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Perumal Murugan (born 1966) is an Indian writer, scholar and literary chronicler who writes in Tamil. He has written twelve novels, six collections of short stories, six anthologies of poetry and many of the non-fiction books.
Perumal Murugan is a professor of Tamil literature and one of India's most respected and bestselling literary writers. The author of eleven novels and five collections each of short stories and poetry, Murugan was born in rural Tamil Nadu and continues to live and work there.
Nov 19, 2023 · Tamil writer Perumal Murugan’s novel ‘Fire Bird’, translated into English by Janani Kannan, won the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature, which was announced in New Delhi on Saturday. The book was published by Penguin Random House India.
Jan 15, 2015 · Indian author Perumal Murugan's decision to quit writing after protests against his book is another blow to freedom of expression in India.
Dec 12, 2019 · Perumal Murugan, the author of “The Story of a Goat,” is a chronicler of the ordinary, able to create a sense of intimacy with the pastoral with a frank, brutal tone. Photograph by Vivek Singh ...
Mar 18, 2023 · In a move characteristic of the times we live in, the living author Perumal Murugan announced his death on Facebook on January 2015: “Perumal Murugan the writer is dead. As he is no God, he is...
Dec 11, 2019 · Perumal Murugan’s “The Story of a Goat” examines caste, surveillance and abuse — all cunningly folded into the biography of an unhappy little animal.
Mar 15, 2018 · Perumal Murugan, a leading Indian author who writes in Tamil, declared his writing "dead" in 2015 after he was harassed and attacked by right-wing groups. But he has broken his...
This author declared himself dead after a major controversy two years ago. But now, Perumal Murugan is back in almost frenzied action
Apr 8, 2023 · “Perumal Murugan is a great anatomist of power and, in particular, of the deep, deforming rot of caste hatred and violence,” stated the Booker judges. Murugan, 56, is a behemoth of Tamil literature, having written 10 novels, five collections of short stories and four anthologies of poetry.
