Tamil Famous Books and Writers
Subramania Bharati (1882–1921):
"Pudumai Penn" (The New Woman)
"Kuyil Pattu" (The Song of the Koel Bird)
"Panchali Sapatham" (The Vow of Panchali)
Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899–1954):
"Ponniyin Selvan" (The Son of Ponni)
"Sivakamiyin Sabadham" (The Prose of Sivakami)
"Parthiban Kanavu" (Dream of Parthiban)
C. Subramania Bharati (1911–1981):
"Agni Pravesam" (Entrance of Fire)
"Manithanum Marmangalum" (Man and Secrets)
"Vellikizhamai" (The Silver Friday)
Jayakanthan (1934–2015):
"Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal" (Some People in Some Places)
"Oru Nadigai Nadagam Paarkiral" (A Actress Observes)
"Gopallapurathu Makkal" (The People of Gopalapuram)
Sujatha Rangarajan (1935–2008):
"Kan Simittum Neram" (The Time When Blood Dries)
"Priya" (Beloved)
"Vaidhegi Kaathirundhal" (If Vaidhegi is There)
Ashokamitran (1931–2017):
"18-Vadhu Atchakkodu" (The Eighteenth Parallel)
"Appavin Snegidhar" (The Beloved Son of Appa)
"Otran" (The Crow)
Bharathidasan (1891–1964):
"Kudumba Vilakku" (Family Lamp)
"Puthuman Karadu" (The Green Forest)
"Kakkai Siraginile" (In the Wings of a Crow)
Kannadasan (1927–1981):
"Arthamulla Indhu Madham" (Meaningful Hindu Religion)
"Kavithai Kelungal" (Listen to My Poems)
"Sollamal Ulagathile Unakenna" (Without Speaking, What Is Yours in the World)
Vairamuthu (b. 1953):
"Kallikattu Ithikasam" (The Epic of Stones)
"Karuvachi Kaviyam" (The Epic of Karuvachi)
"Moondram Ulaga Por" (The Third World War)
Perumal Murugan (b. 1966):
"Poonachi"
"One Part Woman" (Madhorubhagan)
"Koola Madari" (Koola Madari)
R. K. Narayan (1906–2001):
"Swami and Friends"
"The Guide"
"The Bachelor of Arts"
S. Ramakrishnan (b. 1949):
"Neduntheru" (The Highway)
"Aasaiyum Maari Puthiya Paadalgalum" (Desires and New Songs)
"Oru Pillaiyin Kathai" (A Child's Story)
Indira Parthasarathy (b. 1930):
"Kuruthipunal" (River of Blood)
"Ramanujar"
"Paavam Usman" (Poor Usman)
Pudhumaipithan (1906–1948):
"Yugasanthi"
"Viduthalai" (Freedom)
"Jeeva Sabai" (The World of the Living)
Sivasankari (b. 1942):
"Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo"
"Aranmanai Ragasiyam"
"Oru Manithanin Kathai" (The Story of a Man)
K. S. Maniam (1942–2019):
"The Return"
"Haunting the Tiger"
"The Cord"
A. Madhavan (b. 1931):
"Koonan Thoppu" (The Hen Farm)
"Lankavilasam"
"Kudiyozhikkal" (The Suicide Room)
Bama (b. 1958):
"Karukku"
"Vanmam" (Vengeance)
"Karisal Kattu Poovu" (The Flower of the Dry Riverbed)
Ambai (C. S. Lakshmi) (b. 1944):
"In a Forest, a Deer"
"A Purple Sea"
"The Hour Past Midnight"
Jeyamohan (b. 1962):
"Vishnupuram"
"Kaadu"
"Puliyamarathin Kathai" (The Story of the Tiger Tree)
Pon. Raghunathan (b. 1956):
"Ilamathil Kanavu"
"Kazhugumalai Kallan"
"Irumbu Kudhiraigal" (Iron Horses)
