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{{Infobox person
| name = Lakshmi Thiripurasundari
| image =
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| birth_name = Srinivasan Thiripurasundari
| birth_date = 21 March 1921
| birth_place = [[Thottiyam]], [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Tamilnadu]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1987|1|7|1921|3|21}}
| death_place =
| spouse = Kannabiran
| nationality = [[India]]n
| organization=
| known_for = [[Sahitya Akademi]] award winner, 1984
| occupation = Writer, Scriptwriter
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'''Lakshmi''' ({{lang-ta|லட்சுமி}}), is the pseudonym of '''S. Thiripurasundari''' ({{lang-ta|திரிபுரசுந்தரி}}, 21 March 1921 – 7 January 1987) a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].

==Biography==
Thiripurasundari was born in Thottiyam in ,Tamil Nadu. Her parents were Dr. Srinivasan and Pattammal (Sivakami). She was schooled at [[Thottiyam]], [[Musiri]] and Holy Cross School, [[Trichy]]. She studied in [[Stanley Medical College]] and became a medical doctor. She began publishing short stories in ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' while still at college. She used "Lakshmi" as her pseudonym. Her first short story to be published was ''Thagunda thandanaya?'' (lit. An apt punishment?). Her first novel to be published was ''Bhavani''. After completing her medical education, she practiced at [[Chennai]]. She married Kannabiran in 1955 and moved to [[South Africa]], where she lived for the next twenty two years. Her husband died in 1966. She returned to India in 1977 and took up full-time writing. She died in 1987.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lakshmi Obituary|newspaper=[[Ananda Vikatan]]|date=25 January 1987}}</ref>

Thiripurasundari was a prolific writer who has published hundreds of short stories and novels. Her novels ''Penn manam'' and ''Mithila Vilas'' were awarded the ''Tamil Valarchi Kazhagam'' price. In 1984, she was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for her novel ''Oru Kaveriyai pola''(lit. Like the river [[Kaveri]]).<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818093514/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |date=2008-08-18 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref> Her ''Kanchanaiyin Kanavu'' and ''Penn Manam'' and sooryakandham, one of her best works were made into [[Tamil films]] - ''Kanchana''(1952)<ref>{{cite news|title=தமிழக ரசிகர்களை நடனத்தால் கவர்ந்த திருவாங்கூர் சகோதரிகள் லலிதா, பத்மினி, ராகினி|url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2010/04/01105137/padmini.html|accessdate=15 June 2010|newspaper=[[Maalai Malar]]|date=1 April 2010|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721131423/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2010/04/01105137/padmini.html|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and ''Iruvar Ullam'' (1963).<ref>{{cite book|last=Madhu Sa. Vimalanandham|title=Tamil Ilakkiya Varalaaru|language=Tamil}}</ref> Most of her works were based on family issues.<ref>{{cite web|title= பெண் எழுத்தாளர்கள் |url=http://www.tamilvu.org/courses/degree/p101/p1013/html/p1013223.htm|work=[[Tamil Virtual University]]|accessdate=15 June 2010|language=Tamil}}</ref>

In 2009, when the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] offered to nationalise her works, her legal heirs refused the offer.<ref>{{cite news|title= Legal heirs of 5 Tamil writers decline offer |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2009/may/31/legal-heirs-of-5-tamil-writers-decline-offer-53549.html|accessdate=15 June 2010|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=31 May 2009|archive-url=https://archive.is/BkwJ7|archive-date=18 April 2021}} </ref>

==Awards and recognitions==
*''Tamil Valarchi Kazhagam'' award for ''Penn manam'' and ''Mithila Vilas''
*Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 1984

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://koottanchoru.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81/ Lakshmi Profile at Koottanchoru blog]
{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}

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