Kalki R Krishnamurthy

Kalki's Selected Short Stories Kalki R Krishnamurthy

Kalki R. Krishnamurthy Born as Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy on September 9, 1899, but better known by his pen name Kalki, (suffixes of his wife's name Kalyani and his name Krishnamurthy), he was a writer, journalist, poet, critic and Independence activist. He worked for magazines such as Navashakthi and Ananda Vikatan before starting his own magazine Kalki. His masterpiece Ponniyin Selvan was and is still widely read. Kalki won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for what he considers his best work - Alai Osai. He was a master at making his characters come alive.