Background
Thiripurasundari was born in Thottiyam in Ammapettai near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu.
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Lakshmi Thiripurasundari
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She studied in Stanley Medical College and became a medical doctor.
Career
Her parents were Doctor Srinivasan and Pattammal (Sivakami). She was schooled at Thottiyam, Musiri and Holy Cross School, Trichy. She began publishing short stories in Ananda Vikatan while still at college.
She used "Lakshmi" as her pseudonym.
Her first short story to be published was Thagunda thandanaya? (lit An apt punishment?). Her first novel to be published was Bhavani.
After completing her medical education, she practiced at Chennai. Her husband died in 1966.
She returned to India in 1977 and took up full time writing.
She died in 1987. Thiripurasundari was a prolific writer who has published hundreds of short stories and novels. Her novels Penn manam and Mithila Vilas were awarded the Tamil Valarchi Kazhagam price.
In 1984, she was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for her novel Oru Kaveriyai pola(lit Like the river Kaveri).
Her Kanchanaiyin Kanavu and Penn Manam were made into Tamil films - Kanchana(1952) and Iruvar Ullam (1963).
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January 7, 1987 (aged 65)
Awards
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Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.