ImayamImayam - pen name of V. Annamalai, a schoolteacher and a writer, has published seven novels: Koveru Kazhuthaigal (1994), Arumugam (1999), Chedal (2006), En Katha (2015), Selladha Panam (2018), Vaazhga Vaazhga (2020), Ippodhu Uyirodirukkiren (2022) an a novella Pethavan (2014). He has six short story collections to his credit: Man Baaram (2002), Video Mariamman (2008), Kolai Cheval (2013), Saavu Soru (2014), Narumanam (2016) and Nan Maaran Kottai Kathai (2019). He was granted the Junior Fellowship by the Central Government (1999) and has been honoured by many awards including the Tamil Nadu State Award (2010), the Iyal Lifetime Achievement Award (2018) and the Sahitya Akademi Award (2020).In 2019, Cre-A celebrated the silver jubilee of his first novel Koveru Kazhuthaigal, considered as one of the classics of present-day Tamil literature, by publishing a special edition. Its English translation Beasts of Burden (by Lakshmi Holmstrom) was followed by a Kannada translation. His novel Arumugam has been translated into English and the novella Pethavan into English, Telugu and French. A collection of his short stories in English translation Video Mariamman and other stories (Speaking Tiger) was published in 2021. Malayalam and English translations of his award winning Selladha Panam are under way. Read More Read Less