{"product_id":"people-of-gopallapuram-paperback","title":"People of Gopallapuram - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKi Rajanarayanan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShubashree Desikan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKi Rajanarayanan\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-2021) was born in Idaiseval, a village near Kovilpatti in southern Tamil Nadu. This region, known as Karisal or the \"black soil\" belt, provides the distinctive language, rhythm, and atmosphere that animate his work. Widely regarded as the doyen of Karisal literature, Ki Ra received the Sahitya Akademi Award for this novel in 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis first short story was published in 1958, and he went on to write numerous short stories, three novels, and several essays. He also compiled a dictionary of the dialect of the Black Soil region (Karisal Vattaara Vazhakku Sol Agaradhi). Remarkably, Ki Ra's literary achievements came despite leaving school after the seventh grade. In 1989, he moved to Puducherry, where he was appointed Honorary Professor of Folklore in the Tamil Department at Pondicherry Central University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShubashree Desikan\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator based in Chennai. She has translated Mul (Thorn) by Muthumeenal from Tamil to English and several children's books for Tulika Publishers into Tamil. Her poems have appeared in Muse India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA science journalist with IIT Madras Shaastra Magazine, Shubashree previously spent a decade at The Hindu. She holds a PhD in Physics from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, and received the National Award for Science Communication in Print in 2017 from the Government of India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452540989689,"sku":"9780143475484","price":15.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/9j3lvh4ARw9780143475484.webp?v=1779954844","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/people-of-gopallapuram-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}