Malaravan
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Malaravan (1972-2002)[1] was a writer in Tamil language. Four books of his stories and poetry were distributed in north Sri Lanka. He is best known for his memoir Por Ula, which was later translated into English and published as War journey : diary of a Tamil tiger.
Early life and education
Malaravan was born Kasilingam Vijitham, and is a grandson of writer S. Rajaratnam (Kachchaayil iraththinam) and a son of writer Malarannai.
Writing
While in his teens, Malaravan wrote poetry and a novel. He joined the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam army in 1992. During his service, he kept a journal which later became the basis of his book, Por Ula. He died in combat in 1992,[2][1] and Por ula, an account of Malaravan's experiences in battle as a Tamil Tiger, [3] was published the following year. The book received first prize in a island level competition in 1993. It was reprinted in Tamil five times.
Por Ula was translated to English by N. Malathy[4][5][6] and was published as "War Journey" by Penguin Publishers.[1][7]
Years after his death, Malaravan's Haiku poems was published in 1998. Also that year his book Short stories and poems (En kallaraiyil thoovungal) was published. His novel Puyal Paravai was published in 2003,[2] and won the North East Sri Lankas sakithya mandala prize that year. This book's second edition was released in India in 2015.
References
- ^ a b c "Sri Lanka: Book review: Malaravan, ‘War Journey: Diary of a Tamil Tiger’". South Asian Analysis, Paper No. 5554, 03-Sept-2013. Charles Ponnuthurai Sarvan.
- ^ a b Kannan M (18 December 2014). Time Will Write a Song for You: Contemporary Writing in Tamil from Sri Lanka. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 326–. ISBN 978-93-5118-877-3.
- ^ "Penguin India brings out diary of LTTE captain". TamilNet,
- ^ "A heroic life after death". The Hindu, R. K. Radhakrishnan, July 8, 2013.
- ^ "A writer who fought - and died - for Tamil Eelam". Business Standard, Jul 2, 2013. Also published in the Daiiji World.
- ^ "War Journey Diary of a Tamil Tiger MOBI Malaravan N Malathy Find The Excellent". Hundreds of Novels, 02/16/2014
- ^ "War journey : diary of a Tamil tiger". at WorldCat