Jeyamohan
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: ஜெயமோகன்
Jeyamohan (April 22, 1962) is a Tamil writer. He has written novels, short stories, literary criticism and books on literary history, travel, culture, religion and philosophy. He is an orator of repute, and has delivered several talks on topic pertaining to literature, philosophy, religion, culture and tradition. He also writes in Malayalam. He is a scriptwriter for films made in various Indian languages. Vishnupuram Literary Circle, an organization formed under his aegis by his readers, organizes literary conferences, meet-the-author sessions as well as writing workshops for emerging writers. Through this forum, he engages in constant dialogue with young readers about reading, writing, and the role of the intelligentsia in shaping the culture of a society. The Vishnupuram Literary Circle awards a yearly prize to a literary personality who has made outstanding contributions to modern Tamil literature.
Early Life and Education
Jeyamohan's paternal grandfather Sankaran Pillai hailed from Thiruvarambu. His paternal grandmother Lakshmikutty Amma was from Thiruvattar. Lakshmikutty Amma was a scholar. She had been schooled in the traditional Sanskrit and Malayalam curriculum of her era. His maternal grandparents Parameswara Pillai and Padmavati Amma belonged to Nattalam. Jeyamohan's father's name was Thiruvarambu S. Bahuleyan Pillai and his mother was P. Visalatchi Amma from Nattalam. He was born on April 22, 1962 in the Government Hospital, Arumanai. He was the second son born to his parents. His mother, who was an avid reader, named him after a character called Jeyamohan from a Bengali novel.
Jeyamohan studied up to the first standard in Padmanabhapuram, the second standard at the Government Primary School in Kottaram near Kanyakumari, and up to the fifth standard at the Government Primary School in Muzhucode. He completed his high school education at Arumanai Government High School in 1978. In 1979 he started his intermediate studies at the Nesamony Christian College, Marthandam, with commerce as his subject. In 1980, he joined the Pioneer Kumarasamy College at Nagarcoil, studying for a B.Com degree. He was enrolled in the college until 1982 when he dropped out. He did not complete his degree.
Personal Life
Driven to depression over the suicide of his friend Radhakrishnan, Jeyamohan ran away from home. He roamed in Tiruvannamalai, Pazhani and Kasi. In 1984, he got a job as a temporary worker at the telephones department in Kasargode, Kerala. He worked there until November 1989, when he got a transfer to Palacode, Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu. In 1990, he moved to Dharmapuri. In 1998 he got a transfer to Nagarcoil and worked at the telephone exchange in Nagarcoil until 1999 and at the Thackalay exchange till 2010. In 2010, he retired from service voluntarily. At present he works as a scriptwriter in the film industry.
Jeyamohan married his reader S. Arunmozhinangai, who had graduated from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, on August 8, 1991. They have two children, Ajithan and Chaidhanya. Jeyamohan lives in Nagarcoil at present. Arunmozhinangai is a writer. Ajithan is a novelist and works in films.
Politics
Jeyamohan grew up in Christian-majority Kanyakumari district. In his youth, he supported the RSS. He has written articles for Vijayabharati, the mouthpiece of the RSS.
Later in Kasargode, he was involved in left-wing politics, and was active in the trade union. He attended Marxist lectures at the Kasargode workers commune. He counts Marxist scholar Kovai Gnani among his gurus. Later, he got interested in Gandhian ideas through the influence of Malayali intellectuals M. Govindan and G. Kumara Pillai. Jeyamohan particularly has high regard for Gandhi’s democratic outlook and his policy of decentralization. He has written two books about Gandhi, Indraiya Gandhi (Gandhi Today) and Uraiyadum Gandhi (Gandhi’s dialogues).
Spirituality
Jeyamohan’s close friend Radhakrishnan committed suicide when they were both 19 years old. This precipitated a spiritual crisis in him. He ran away from home in search of answers. He wandered as an ochre-robed mendicant in Tiruvannamalai and Kasi and Pazhani. He went to many monasteries and gurukulams including the Kanjangad Nityananda Gurukulam. During these years he interacted with personalities such as Yogi Ram Surat Kumar of Tiruvannamalai.
In 1992, he met Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati of the Narayana Gurukulam, Fernhill, Ooty. After a conversation with him Jeyamohan accepted him as his guru. Jeyamohan, who has carefully studied the philosophical underpinnings of all the Indian religions, has adopted Narayana Guru’s pure Vedantic vision as his own personal spiritual path. He has written books on topics at the interface of religion and spirituality, including Indhu Gnana Marabil Aaru Dharisanangal, Indhiya Gnananm, Kalachara Hindu, Indhu madam - sila vivadhangal etc.
Literary Life
Introduction into Literature
Jeyamohan was introduced to literature at a very young age by his mother, an ardent reader. His mother had a good personal library in the house. Jeyamohan grew up reading in Tamil, Malayalam and English. He was a member of various local libraries including The YMCA library at Muzhucode and the Government Library at Arumanai. Later he read a lot of Malayalam novels at Sri Chitra Library in Thiruvattar.
Early Writings
He started writing in his school days. His first short story was published in 1975 when he was thirteen years old in a children's magazine called Ratnabala. During his school and college days he wrote a lot of stories under his own name and under various pseudonyms in all the weekly magazines. Starting from 1984 when he was working in Kasargode, he began making the acquaintance of left-wing progressive writers and intellectuals. In 1986 he became close to Sundara Ramasamy. In 1987 he met the Malayalam poet Aroor Ravi Varma and historian and novelist P.K.Balakrishnan. He got his basic training in literature from them. He continued to stay in dialogue with them.
In 1987, he wrote a short story called Nadhi which was published in Kanaiyazhi. The story was published with a note from Ashokamitran, who was the editor of the magazine then. Jeyamohan marks this story out as his first story. He continued writing in magazines including Kanaiyazhi and Deepam. In 1988, Eligal and Roja payiridugira oruvar were published in Deepam. A poem called Kaidhi was published in 1987 in the little magazine Kollippaavai edited by Kattaikkaadu Rajagopalan.
In 1988, in Nigazh published by Kovai Gnani, stories including Padugai and Bodhi were published. Thisaigalin Naduve was published in Kalachuvadu brought out by Sundara Ramasamy. Maadan Motcham was published in Pudhiya Nambikkai, published by Pon Vijayan. Indira Parthasarathy, Sujatha and Ashokamitran had mentioned these stories favourably. Jeyamohan became widely known amidst literary readers.
In 1988 he wrote a novel called Rubber. He edited the novel and sent it to be considered for the Akilan Memorial Prize in 1990. The novel won the prize. Thaagam press brought it out in 1990. In 1991, his short story Jaganmithyai came out in the middle magazine Subamangala. Jeyamohan continued to write essays and stories in Subamangala. His stories appeared in magazines including India Today and Kanaiyazhi. In 1991, he published a work on literary theory called Novel. In 1992, his first collection of short stories came out from Annam-Agaram press run by Meera. The collection was also called Thisaigalin Naduve. In 1993, his second collection called Mann appeared. It was brought out by Sneha Press.
Important Works
Jeyamohan's major novel 'Vishnupuram' was published in 1997 (Annam-Agaram Press). At that time, most of the novels being written in Tamil were modernist novels. Vishnupuram, on the other hand, was metafictional, philosophical and was inspired by the aesthetics of the Indian kavya tradition. It created an intense stir in the Tamil creative world and opened up new avenues. Subsequently, Jeyamohan wrote a novel about the ideological crisis that precipitated in the left-wing Marxist circles in Tamil Nadu following the collapse of Soviet Russia. The novel, called 'Pin Thodarum Nizhalin Kural' (Call of the Trailing Shadow), examined the contradictions between ideology and idealism, and came out in 1999. A short novel called 'Kanyakumari' was published in 2000.
In 2003, the novels 'Kaadu' (The Forest) and 'Ezhaam Ulagam' (The Seventh Abyss) were published. In 'Kaadu', a novel with many references to Sangam poems, the virginal, viridian forest becomes the symbol of young love. 'Ezhaam Ulagam' is about the abject lives of trafficked beggars living under the margins, and depicts their human joys and spirituality in the midst of all their suffering. In 2003, Jeyamohan wrote seven books about various prominent Tamil writers who had shaped the landscape of modern literary Tamil. These titles were brought out as a series: 'Ilakkiya Munnodigal Varisai' (Literary Predecessors). Later they were published as a single volume. Ten books on various topics were published and released at an event in October 2003, including a translation of Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay 'Nature' (Iyarkaiyai Aridhal).
In 2005, Jeyamohan published 'Kotravai', a modern prose epic based on the Tamil epic Silappadhikaram. 'Kotravai' was a retelling that brought in wider aspects of Tamil geography and Tamil social life. It begins in an ancient time in the long past when the Tamil language and the earliest gods of the Tamil land were founded, and ends in the present day. A short novel called 'Iravu' (Night) followed Kotravai. 'Iravu' depicts a commune of night-dwellers. In the novel, the night becomes a metaphor for the human psyche.
From January 1, 2010, Jeyamohan wrote twelve short stories which became the collection 'Aram' (Stories of the True, The Song of Righteousness). These were fictional stories based on the lives of real men and women. In 2013, Jeyamohan wrote and published Vellai Yanai (White Elephant). It was a novel based on the Great Famine of the 1870s in Chennai.
Jeyamohan's major work, Venmurasu, was serialized on his blog, a chapter a day, from Janauary 2014 for a period of seven years. It is the world's longest novel at present, with 26 volumes, 1932 chapters and 22,400 pages. Venmurasu is a modern novel based on the Mahabharata. Venmurasu holds the philosophy of Vedanta as the essence of the Mahabharata, and reinterprets Indian mythology from various sources through this lens.
Starting from March 17, 2020, when the Covid lockdowns came into force in India, Jeyamohan started writing a series of short stories, and published one story every day on his blog (Thanimaiyin punaivu kaliyattu - Celebrating solitude with fiction). From June 10, 2020, he wrote a further 31 stories, publishing one each day on his blog (Kadhai thriuvizha - A festival of stories). A total of 131 stories were published during the lockdown, set against a variety of backgrounds and exploring many themes. 14 volumes of these stories have been published so far, with two more remaining to be published. Some of these stories were translated into English and published in international literary magazines. One of these volumes was translated into Malayalam and published under the title 'Mayappon'.
Literary Criticism
When his first novel 'Rubber' was launched in 1990, Jeyamohan said ‘Tamil novels are currently either serials or short stories. Novels require complex intertextuality and vision, but they are inadequate in Tamil novels”. This speech sparked lengthy debates for many years. Based on these debates, he wrote a book-length critical essay called Novel. This book had great influence on the formal style of the next generation of Tamil novels. Jeyamohan wrote seven books of literary criticism analyzing the works of twenty of his predecessors in Tamil literature. These books were published as a single volume called 'Ilakkiya Munnodigal'. Jeyamohan has written several volumes of criticism - 'Eezha Ilakkiyam' about Tamil writers from Sri Lanka, 'Ullunarvin Thadathil' about Tamil poetry and 'Kanneerai Pinthodardhal' about classic Indian novels. He wrote a book called 'Aazhnadhiyai Thedi' about the essence of literature and a book called 'Pudhiya Kaalam' about contemporary trends in Tamil literature. Jeyamohan wrote a book called 'Naveena Thamizhilakkiya Arimugam' tracing the literary history of modern Tamil literature from the 1900s till the year 2000. He has written extensively about authors including Devadevan, Poomani, A. Madhavan, Vannadasan, Devadachan, Nanjil Naadan etc.
Jeyamohan organized his readers and founded Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam (Vishnupuram Literary Circle) in August 2009. With the mission of honoring senior Tamil writers, this organization presents the Vishnupuram Literary Award every year.
Travel Literature
Jeyamohan is an avid traveller. He travels extensively within India, planned itineraries through which he seeks to understand India's history and culture. He also travels abroad. Jeyamohan wrote about his travels through prominent Jaina sites from Tamil Nadu to Rajasthan in a book called 'Arugargalin Padhai' (Paths of the Jaina Monks). Another book, 'Guhaigalin Vazhiye' (Cave Travels) was about Jeyamohan's travels to sites all over India with prominent natural caves. Jeyamohan travelled extensively in Kashmir, Chattisgarh and in the North-East even when it was rife with terrorism. He has recorded these experiences in various books. His travels in Australia was published as a book titled 'Pulveli Desam' (Grassland Country) and his travels in Japan, as 'Japan Oru Keetroviyam' (Japan - A Sketch)
Journalism
With the aid of his friends, Jeyamohan founded a quarterly literary magazine called 'Sol Pudhidhu' in 1998. Jeyamohan acted as honorary editor and advisor. The magazine ran from 1998 to 2004, and fifteen volumes were published. Sol Pudhidhu featured extensive interviews, feature-length articles on various aspects of Indian culture and book excerpts. It was unique among Tamil little magazines in bringing out a special issue focussing on Tamil Isai.
In 2004, Jeyamohan founded a bimonthly magazine called Marudham with his friends. He was editor and advisor.
Jeyamohan founded his own website in 2006. [www.jeyamohan.in]. From 2007, he runs his website like a literary magazine, publishing original works, reviews, discussions and letters every day.
Literary Organizations
Starting from 1994, Jeyamohan organized yearly literary camps at the Narayana Gurukulam in Ooty. These camps later came to be known as 'Guru Nitya Symposia' in memory of Guru Nitya of Narayana Gurukulam. Jeyamohan also organized some notable meetings between Tamil and Malayalam poets in Kutralam, Hogenakkal and Ooty. As of 2022, Jeyamohan has organized 42 literary meetings at various spots all over Tamil Nadu over the last twenty-five years, including meetings at Ooty, Yercaud, Alapuzha, Kanyakumari and Thirparappu. Two generations of Tamil and Malayalam writers have been part of these meetings.
In 2010, Jeyamohan along with his friends founded the Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam (Vishnupuram Literary Circle), a literary organization named after his famous work, Vishnupuram. This organization awards a yearly literary prize to important Tamil writers and poets who have otherwise been not duly recognized by the various academies. In 2010, the Vishnupuram Literary Prize was awarded to writer A. Madhavan. By 2020, this award has grown into a two-day literary festival, with a number of sessions with writers and various 'meet the author' events. The Vishnupuram Literary Circle also awards a year Poetry Prize in the memory of late poet Kumaraguruparan (Vishnupuram - Kumaraguruparan Poetry Prize).
From 2016, Jeyamohan started organizing meet the author events where he met with a group of young readers over two days. These 'Young Reader Meetings' were organized in Coimbatore, Erode, Thanjavur and Kollimalai, three times a year. Over the last six years, Jeyamohan has met his young readers in sixteen such events. A group of thirty young readers and writers participate in each of these events.
In February 2022, Jeyamohan founded the Tamil Wiki Internet Encyclopedia. He runs it with the help of his friends and notable scholars. This is an encyclopedia of Tamil literature, arts and culture. A literary prize called the Tamil Wiki - Thooran Award shall be awarded from 2022.
Oratory Talks
Jeyamohan has delivered many lectures on topics including literary criticism, tradition, culture, religion and philosophy. Some of these were multi-part lectures, delivered over three days: Kuralinidhu (The sweetness of the Kural) (Jan 14, 2017 - Jan 17, 2017), Osho Marabum Meeralum (Osho - Tradition and Rebellion) (March 12, 2021 - March 14, 2021), Lecture on the Gita (Dec 6, 2015 - Dec 9, 2015). He has also delivered ticketed lectures on these topics. The first of such ticketed lectures was organized in Tirunelveli. Subsequent ticketed lectures were organized in Coimbatore, Chennai, Tiruppur etc.
Jeyamohan's talks have been published in print under the titles 'Thanikkural', 'Solmugam' and 'Thannuraigal'.
Malayalam
Jeyamohan has written comparatively little in his mother tongue Malayalam. Jeyamohan's first Malayalam work was published in a magazine called Jeyakeralam in 1987. He did not continue writing in Malayalam. From 1997, he started writing articles in Mathrubhoomi's Sunday page. From 1999, he wrote articles for the monthly Bhashaposhini and the weekly Madhyamam. Jeyamohan's articles have been compiled into two books, Nedumpadhaiyoram and Uravidangal, published by Trichur Current Books and Mathrubhoomi Books. Some of his fiction is available in Malayalam under the titles Aana Doctor, Nooru Simhasanangal, Aram and Oomai Chennaai.
Films
Jeyamohan has written screenplays and dialogues for Tamil and Malayalam films. He has worked with directors including Mani Ratnam, Shankar and Lohitadas.
Films based on Jeyamohan's fictional works
Tamil
- Naan Kadavul (2009) - Based on the novel Ezhaam Ulagam
- Kadal (2012)
- Vendhu Thanindadhu Kaadu (2002) - Based on the short story Aindhu Neruppu
Malayalam
- Ozhimuri (2012, directed by Madhupal) - Screenplay. Based on four personal essays written by Jeyamohan. The film won the Best Screenplay Award from the Kerala Film Critics Association and the T A Shahid Memorial Award for Best Scriptwriter (2012).
Controversies
Literary Significance
In Jeyamohan's writings, main themes are spiritual quests and moral pursuits. Vishnupuram and Kumarithuraivi have a common line that the spiritual consciousness is known to inner quest alone. Similarly, the mystical human ethical state that occurs within the mind is common line between the Kotravai and Venmurasu.
The spirituality and morality that Jeyamohan envisioned to bestow to his reader is engrossed in all his works. The spiritual quest that commenced in Vishnupuram is discovered and completed in Kumarithuraivi. The moral upheaval that commenced in Kotravai is reminiscent in parts of the novel Venmurasu and then flows towards ultimate truth and then gets integrated. Journey between the spiritual quest and discovery, and the struggle of moral upheaval to ultimate truth are the foundation of writer Jeyamohan's traits. Both these make him stand out from rest of the writers across the world.
Jeyamohan is passionate about Indian philosophy, art and classical literature. He delivers them to the next generation through his writings in contemporary manner. He redefines the Indian Tamil tradition in accordance with the virtues of modern times. He is the author of the world's largest novel, Venmurasu. It is considered as one of the most important and contemporary novels in the world.
Books, Tributes
In 2014, Kaalam magazine brought out a special feature on Jeyamohan.
In 2022, when Jeyamohan turned 60, tributes from various writers, poets and journalists in the Tamil literary landscape were solicited and published on a dedicated website called 'Syamanthakam'. https://jeyamohan60.blogspot.com/
Awards
- Akhilan Ninaivuppoti Parisu - 1990
- Katha Virudu - 1992
- Sanskriti Samman Award - 1994
- Pavalar Virudu - 2008
- Mukham Virudu - 2011
- T. A. Shahid Award, Kerala Film Critics Award for best screenplay writer - 2012
- Iyal Virudu - 2014
Publications
Novels
- Rubber, First edition -1990, Thagam (Tamil Puthakalayam), Chennai, New edition-2005, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai.
- Vishnupuram, First edition-1997, Agaram Sivagangai. New edition-2006, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai. Reprint, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai. Reprint-2022, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Pinthodarum Nizhalin Kural, First edition-1999, Tamizhini, Chennai. Reprint-2022, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Kanyakumari, First edition-2000, Tamizhini, Chennai. New edition-2006, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai.
- Kaadu, First edition-2003, Tamizhini, Chennai. New edition-2006, Tamizhini, Chennai.
- Elaam Ulagam, First edition-2003, Tamizhini, Chennai. Second edition-2011, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai. Reprint-2013, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Analkatru, First edition-2009, Tamizhini, Chennai.
- Iravu, First edition-2010, Tamizhini, Chennai..
- Ulogam, First edition-2010, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Kanninilam, Kayalkavin publishers, Chennai.
- Vellaiyanai, Ezhuthu publishers, Madurai.
- Venmurasu (26 volumes - 22,400 pages) –Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Kathanayaki, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Andha Mukil Endha Mukil, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Kumarithuraivi, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Gugai, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Nangavadhu Kolai, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
Novelle
- Jeyamohan Novelle, First edition-2004, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai. Second edition-2011, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
Neo-Epic
- Kotravai, First edition-2005, Tamizhini, Chennai. First edition-20011, Tamizhini, Chennai
Short Story collections
- Thisaigalin Naduve, First edition-1992, Annam Sivagangai. New edition-2004, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai.
- Man, New edition-1993, Sneha Publishers, Chennai. New edition-2004, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai.
- Aiyramkal Mandapam, First edition-1998, Annam Sivagangai. New edition, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai.
- Koonthal, First edition-2003, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai.
- Jeyamohan Sirukathaigal, First edition-2004, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai. Second edition-2011, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai
- Nizhalvelikathaigal (Devadai Kathaigalum Pei Kathaigalum), First edition-2005, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai. Second edition-2011, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai
- Visumbu (Science Fiction), First edition-2006, Any Indian publishers, Chennai. Second edition-2011, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai
- Oomaisennai, First edition-2008, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai. Second edition-2011, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai, Reprint, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Aram (Collection of short stories), First edition-2011, Vamsi Book Center, Tiruvannamalai
- Eerarukalkondelum Puravi, Sol Pudhithu Publishers
- Venkadal, Vamsi publisher, Chennai
- Uchavazhu, First edition-Jun 2017, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Thulikanavu, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Pradhaman, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Pathu Latcham Kaladigal, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Aiyram Uttrugal, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Malai Poothapodu, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Devi, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Ezhukathir, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Aindhu Nerupu, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Mudhunaval, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Thangaputhagam, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Anayilla! Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Polivadhum Kalaivadhum, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Vaan Nesavu, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Iru Kalaingargal, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
Short stories
- Yaanai Doctor, Thannaram Noolveli, Tiruvannamalai
Spirituality / Philosophy
- Indhu Gnana Marabil Aru Darishangal, First edition-2002, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai. Second edition, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Indhiagnam, First edition-2008, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
- Siluvaiyin Peiyaral, First edition, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Indhu Madham Sila Vivadhangal, Sol Pudhithu publishers, Cuddalore
- Indhu Meimai, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Alayam Evarudaiyadhu? Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Kalachara Indhu, First edition-Jun 2017, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
Politics
- Satchimozhi, First edition-2008, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai. Second edition-2011, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Indraya Gandhi, First edition-2009, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
- Anna Hazare: Uzhaluku Ethirana Gandhiya Porattam, First edition-2011, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Janayagach Sodhani Salayil, First edition-2016, Thamarai Brothers Media Private Limited, Madurai
- Uraiyadum Gandhi, Thannaram Noolveli, Tiruvannamalai
Culture / History
- Panpadudal, First edition, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Thannuraigal, First edition, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Ethirmugam-Inaiya Vivadangal, First edition-2006, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
- Kodungolur Kannaki (Translation), First edition-2005, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
- Ponnirapathai, Sol Pudhithu publishers, Cuddalore.
- Vidhi Samaipavargal, Kayalkavin publishers, Chennai
- Agave Kolaipuriga, Kayalkavin publishers, Chennai
- Solmugam, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Thanikural, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Thanmeetchi, Thannaram Noolveli, Tiruvannamalai.
- Abhipiraya Sinthamani (Hilarious Essays), Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Jati: Oru Uraiyadal, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Orupaluravu, Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
- Thannai Kadathal, First edition-2022, Thannaram Noolveli, Tiruvannamalai.
Biographies
- SuRa: Ninaivin Nadhiyil, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Munsuvadugal, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Kamandala Nadhi (Nanjil Nadan Padaipulagam), First edition-2007, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
- Lohi (Lohithadas Ninaivu), First edition-2008, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Kadaitheruvin Kalaingan (on A. Madhavan), First edition-2010, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
Literature Introduction
- Sanga Chitrangal (Sanga Ilakiya Arimugam), First edition-2005, Kavitha Publishers. New edition-2011, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai. Reprint, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai., Reprint Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Merkusalaram (Melai Ilakiya Arimugam), First edition-2008, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Kanneerai Pinthodarthal (22 Indian Novels), First edition-2006, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Novel (Review Book), First edition-1992, Madal publishers, Bangalore. Second edition, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Ponnirapadhai, Sol Pudhithu publishers, Cuddalore.
- Vidhisamaipavargal, Kayalkavin publishers, Chennai
- Solmugam, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Navinatamil Ilakiya Arimugam, First edition-1998, Kavya, Bangalore. Third edition, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Ezhudhum Kalai, First edition-2008, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
- Ezhudhuga, First edition-2022, Thannaram Noolveli, Tiruvannamalai.
Literature Reviews
- Azhlnadhiyai Thedi, First edition-2006, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Navinathuvathuku Pin Tamil Kavidhai (pivoting on Devadevan), First edition-1999, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai
- Ulunarvin Thadithil (Review on Poetry), First edition-2004, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
- Eezha Ilakiyam Oru Vimarchanaparvai, First edition-2006, Any Indian publishers, Chennai, Reprint Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Pudhiakalam (Ilakiya Vimarchanam), First edition-2009, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Pookum Karuvelam (Poomaniyin Padaipulagam), Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
- Oliyilanadhu (Devadavanin Punaivilagam), Sol Pudhithu publishers, Chennai.
- Ezhudiyavanai Kandupidithal (Ilakiya vivadha katuraigal), Kayalkavin publishers, Chennai
- Ilakiya Munodigal Varisai (7 books: Mudarchuvadu, Kanavugal Ilatchiyangal, Chendradhum Nindradhum, Mannum Marabum, Amardhal, Alaydhal, Navinathuvathin Mugangal, Karipum Siripum), First edition-2003, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai. Compiled versoin first edition-2018, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Nathaiyin Padhai
- Ilakiyathin Nuzhaivayilil
- Vasipin Vazhigal
- Vaniga Ilakiyam
Experience
- Vazhvile Orumurai, First edition, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai. Second edition-2011, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Nigazhdal (Anubavakuripugal), First edition-2007, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- Indru Petravai (Natkuripugal), First edition-2008, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- J. Chaitanyavin Sindanai Marabu, First edition-2007, Vamsi Books, Tiruvannamalai. New edition, Thannaram Noolveli, Tiruvannamalai
- Naalum Pozhudhum (Anubavakuripugal), Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
- Ivargal Irundhargal (Ninaivukuripugal), First edition-2012, Natrinai Publishers, Chennai.
Books on Travels
- Pulveli Desam (Australia Payanakaturai), First edition-2008, Uyirmmai publishers, Chennai.
- India payanam, First edition-2016, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Arugargalin Padhai, First edition-2016, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Gugaigalin Vazhiye, First edition-2017, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Nooru Nilangalin Malai, First edition-2017, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Japan Oru Keetroviam, First edition-2020, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
Play
- Vadaku Mugam, First edition-2004, Tamizhini publishers, Chennai.
Children Books
- Panimanidhan (Siruvar Pudhinam), First edition-2002, Kavitha Publishers, Kovai, Second edition, Kizhakku publishers, Chennai.
- Velli Nilam (Siruvar Pudhinam), First edition-2018, Vikatan publishers, Chennai.
- Udaiyal (Siruvar Pudhinam), Vishnupuram publishers, Kovai.
Translations
- Translated to Tamil by Jeyamohan
- Iyarkaiyai Aridhal - Ralph Waldo Emerson, First edition-December 2002, Ilango Noolagam, Viluppuram, Reprint-2012, Tamizhini, Chennai. Enlarged edition-2017, Tamizhini, Chennai. Reprint of enlarged edition-2022, Thannaram Noolveli, Tiruvannamalai
- Tharkala Malayala Kavidhaigal, First edition, Alpha publishers. Second edition-2004, Kavya, Chennai.
- Indria Malayala Kavidhaigal, First edition-2002, Tamizhini, Chennai.
- Samakala Malayala Kavidhaigal, First edition-2005, Tamizhini, Chennai.
- Short stories in English (Translated from the Tamil)
- Periyamma’s Words – Received the Asymptote Close Approximations Fiction Prize for 2017. Original – Periyammavin Sorkal
- Riverbed of Butterflies. Original – Padugai
- Bubbles. Original – Kumizhigal
- Mountains' Dialogue. Original – Malaigalin Uraiyadal
- A Fine Thread. Original – Melliya Nool
- Shadow Crow. Original – Nizhalkagam
- New Flood. Original – Pudhu Vellam
- Last Machine. Original – Iyrudhi Endiram
- Over The Filre. Original – Analukumel
- The Mystery of the Fort of the Corpses. Original – Savakottai Marmam
- Devi. Original – Devi
- Articles in English (Translated from the Tamil)
- Is Tolstoy a humanitarian? Original – Tolstoy Manuda Neyara?
- Jeyamohan On The Question Of Being A ‘Cultural Hindu’. Original – Kalachara Hindu
Anthology
- Journal for Ashokamitran's 60th Anniversary celebration, 1993, Kanavu publishers.
- Journal for Sundara Ramaswamy's 60th Anniversary celebration, 1994, Kanavu publishers.
- Ilakiya Uraiyadalgal, First edition-2005, Any Indian publishers, Chennai.
Malayalam
- Nedumpathaioram, First edition-2002, Current books, Thrissur.
- Uravidangal, Mathrubhumi publishers.
- Nooru Simhaasanangal, Mathrubhumi, Kairali publishers.
General
- Nalam (Artciles on Health), 2008
- Nalamarithal, Thannaram Noolveli, Tiruvannamalai
Note: This list is not a complete one.
Reference
- Jeyamohan's Website
- Interviews with Jeyamohan
- Books from Jeyamohan
- Venmurasu Novels Purchase
- Vishnupuram Publications
- Jeyamohan - My Notes
- Jeyamohan Speeches
- Jeyamohan's Audio Video Records - Jan 2017
- Debate and discussion forums for Jeyamohan novels
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