Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: கு.ப.சேது அம்மாள்
Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal (1908-2002) was a writer of short stories and novels in Tamil. She is regarded as first woman writer to publish collection of short stories in Tamil. She was younger sister of renowned writer Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan.
Birth, Studies
Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal (Kumbakonam Pattabhiramaiyar Sethu Ammal) was born in 1908 to Pattabhiramaiyar and Janakiammal in Kumbakonam. Her elder brother was Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan. Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal married at the age of 11 and continued her studies from her husband’s place till school final grade.
Screen Life
In 1949, Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal along with Sandilyan and S.D.S. Yogiar contributed to the story and dialogues for the film Krishnabhakti, produced by New Tone Studio starring P.U. Chinnappa.
Literary Life
Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal was assisting Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan in penning his stories when his vision was blurred due to cataract. Thus, she received literary training and started writing regularly. Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal published her first short story Sevvai dosham in Gandhi magazine in 1937. Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal wrote stories Karuhia Kadal (charred love), Savitriyin Kaditham, (Savitri's letter), Lalitha and Gunavathi in Manikkodi magazine. Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal published more than 500 short stories. First collection of short stories Oli Udhayam was published in 1946. Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal dedicated this collection of 13 short stories to her elder brother Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan. Her first novel Ambika was released in 1962.
Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal was a veena artiste. She wrote books on Culinary arts. She penned a cooking series in Ambalam e-magazine when Sujatha was editor.
Death
Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal passed away in 2002 in Chennai.
Awards
Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal's writings were nationalized in 2002.
Literary Significance
Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal conceptualized the plots in her writings same as that of popular writings of women writers. These plots depicted the oppression of women and their ruin in tight grip of family system. But Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal writings deserve literary value due to the unexaggerated realistic portrayals. Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal can be regarded as the foremost female litterateur of modern Tamil literature. She was a pioneer to subsequent writers like R. Sudamani.
Literary critic A. Ramasamy said, 'Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal is one of the most prominent women writers in Tamil. Her name is a must-have in the history of Tamil fiction repository that speaks of writings of woman. Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal's short stories are classical in form and, portray the scenes through dialogues without exaggeration'.
Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal was a pioneer to transcend the family boundaries of female writers of the day and engage in various fields including films.
Publications
Novels
- Ambika
- Mythili
- Usha
- Thani Valiye
- Otamum Nadaiyum
- Kalpana
- Kuralum Padhilum
- Unmaiyin Ullam
Short Stories
- Oli Udhayam
- Deivathin Parisu
- Veera Vanithai
- Uyirin Azhaipu
Articles
- Samayarkalai (Two volumes)
- Bharathapen
- Bodhi Madhavan
Reference
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