His writings capture the realities of the caste system and the lives of Mahadalits.
The Tamil writer Imayam, who calls himself the author of the Dravidian movement and captures the realities of the caste system and the lives of Mahadalits, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020 for his novel Selatha Panam.
“I dedicate the award to the leaders of the Nyaya Party and the Dravidian movement, especially the leaders of Periyar, Anna and Kalar [M. Karunanidhi], And Ambedkar, “he told Hindu
He is the first author from Tamil Nadu – Cuddalore, Villupuram and Arcot districts in Tamil Nadu – to win the award.
Selatha Panam It’s about how money is wasted in a family that rejects their daughter to marry a person outside the community: After Revathi commits self-immolation, her parents give her the money and go to the hospital Goes and begs the doctors to save him. But the doctors declare that the money has lost its value.
Asked why he refused to be called a Dalit writer because he was writing about the people of the society, a schoolboy Imayam said that it would be inappropriate to have such an identity while writing against the caste system and shame with it . “I will be a supporter of a caste system. Can I be a good writer if I face the degrading identity of the caste system? Critics may call me a Dalit writer because he is a racist, ”he said.
V. born in Cuddalore district. Annamalai, Imayam has written six novels, six short-story collections and one novel. In 2019, his first novel Kovru Kazuthikal, Translated into English as Like an animal25 years complete. The story revolves around the life of ancestral Vannar, a washerman who works for other untouchables. It also won the IIL Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by the Tamil Literary Garden, Toronto.
He said, “What I find most in the works of Imayam is his women. Although most of them come from the margins, they are never presented as victims. Although their role is small, they use agency, and no one praises them for it. Theater personality a. Mangai wrote that the grit with which his women face life is amazing – the first time they were captured in Tamil with such an everyday thing. Hindu In 2019.
His novel Pethavan Touchingly tells the story of the problems faced by a family when their daughter falls in love with a Dalit. Although it is close to Divya and Ilavarasan’s love affair in Dharmapuri, it was written before the tragic incident took place. In this case, the father comes to the rescue of his daughter. When the caste Hindus in the village pressurize Pazhani to put a pesticide in her mouth to kill her daughter Bhakkayyam, Pazhani consumes the poison after making sure that she has reached her lover. His latest work Vazhaga Vazhaga It is about the loss of innocent lives in political events.
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