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Thi. Janakiraman
Born	28 June 1921
Died	18 November 1982(1982-11-18) (aged 61)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	novelist

T. Janakiraman (also known as Thi Jaa, 28 June 1921 – 18 November 1982) is a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India. He is one of the major figures of 20th century Tamil fiction.

Early life[edit]

He was born in a Tamil Brahmin (Iyer) family of Madras Presidency in 1921.^[1] He worked as a civil servant. His writing included accounts of his travels in Japan and the Crimea.^[2]

Career[edit]

His best-known novels are Mogamul, Sembaruthi, and Amma Vandhaal. These novels have feminine feelings embedded in their subjects. Though the story is spun around delicate feelings. His short stories such as "Langdadevi" (a lame horse) and "Mulmudi" (Crown of Thorns) follow the same style.

Bibliography[edit]

Thi Jaa wrote about one hundred short stories and a dozen novels. His most noted work is the novel Mogamul (Thorn of Desire). His other novels Amma Vandhaal and Marappasu were translated into English as "Sins of Appu's Mother" and "Wooden Cow" respectively. He was noted for his short stories.^[2] In 1979, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his short story collection Sakthi Vaidhiyam.^[3] Some of his other notable works are Malar Manjam, Uyirthen and Semparuthy.

Novels[edit]

Amirtham
Malar Manjam
Mogamul
Anbe Aaramudhe
Amma Vandhaal
Uyirthen
Semparuthi
Marappasu
Nalabaagam

Novellas[edit]

Adi
Sivagnanam
Kamalam
Naalavathu sir
Avalum umiyum
Thodu
Veedu

Short story collections[edit]

Kottumelam
Sivappu Rickshaw
Akbar Shastri
Yaadhum Oore
Pidi Karunai
Sakthi Vaithiyam
Manidhabimaanam
Erumai Pongal
Aboorva Manidhargal
Vendam indha Poosanikkai

Translations[edit]

Annai
Kullan

Plays[edit]

Doctorukku Marundhu
Naalu Veli Nilam
Vadivelu Vaathiyaar

Travelogues[edit]

Udhaya Sooriyan - Travelouge about Japan
Nadandhaai Vaazhi Kaveri
Adutha Veedu Aimbadhu Mile
Karunkadalum Kalaikkadalum
Nalapakam

References[edit]

^ "நான் தமிழன், ஐயர்". Kumudam. 15 July 2009. p. 110.
^ ^a ^b Ashokamitran (9 March 2008). "Janakiraman sends a wire". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2014. Janakiraman's forte was the short story.
^ "Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007". Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2010.. Sahitya Akademi official website.

v t e Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil
1955–1975	R. P. Sethu Pillai (1955) Kalki Krishnamurthy (1956) C. Rajagopalachari (1958) Mu. Varadarajan (1961) Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (1962) Akilan (1963) P. Sri Acharya (1965) M. P. Sivagnanam (1966) K. V. Jagannathan (1967) A. Srinivasa Raghavan (1968) Bharatidasan (1969) Ku. Alagirisami (1970) Na. Parthasarathy (1971) D. Jayakanthan (1972) Rajam Krishnan (1973) K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (1974) R. Dhandayudham (1975)
1976–2000	Indira Parthasarathy (1977) Vallikannan (1978) Thi. Janakiraman (1979) Kannadasan (1980) M. Ramalingam (1981) B. S. Ramiah (1982) T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan (1983) Lakshmi (1984) A. S. Gnanasambandan (1985) Ka. Naa. Subramanyam (1986) Aadhavan Sundaram (1987) V. C. Kulandaiswamy (1988) La Sa Ra (1989) Su. Samuthiram (1990) Ki. Rajanarayanan (1991) Kovi. Manisekaran (1992) M. V. Venkatram (1993) Ponneelan (1994) Prapanchan (1995) Ashokamitran (1996) Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (1997) Sa. Kandasamy (1998) S. Abdul Rahman (1999) Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran (2000)
2001–present	C. S. Chellappa (2001) Sirpi Balasubramaniam (2002) Vairamuthu (2003) Tamilanban (2004) G. Thilakavathi (2005) Mu. Metha (2006) Neela Padmanabhan (2007) Melanmai Ponnusamy (2008) Puviarasu (2009) Nanjil Nadan (2010) S. Venkatesan (2011) D. Selvaraj (2012) Joe D'Cruz (2013) Poomani (2014) A. Madhavan (2015) Vannadasan (2016) Inkulab (2017) S. Ramakrishnan (2018) Cho Dharman (2019) Imayam (2020) C. S. Lakshmi (2021) M. Rajendran (2022) Rajasekaran (Devibharathi) (2023)

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