Anuradha Ramanan

Anuradha Ramanan (1947 – 2010) was a Tamil writer, artist and a social activist. She was born in 1947 in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. She got married, even before completing her graduation in Arts College. She opted to continue her education. However, Anuradha’s literary career started in 1977 while working for the Tamil magazine “Mangai”. She her wrote first novel, “Kanavu Malargal Karugum Pothu” with a pesudo name Sambavi. In her 30 years career, she wrote nearly 800 novels and 1,230 short stories. One of her early works “Sirai”, won a gold medal for the best short story from Tamil magazine “Ananda Vikatan”.

Many of the stories written by Anuradha Ramanan were made into films and stories such as Archanai Pookal, Paasam, and Kanakanden Thozhi have been adapted into Television serials. Moreover, she was well known for her anti-divorce counselling work.

<h2>Her accolades:</h2>

# In 1978, She won gold medal in the Indian short stories contest. # Awarded Queen of novels award. # Rajiv Gandhi award for National social welfare writer by Tamilnadu Congress Committee. # Gold medal by M. G. Ramachandran, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

To read her books inTamil: https://www.amazon.in/Books-Anuradha-Ramanan/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AAnuradha+Ramanan