaya Srinivasan. He worked for twenty years from 1976 to 1996 at the Loyal Textile Mill, a private industrial unit in Kovilpatti. Post retirement, he became a full-time writer living in Kovilpatti. Cho Dharman was in trade union for twenty years and was in charge of the All India Trade Union Congress.
