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SARAVANAN KARMEGAM (சரவணன் கார்மேகம்): Mysore, Karnataka, India; From Thiruppalaikudi, a coastal village in Ramnad District, Tamil Nadu. Went to Syed Ammal Hr sec School (Ramnad), Thiagarajar college (Madurai), JNU (N.Delhi) and EFLU (Hyderabad). Had a stint as Deputy Commandant in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Presently working with an RBI subsidiary as Deputy General Manager in Mysore.

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TAMIL AUTHORS IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION (NUMBER OF STORIES IN BRACKETS)

Puthumai Pithan (8)
M. Gopala Krishnan (7)
Ashoka Mithran (5)
A. Muttulingam (3)
Ki. Rajanarayanan (3)
Ku.Pa. Raja Gopalan (3)
Thi. Janaki Raman (3)
'Paadhasaari’ Vishwanathan (2)
Charu Nivedita (2)
G Naga Rajan (2)
Jeya Mohan (2)
Ku. Alagirisamy (2)
La.Sa.Ramamirtham (2)
Ma. Aranganathan (2)
Mouni (2)
Nakulan (2)
Pavannan (2)
Theivigan (2)
Vanna Nilavan (2)
A Mathavan (1)
B. S. Ramaiah (1)
Dhamayanthi (1)
Dilip Kumar (1)
Jeya Kanthan (1)
Kamala Das (1)
M V Venkatram (1)
M. Kulasekaran (1)
Melanmai Ponnusamy (1)
Nanjil Nadan (1)
Pa. Thiruchenthalai (1)
Piramil (1)
Pirapanjan (1)
Rajendra Cholan (1)
S Rama Krishnan (1)
Sujatha (1)
Sundara Ramasamy (1)
Thangar Bachan (1)
Uma Maheswari (1)
Vaikkam Mohammed Basheer (1)
Vannadasan (1)
Yuma Vasuki (1)
Yuvan Chandrasekar (1)

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Fifth Chair (ஐந்தாவது கதிரை) by A. Muttulingam
Nayanam by A Mathavan
The Gift (அன்பளிப்பு) by Ku. Alagirisamy.
The Sculptor's Hell (சிற்பியின் நரகம்) by Puthumai Pithan
The cherry tree (செர்ரி மரம்) by A. Muttulingam

ENGLISH POEMS IN TAMIL TRANSLATION

இன்றிரவு நான் மிகவும் சோகமான வரிகளை எழுதுகிறேன். by Pablo Neruda
உனக்கு வயதாகும்போது…(When you are old) by W. B. Yeats
உன்னைக் கொன்றதாகச் சொன்னாய் by Emily Brontë
எங்கிருக்கிறாய் என் தோழியே? (Friend) by Rabindranath Tagore
என்னை நீ மறந்தால் (If You forget me) By Pablo Neruda)
என்றாவது ஒருநாள் நீயும் நான் நேசித்ததைப் போல நேசிப்பாய் by Summer
ஓர் அயர்லாந்து வீரனின் மரண விண்ணப்பம் (An Irish airman Foresees His Death) by W. B.Yeats
ஓஸிமாண்டியஸ் (Ozymandias) by P.B. Shelly
நான் உன்னைக் காதலித்தேன் (I Loved you) by Alexander Pushkin
நான் எவருமில்லை! நீ யார்? (I’m No body. Who are you?) by Emily Dickenson
நான் வாழ விரும்புகிறேன். (The Lesson) by Maya Angelou
நாம் யாரென்று நமக்குத் தெரியாது (We Never Know) by Yusuf Komunyakaa
பனி பொழியும் அந்தியில் நான் நின்ற கானகம் (Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening) by Robert Frost
வெட்கத்தால் முகம் சிவக்கும் காதலிக்கு...(To his coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell.
வெறுக்கத் தெரிந்த காதல் (I do not Love you except because I love you) by Pablo Neruda

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Jnanpith award for Tamil- Some reflections (கி.ராவுக்கு ஞானபீடம்- இன்றைய தேவை) by Jeya mohan
The Life that Escaped Light (ஒளிக்குத் தப்பிய வாழ்க்கை)

SHORT STORIES IN TAMIL TRANSLATION

1. விரோதிகள் (Enemies) by Anton Chekhov
2. மலைகளுக்கு வெள்ளை யானைகளைப் பிடிக்கும் (Hills like White Elephants) - ஹெமிங்க்வே
3. பழங்குடிகள் (Aborigines) by Anton Chekhov
4. தபால் அலுவலகம் (Post Office) by Rabindranath Tagore
6. நாலு ரூபாய் (Four Rupees) by R. K. Narayan
7. பந்தயம் (The Bet) by Anton Chekhov
ஜன்னலைத் திற by Sadat Hassan Manto
வயோதிகம்

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SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

A monarch of this land (ஒரு இந்நாட்டு மன்னர்) by Nanjil Nadan
Abhitha (அபிதாby La. Sa.Ra
Ablution (கங்கா ஸ்நானம்) by Thi. Janaki Raman
Accomplishment (சித்தி) by Ma. Aranganathan
Akalya (அகலிகை) by Puthumai Pithan
An empty sex - the story of an affair that tasted wine. (திராட்சை மணம்கொண்ட பூனை) by Pa. Thiruchenthalai
Astral children (நட்சத்திர குழந்தைகள்) by B. S. Ramaiah
Chellammal (செல்லம்மாள்by Puthumai Pithan
Convergence (ஞானக்கூத்து) by Ma. Aranganathan.
Endearment (தனுமை) by Vannadasan
Enduring Impressions (அழியாச் சுடர்) by Mouni
Esther (எஸ்தர்) by Vanna Nilavan
Exhausted legs (ஓடிய கால்கள்) by G.Nagarajan
Father has gone nowhere (Ilaigal sirithana) by Paathasaari Vishwanathan
Fish Bone (முள்) by Charu Nivedita
Freedom of Woods (வனச்சுதந்திரம்) by Melanmai Ponnusamy
Fruits of Misery (Thunba Kani) by M. Gopala Krishnan
I don’t know him (அவனை எனக்குத் தெரியாது) by Theivigan Panchalingam
Jatayu (ஜடாயு) by Ki. Rajanarayanan
Kanagambaram (கனகாம்பரம்) Ku. Pa. Raja Gopalan.
Kanjanai (காஞ்சனை) by Puthumai Pithan
Kashi by ‘Paadhasaari’ Vishwanathan
Mari the Prodigal (மரி என்கிற ஆட்டுக்குட்டி) by Pirapanjan
My First English Letter (என் முதல் ஆங்கிலக் கடிதம்) by Charu Nivedita
My Flowers are not fragrant (வால் வெள்ளி) by M. Gopala Krishnan
Noor-Un-Nisa by Ku.Pa. Raja Gopalan
On the edge of time (காலத்தின் விளிம்பில்) by Pavannan
One Pound of meat (Oru rathal iraichi) by Nakulan
One day (ஒரு நாள்) by Nakulan
Payasam (பாயசம்) by Thi. Janaki Raman
Ponnagaram (பொன்னகரம்) by Puthumai Pithan
RathaBai's English (ரத்னாபாயின் ஆங்கிலம்) by Sundara Ramasamy
Ravanan's Love (ராவணன் காதல்) by Thi. Janaki Raman
Rectitude (அறம்) by Jeya Mohan
Redemption (சாப விமோசனம்) by Puthumai Pithan
Scorpion has bitten her (தேள் விஷம்) by Ki. Rajanarayanan
Shakti Yogam by M. Gopala Krishnan
Stains of purity (ஆழியாள்) by Theivigan Panchalingam
Subbuni and his female deities (Rasigan) by M. Gopala Krishnan
TThe road in reverse (தலைகீழ் பாதை) by M. Kulasekaran
The Artiste in Tiger Disguise (புலிக்கலைஞன்) by Ashoka Mithran
The Beast (மிருகம்) by Vanna Nilavan
The Black wooden doll (மரப்பாச்சி) by Uma Maheswari
The Blue Lily (நீலம்) by Piramil
The Chain (சங்கிலி) by Yuvan Chandrasekar
The City (நகரம்) by Sujatha
The Conversations of Plants (தாவரங்களின் உரையாடல்) by S Rama Krishnan
The Death of a Crazy Man (பைத்தியக்காரப் பிள்ளை)
The Door (கதவு) by Ki. Rajanarayanan
The Fire Test (அக்கினி பிரவேசம்) by Jeya Kanthan
The Heroine of a Revolutionary Writer (புரட்சி எழுத்தாளரின் கதாநாயகி) by Ku. Alagirisamy
The Hue that my Fingers Hated (ஊதா நிறவிரல்கள்) by M. Gopala Krishnan
The Hunt (வேட்டை) by Yuma Vasuki
The Journey by Ashoka Mithran
The Kitten (பூனைக்குட்டி) by Pavannan
The Letter (Kaditham) by Dilip Kumar
The Life that Escaped Light (ஒளிக்குத் தப்பிய வாழ்க்கை)
The Mouse (Eli) by Ashokamitran
The New wife (புதுப் பெண்சாதி) by A. Muttulingam
The Night ( இரவு) by M. Gopala Krishnan
The Ocean of Milk (பாற்கடல்) by La. Sa. Ramamirtham
The Phonograph that fell silent (இசைக்காத இசைத்தட்டு) by Thangar Bachan
The Scent of Solitude (தனிமையின் வாசனை) by Dhamayanthi
The Snakes that dwell in termite mounds (Putril Uraiyum Paambugal) by Rajendra Cholan
The breasts (Paarkudangal) by M. Gopala Krishnan
The cherry tree (செர்ரி மரம்) by A. Muttulingam
The days with a sex worker of Sonagachi (சோனாகாச்சி) by Mathavikutty (Kamala Das)
The man with Terylene shirt and Eight Cubits Long Dhoti by G Nagarajan
The star he liked most (அவனுக்கு மிகப்பிடித்தமான நட்சத்திரம்) by Ashoka Mithran
Unending Music (பிரபஞ்ச கானம்) by Mouni
Was Savithri wrong? (ஆற்றாமை) by Ku.Pa. Raja Gopalan
Well of Misery (துன்பக்கேணி) by Puthumai Pithan
When God Met Mr Kanthasami Pillai (கடவுளும் கந்தசாமி பிள்ளையும்) by Puthumai Pithan
White Deaths (வெள்ளை மரணங்கள்) by Ashoka Mithran
Yousuf Siddique’ Mango Tree (Then Mambalam) by Vaikkam Mohammed Basheer

DISCLAIMER:

Purely on the basis of literary merit they command, I am translating some of the selected Tamil literary works in English. Other than a chaste intention of translating Tamil fiction in English, no other considerations drive me in this enterprise. While every effort has been made to trace copy right holders and obtain permission, this has not been possible in all the cases; any omissions brought to my notice will be remedied in future. If any copy right holder has objections to the translations published here, the same may be brought to my notice for its removal from this blog.