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{{Read Tamil|Name of target page=கிருஷ்ணன்_நம்பி|Title of target page=கிருஷ்ணன் நம்பி}} | {{Read Tamil|Name of target page=கிருஷ்ணன்_நம்பி|Title of target page=கிருஷ்ணன் நம்பி}} | ||
[[File:கிருஷ்ணன் நம்பி .png|thumb|Krishnan Nambi]] | [[File:கிருஷ்ணன் நம்பி .png|thumb|Krishnan Nambi]] | ||
Krishnan Nambi ( | Krishnan Nambi (July 24, 1932 - June 16, 1976), was a Tamil short story writer. He wrote children's literature. His language is both subtle and satirical. He and Sundara Ramaswamy were known as literary twins. Krishnan Nambi's stories depict the inner world of children with great nuance. | ||
== Birth and Education == | == Birth and Education == | ||
Krishnan Nambi's original name | Krishnan Nambi's original name was Azhagiya Nambi''.'' He was born to the couple Krishnayyar and Kamalatchi Ammal on July 24, 1932 in a hamlet called Azhagiyapandiyapuram, situated around eight miles from the city of Nagercoil in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, India. He had two sisters and a brother. | ||
Krishnan Nambi's father, whose profession was agriculture, started a fertilizer business in Nagercoil in the second half of the year 1939. The family relocated to Nagercoil in 1940 when Krishnan Nambi was eight. In Nagercoil, he cleared the class eight exam and final year school exam in his second attempt. He joined intermediate at the Hindu College in Nagercoil. He then discontinued his studies as he could not clear the examination. | |||
== Private life == | == Private life == | ||
Krishnan Nambi started looking after his father's fertilizer business after | Krishnan Nambi started looking after his father's fertilizer business after discontinuing his education. On August 20, 1958, he got the job of an editor in the magazine ''Navasakthi'' in Madras through the recommendation of Congressman and freedom fighter Kodumudi Rajagopalan. As his health continued to deteriorate in Madras, he quit the job and returned to Nagercoil. He engagedin agrculture for some time. When his father fell sick, management of the fertilizer business fell on Nambi's shoulders. When the business slumped in Nagercoil, he moved to Boothapandi in1963 and opened a shop there. When his father's health further deteriorated, he returned to Azhagiyapandiyapuram. | ||
Krishnan Nambi married Jeyalakshmi and they had three sons and two daughters namely Muralikrishnan, Raghuraman (died 1986), Seenivasan, Kamali and Seetha. | |||
== Literary life == | == Literary life == | ||
[[File:கிருஷ்ணன் நம்பி (1932-1976).png|thumb|Krishnan Nambi]] | [[File:கிருஷ்ணன் நம்பி (1932-1976).png|thumb|Krishnan Nambi]] | ||
Krishnan Nambi's | Krishnan Nambi's was in class ten and was just sixteen years old when he wrote the essay ''Naattuppadalgal'' (Folk Songs) in 1948. It was his first work and it was published Vai. Govindan's ''Sakthi'' magazine. The first short story of his that came in print was ''Sudhanthira Dhinam'' (Independence Day) (1951). Krishnan Nambi's early writings were published in magazines ''Santhi'' and ''Saraswathi'' which were run by communists Tho.Mu.C Raghunathan and Va. Vijayabaskaran. Subsequently he started writing in magazines like ''Thamarai'', ''[[Kalaimagal]]'', ''Sathangai'', ''Ananda Vikatan'', ''Kanaiyazhi'', ''Deepam etc.'' | ||
[[File:கிருஷ்ணன் நம்பி (நன்றி விகடன்.காம்).png|thumb|262x262px|Krishnan Nambi (picture credit Vikatan.com)]] | [[File:கிருஷ்ணன் நம்பி (நன்றி விகடன்.காம்).png|thumb|262x262px|Krishnan Nambi (picture credit Vikatan.com)]] | ||
Krishnan Nambi wrote children | Krishnan Nambi wrote children's poems in the magazine ''Kannan'' which was owned by the ''Kalaimagal'' company. He wrote these songs under the pseudonym of Sasidevan. His early attempts in literature were mostly in the genre of children's poetry. Krishnan Nambi's first short story ''Sudhanthira Dhinam'' was published in August, 1951 in the Independence Day issue of ''Saraswathi,'' which was started by Va. Vijayabaskaran. Krishnan Nambi has written around eleven children's poems in ''Saraswathi.'' | ||
Krishnan Nambi | In 1965, ''Tamil Puthagalayam'' compiled thirty nine of Krishnan Nambi's children's poems and released the edition with an introduction by ''[[Azha. Valliyappa]].'' The book was titled ''Yanai Enna Yanai.'' | ||
Krishnan Nambi is supposed to have started writing the story ''Neelakkadal'' at the age of eighteen and have completed it at the age of twenty eight. The story was published in the ''Saraswathi'' magazine in the year 1961. Writer [[Sundara Ramaswamy]] said: "This story is the one closest to Nambi's heart" | |||
After a long interval, in 1995, ''Sneha'' ''Publications'' came out with a compilation called ''Krishnan Nambi Kathaigal.'' It comprised of nineteen stories from his other collections ''Kalai Mudhal'' and ''Neelakkadal.'' | |||
The twenty five year friendship between Krishnan Nambi and [[Sundara Ramaswamy]] started around the time when the latter published ''Puthumai Pithan Ninavu Malar''. They both were known to be as close as twins. [[Sundara Ramaswamy]] has written a memoir on Krishnan Nambi. | |||
== Death == | == Death == | ||
Krishnan Nambi's left leg was amputated in 1974 due to cancer. He lived for another | Krishnan Nambi's left leg was amputated in 1974 due to cancer. He lived for another year and a half before his lungs were affected. On the morning of June 16, 1974 , he passed away in Mathias hospital in Nagercoil. He was forty four years of age at the time. | ||
== Literary Aesthetics == | |||
== Aesthetics | Krishnan Nambi says of himself, "I am one of those imaginative ones who have ruined their worldly life in dreamy prattling. But I don't pity myself for it." [[Sundara Ramaswamy]] says Krishnan Nambi's literary life was a journey that was terminated mid-way. Krishnan Nambi had dabbled with all forms of literature like short stories, poetry, children's songs, essays, literary notes, prefaces and letters. According to critic [https://siliconshelf.wordpress.com/2020/11/03/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF/ R.V.,] Krishnan Nambi's strength lay in depicting the internal struggles of men who were failing in life. This comes out clearly in the stories that are considered to be his best. Krishnan Nambi's story world is a world of scarcity. There are very few happy people in it. Nambi's other strength was his depiction of children and his ability to describe the vitality and cruelty in their nature. | ||
"I am one of | |||
Sundara Ramaswamy was Krishnan Nambi's close friend, from 1952 until Nambi's final days. He has written a good introduction to Krishnan Nambi in the ''Indhiya Ilakkya Sirppigal'' a series of books published by [https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/ Sahitya Akademi]. "He had great enthusiasm for advertising the criticisms leveled against him, vis a vis the praise. He was not given to writing without breaks. His nature was such that he would think about writing but procrastinate until finally sitting down to write, one fine day. So he wrote very little. The desire to create works of quality was what drove him, always" said Sundara Ramaswamy. Writer [[Ka.Na. Subramaniam|Ka.Na.Su]] writes, "Though he had achieved a certain quality in his short stories, he could not improve beyond the level he had reached due to his progressive thought process". The short story ''Thanga Oru'' written by Krishnan Nambi is considered to be the first magical realism work in Tamil. | |||
== Work == | == Work == | ||
[[File:31613427.jpg|thumb|Krishnan Nambi]] | [[File:31613427.jpg|thumb|Krishnan Nambi]] | ||
=== Essays === | === Essays === | ||
* Folk songs - Essays - 1948 | * Folk songs - Essays - 1948 | ||
=== Children literature === | === Children literature === | ||
* ''Yaanai enna yaanai?'' - Children songs - 1965 | * ''Yaanai enna yaanai?'' - Children songs - 1965 | ||
=== Short stories === | === Short stories === | ||
* '' | * ''Kaalai mudhal'' - Short stories collection | ||
* ''Neelakkadal'' - Short stories collection - 1961 | * ''Neelakkadal'' - Short stories collection - 1961 | ||
* ''Marumagal Vakku'' - Short story - 1974 | * ''Marumagal Vakku'' - Short story - 1974 | ||
* ''Krishnan Nambi kathaigal'' - 1995 - Sneha publications (selection of nineteen stories from two short story collections , Kaalai | * ''Krishnan Nambi kathaigal'' - 1995 - Sneha publications (selection of nineteen stories from two short story collections , ''Kaalai mudha''l and ''Neelakkadal'') | ||
=== Complete collection === | === Complete collection === | ||
* ''Krishnan Nambi Aakkangal'' - 2009 - Rajamarthandan (Editor) - Kalachuvadu publications | |||
* ''Krishnan Nambi | |||
=== Biography, Memoirs === | === Biography, Memoirs === | ||
* ''Krishnan Nambi - Ninaivodai'' (2003) | * ''Krishnan Nambi - Ninaivodai'' (2003) | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
* | * https://azhiyasudargal.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/கிருஷ்ணன்-நம்பி | ||
* https://www.vikatan.com/arts/literature/122093-life-history-of-krishnan-nambi-story-of-story-tellers-part-19 | |||
* https://siliconshelf.wordpress.com/2020/11/03/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF/ | |||
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Krishnan Nambi (July 24, 1932 - June 16, 1976), was a Tamil short story writer. He wrote children's literature. His language is both subtle and satirical. He and Sundara Ramaswamy were known as literary twins. Krishnan Nambi's stories depict the inner world of children with great nuance.
Birth and Education
Krishnan Nambi's original name was Azhagiya Nambi. He was born to the couple Krishnayyar and Kamalatchi Ammal on July 24, 1932 in a hamlet called Azhagiyapandiyapuram, situated around eight miles from the city of Nagercoil in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, India. He had two sisters and a brother.
Krishnan Nambi's father, whose profession was agriculture, started a fertilizer business in Nagercoil in the second half of the year 1939. The family relocated to Nagercoil in 1940 when Krishnan Nambi was eight. In Nagercoil, he cleared the class eight exam and final year school exam in his second attempt. He joined intermediate at the Hindu College in Nagercoil. He then discontinued his studies as he could not clear the examination.
Private life
Krishnan Nambi started looking after his father's fertilizer business after discontinuing his education. On August 20, 1958, he got the job of an editor in the magazine Navasakthi in Madras through the recommendation of Congressman and freedom fighter Kodumudi Rajagopalan. As his health continued to deteriorate in Madras, he quit the job and returned to Nagercoil. He engagedin agrculture for some time. When his father fell sick, management of the fertilizer business fell on Nambi's shoulders. When the business slumped in Nagercoil, he moved to Boothapandi in1963 and opened a shop there. When his father's health further deteriorated, he returned to Azhagiyapandiyapuram.
Krishnan Nambi married Jeyalakshmi and they had three sons and two daughters namely Muralikrishnan, Raghuraman (died 1986), Seenivasan, Kamali and Seetha.
Literary life
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Krishnan Nambi's was in class ten and was just sixteen years old when he wrote the essay Naattuppadalgal (Folk Songs) in 1948. It was his first work and it was published Vai. Govindan's Sakthi magazine. The first short story of his that came in print was Sudhanthira Dhinam (Independence Day) (1951). Krishnan Nambi's early writings were published in magazines Santhi and Saraswathi which were run by communists Tho.Mu.C Raghunathan and Va. Vijayabaskaran. Subsequently he started writing in magazines like Thamarai, Kalaimagal, Sathangai, Ananda Vikatan, Kanaiyazhi, Deepam etc.
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Krishnan Nambi wrote children's poems in the magazine Kannan which was owned by the Kalaimagal company. He wrote these songs under the pseudonym of Sasidevan. His early attempts in literature were mostly in the genre of children's poetry. Krishnan Nambi's first short story Sudhanthira Dhinam was published in August, 1951 in the Independence Day issue of Saraswathi, which was started by Va. Vijayabaskaran. Krishnan Nambi has written around eleven children's poems in Saraswathi.
In 1965, Tamil Puthagalayam compiled thirty nine of Krishnan Nambi's children's poems and released the edition with an introduction by Azha. Valliyappa. The book was titled Yanai Enna Yanai.
Krishnan Nambi is supposed to have started writing the story Neelakkadal at the age of eighteen and have completed it at the age of twenty eight. The story was published in the Saraswathi magazine in the year 1961. Writer Sundara Ramaswamy said: "This story is the one closest to Nambi's heart"
After a long interval, in 1995, Sneha Publications came out with a compilation called Krishnan Nambi Kathaigal. It comprised of nineteen stories from his other collections Kalai Mudhal and Neelakkadal.
The twenty five year friendship between Krishnan Nambi and Sundara Ramaswamy started around the time when the latter published Puthumai Pithan Ninavu Malar. They both were known to be as close as twins. Sundara Ramaswamy has written a memoir on Krishnan Nambi.
Death
Krishnan Nambi's left leg was amputated in 1974 due to cancer. He lived for another year and a half before his lungs were affected. On the morning of June 16, 1974 , he passed away in Mathias hospital in Nagercoil. He was forty four years of age at the time.
Literary Aesthetics
Krishnan Nambi says of himself, "I am one of those imaginative ones who have ruined their worldly life in dreamy prattling. But I don't pity myself for it." Sundara Ramaswamy says Krishnan Nambi's literary life was a journey that was terminated mid-way. Krishnan Nambi had dabbled with all forms of literature like short stories, poetry, children's songs, essays, literary notes, prefaces and letters. According to critic R.V., Krishnan Nambi's strength lay in depicting the internal struggles of men who were failing in life. This comes out clearly in the stories that are considered to be his best. Krishnan Nambi's story world is a world of scarcity. There are very few happy people in it. Nambi's other strength was his depiction of children and his ability to describe the vitality and cruelty in their nature.
Sundara Ramaswamy was Krishnan Nambi's close friend, from 1952 until Nambi's final days. He has written a good introduction to Krishnan Nambi in the Indhiya Ilakkya Sirppigal a series of books published by Sahitya Akademi. "He had great enthusiasm for advertising the criticisms leveled against him, vis a vis the praise. He was not given to writing without breaks. His nature was such that he would think about writing but procrastinate until finally sitting down to write, one fine day. So he wrote very little. The desire to create works of quality was what drove him, always" said Sundara Ramaswamy. Writer Ka.Na.Su writes, "Though he had achieved a certain quality in his short stories, he could not improve beyond the level he had reached due to his progressive thought process". The short story Thanga Oru written by Krishnan Nambi is considered to be the first magical realism work in Tamil.
Work
Essays
- Folk songs - Essays - 1948
Children literature
- Yaanai enna yaanai? - Children songs - 1965
Short stories
- Kaalai mudhal - Short stories collection
- Neelakkadal - Short stories collection - 1961
- Marumagal Vakku - Short story - 1974
- Krishnan Nambi kathaigal - 1995 - Sneha publications (selection of nineteen stories from two short story collections , Kaalai mudhal and Neelakkadal)
Complete collection
- Krishnan Nambi Aakkangal - 2009 - Rajamarthandan (Editor) - Kalachuvadu publications
Biography, Memoirs
- Krishnan Nambi - Ninaivodai (2003)
References
- https://azhiyasudargal.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/கிருஷ்ணன்-நம்பி
- https://www.vikatan.com/arts/literature/122093-life-history-of-krishnan-nambi-story-of-story-tellers-part-19
- https://siliconshelf.wordpress.com/2020/11/03/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF/
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