Ashokamitran

Ashokamitran (September 22, 1931 – March 23, 2017) was the pen name of Jagadisa Thyagarajan, an Indian writer. He was sometimes called one of the most influential figures in post-independent Tamil literature. He began his prolific literary career with the prize winning play "Anbin Parisu" and went on to author more than two hundred short stories, and a dozen novellas and novels.

Ashokamitran died on 23 March 2017 in Chennai from cardiac arrest at the age of 85.

References

Other websites
 Ashokamitran page in Tamil Friends
 Ashokamitran Special edition by Solvanam
 B. Meenakshi, Sundaram Portraying Realities of Contemporary Life

Category:1931 births
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Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest
Category:20th-century Indian writers