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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.
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.
Feb 17, 2020 · Perumal Murugan has received offers for the movie adaptation of Madhurobhagan, the infamous novel for which he announced a literary suicide. But nothing concrete has developed so far.
Mar 17, 2023 · Tamil writer Perumal Murugan’s novel ‘Pookkuzhi’, translated as ‘Pyre’ in English by Anirudh Vasudevan, has made it to the International Booker Prize 2023 longlist, becoming the first Tamil novel to be nominated for the Bookers. The list was announced earlier this week on March 14.
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.
Jan 30, 2021 · Perumal Murugan: ‘How I, descended from a legacy of illiteracy, become a writer’ Murugan’s new book of short stories in translation, ‘Four Strokes of Luck’, will be published shortly.
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.
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.
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 ...
Apr 12, 2023 · Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, Perumal Murugan talks about his novel Pyre and the events that inspired the book in an exclusive interview
