Mi. Pa. Somu
Born
Meenakshipuram Somasundaram

(1921-06-17)17 June 1921
Meenakshipuram, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Died15 January 1999(1999-01-15) (aged 77)
chennai
Occupation(s)journalist, poet, writer
SpousePachai Ammal
ChildrenRajanandini

Mi. Pa. Somu is the pen name of Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (Tamil: மீ. ப. சோமசுந்தரம், 17 June 1921 – 15 January 1999) a Tamil journalist, poet, writer and musicologist from Tamil Nadu, India.[1]

Biography

Somu was born in Meenakshipuram in Tirunelveli District. He studied Oriental Studies in Madras University and obtained the Vidwan certification awarded by it. He was a friend and contemporary of Pudhumaipithan. He won a short story competition conducted by the magazine Ananda Vikatan in 1938. He published his first collection of poems - Ilavenil - in 1946. It won a state award. He worked as the editor of the Tamil magazine Kalki from 1954 to 1956. He was the founder-editor of the monthly magazine Nanban from 1958 to 1960. He worked in All India Radio for over forty years and retired in 1981.[2]

In 1962, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his travelogue Akkarai Cheemayil Arumadhangal.[3] He has written a large number of poems, short stories, novels, non fiction essays, travelogues, plays and research articles on Music. He also contributed several entries to the Tamil Encyclopedia (Kalaikalanjiyam). He died in 1999.[4]

Bibliography

Poetry

Short stories

Novels

Essays

References

  1. ^ Kay, Ernest (1972). International who's who in poetry. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-900332-19-7.
  2. ^ Lal, Mohan (2006). The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot), Volume 5. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4136. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3.
  3. ^ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.
  4. ^ Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1291. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
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