Bio:
Perumal Murugan is a bright star of in the constellation of contemporary Tamil literature. A novelist, short story writer, poet and scholar, he has garnered critical acclaim for his vast array of work. His novel Seasons of the Palm was shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize in 2005. One Part Woman, his best-known work, was shortlisted for the Crossword Award and won the prestigious ILF Samanvay Bhasha Samman in 2015.