Imayam receives Sahitya Akademi Award

Imayam, a prominent novelist, who calls himself a writer of the Dravidian movement and captures the stark realities of the caste system has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020 for his novel Sellatha Panam.

Sahitya Akademi Award winner Imayam, and the cover of his book. Source: SBS Tamil

A schoolteacher by profession, Imayam has written six novels, six short-story collections and a novella in the past 28 years since he published his first novel, Koveru Kazhuthaikal.  Iamayam (real name V. Annamalai) talks to Kulasegaram Sanchayan about his career and his writing style.