Appadurai Muttulingam



Appadurai Muttulingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil author and essayist.

His short stories in Tamil have received critical acclaim and won awards in both India and Sri Lanka.

Muttulingam was born in the village of Kokkuvil in Jaffna, Sri Lanka to Appadurai and Rasamma. He began writing short stories in the 1960s, with his short story Akka winning a competition conducted by a Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper in 1961.

He is actively involved in Tamil Literary Garden, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the international promotion of Tamil literature.

Muthulingam's stories are noted for their understatement, reserve and imagery, and focus on moments of small transformation.

His stories do not attempt to directly build suspense or dramatic tension, and are instead grounded in realism, particularly in description and characterisation.

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