GREAT WRITER KALKI - KRISHNAMOORTHY

GREAT WRITER KALKI - KRISHNAMOORTHY:

The man who can bring the history in front of your eyes. We were not in this world during the great PALLAVA and CHOLA period. But we can know about their great life by his works. He has written four great historical novels - 1. PARTHIBAN KANAVU 2. SIVAGAMIYIN SABATHAM 3. PONNIYIN SELVAN 4. SOLAIMALAI ILAVARASI

Kalki has written ten social novels. One of those is ALAI OSAI. This novel is about the India before and at the time of Independence. We can come to know about the difficulties faced during the time of Independence. He has also written 120 short stories.

The speciality of his books were, it takes you deep into the stories. We can feel the story deeply.

We all know about the Tanjore - BIG TEMPLE. It was built by the great RAJARAJA CHOLA. Kalki has given the life history of Raja raja chola from his birth to the great victorious life. Kalki has written this novel in five volumes. He took three years and six months to complete this novel. He visited the real places to get the real information. This shows his love for the work.

Kalki was born in Tanjore, Tamil nadu. The name kalki is a pen name. He combined his wife's name kalyani and his name krishnamoorthy.

Kalki was awarded SAHITYA AKADEMY AWARD after his death for his work ALAI OSAI.

In 1941 he started his own magazine KALKI.

Kalki died in Chennai on 1954 because of tuberculosis.