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{{infobox person
|name=Su. Samuthiram
|image=Su. Samuthiram.jpg
|birth_date=1941
|birth_place =Tippanampatti, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu
|occupation=writer
|death_date=1 April 2003
}}
'''Su. Samuthiram''' ({{lang-ta|சு. சமுத்திரம்}}; 1941 – 1 April 2003), was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].

==Biography==
Samuthiram was born in [[Tippanampatti]] village in [[Tirunelveli District]]. He worked in [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]]. He was a prolific writer who wrote fourteen novels, four novellas, two essay anthologies, one play and more than 300 short stories (published as twenty two collections).<ref>{{cite web|title=Su Samuthiram - Obituary|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60305101&format=print&edition_id=20030510|work=Thinnai|language=Tamil}}</ref> Many of his works have been translated into other Indian languages like [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Hindi]] and [[Malayalam]]. His political orientation was [[socialist]] and he was involved in many literary feuds with his fellow writers like [[Ashoka Mitran|Asokamitran]] and Vannanilavan. His works reflect his socialist beliefs and most of them are about the oppression of the downtrodden.<ref>{{cite web|title= A voice for the oppressed |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/mp/2003/04/15/stories/2003041500160400.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> In 1990, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his novel ''Veril Pazhutha Pala'' (lit. The Jack Fruit that ripened at the root). He died in 2003 in a road accident in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite web|title=சு. சமுத்திரம் உடலுக்கு கருணாநிதி அஞ்சலி|url=http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2003/04/02/samuthiram.html|accessdate=29 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Su. Samuthiram - Editor's note|url=http://www.tamilvu.org/courses/degree/p101/p1012/html/p1012415.htm|work=Tamil Virtual University|language=Tamil}}</ref><ref name=sahitya>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil|title=Sahitya Academy Awards 1955-2007 |work=Sahitya Akademi |date=24 January 2010|archive-date=24 January 2010}}</ref>

==Awards==
*Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil (1990)
*Tamil Annai award from [[Tamil University]], [[Thanjavur]]
*Ilakkiyachinthanai Short Story prize.
*[[M. Karunanidhi|Kalaignar Award]] from Murasoli Trust (posthumous)

==Partial bibliography==
===Novels===
*''Veril pazhutha pala''
*''Vaada malli''
*''Palai pura''
*''Oorukkul oru puratchi''
*''Oru Kottukku VeLiyae''
*''Kagidha Uravugal''
*''Mann Sumai''
*''Thalai Paagai''
*''Velichathai nokki''
*''Valarppu magal''
*''Sathiyathukku kattupattal''
*''Tharaasu''
*''Sathiya avesam''
*''Illam thorum idayangal''
*''Nizhal mukangal''
*''Moottam''
*''Oththai Veedu''
*''Puthai Manal''
*''Chotru Pattaalam''
*''Uyarathin Thaazhvukal''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.chennailibrary.com/samuthiram/samuthiram.html Su. Samuthiram's works at Chennai Library]
{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}

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[[Category:People from Tirunelveli district]]
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