Appadurai Muttulingam
Appadurai Muttulingam was born in Sri Lanka and lives in Canada. He is a chartered accountant by profession. He has published nine short story collections, four essay collections, two interview collections, and two novels, and has edited an anthology of book reviews. He has won many awards, including the Tamil Nadu Government first prize, Sri Lanka Government Sahitya Academy award, the State Bank of India award, Thamilar Thakaval, Canada literary award 2006, the 2012 Ananda Vikatan India award, S.R.M. University (India) literary award, Markham City Council, Canada, Literary Award 2014. A selection of his short stories translated into English, Inauspicious Times, was published in 2008.
