T. Janakiraman



T. Janakiraman, also known as ThiJaa is one of the giants of Tamil fiction.

He, along with Laa.Sa. Ramamirutham and Jayakanthan is the considered as the backbone of modern Indian Tamil fiction.

He has written about hundred short stories and a dozen "novels.

His short stories are artistic and subtle in nature and he won the Sahitya Akademi award for his short story collection Sakthi vaidhiyam. Some of his other great works were Malar Manjam, Uyirthen and Semparuthy.