In an exception literary career spanning over half a century and straddling several genres d jayakanthan (b 1934) has written over 40 novels , 200 short stories and 15 collections of essays in tamil an inconoclast who ridiculed exploitative social norms, his works reveal a deep and nuanced understanding of the complex problem faced by women , and of the many divides in society his first film , unnai pol oruvan ,besed on his novel of the same name , has the unique distinction of being the first tamil film to receive the presidents award (1965) jayakanthan won the sahitya akademi award in 1972 for his novel sila nerangalil sila manithargal , and was conferred the jnanpith award in 2002
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- PublisherKatha
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 8189020757
- ISBN 13 9788189020750
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages152
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