Vidya Subramaniam Tamil Novels Collections

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Vidya Subramaniam needs no introduction in the Tamil literary world. Her real name is Usha and when she started writing she assumed her elder daughter’s name Vidya as her pen name. Vidya was born ten years after independence. Her first long story ‘முதல் கோணல்’ has appeared in Mangayar Malar in 1882. In the thirty three years of long journey in the literary world after that she has written hundreds of short stories and novels and has received numerous awards. She received an award for her novel ‘தென்னங்காற்று’ from Ananthachari Trust in 1997.

Government of Tamilnadu awarded her for short story collection ‘வனத்தில் ஒரு மான்’ in 1998. State Bank of India gave first prize and awarded her for her novel ‘ஆகாயம் அருகில் வரும்’ in the same year 1998. Her short story collection ‘கண்ணிலே அன்பிருந்தால்’won Kovai Lily Deivasikamani memorial award in 1999.

She has received twice Ilakkiya Sindhanai Virudhu for best short stories. Further her short stories have won several prizes in Tamil weekly and monthly magazines. An anthology of her short stories has been translated into English titled ‘Beyond the Frontier’. Two of her short stories have also been translated and featured in a book titled ‘Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction’ from the Blaft stable. Her eighty fifth book ‘உப்பு கணக்கு’ published in 2009 is one of her best novels. Written in the historical background of pre independence days, this book was taken for review recently by Tamil Pusthaka Vasakar Vattam at TAG centre and appreciated greatly. This speech was delivered after the review of her book 'Uppu Kanakku' at the Tamizh Puthaga Nanbargal monthly review meeting held at TAG Centre, Chennai on 24th November 2015.