La Sa Ra

Lalgudi Saptarishi Ramamrutham was a veteran Tamil novelist, having authored 300 short stories, 6 novels and 10 collections of essays.

Lalgudi Saptarishi Ramamrutham died on his ninety-second birthday, October 29, 2007. Born in 1916, he was a native of Lalgudi and one of the writers of the Manikodi era. He started writing when he was 20 originally in English and then changed over to Tamil.

He worked in Punjab National Bank for 30 years and settled down in Chennai after his retirement La.Sa.Ra. worked for three years as a typist in Vauhini Pictures, which then produced a series of landmark Telugu films.

He ultimately became a banker but he continued with his writing and stayed a movie buff all through.He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for Chintha nathi, a collection of autobiographical essays.

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