Tamil writer and novelist Kamala Sadagopan died here on Wednesday, her family said. She was 77.
She is survived by her husband Sadagopan alias screen playwright Chitralaya Gopu and four sons, including T.A. Narasimhan, Deputy Editor at The Hindu .
Kamala worked in Jaganmohini, a journal run by novelist Vai Mu Kothainayaki Ammal.
She attended the Avadi session of the All India Congress Committee as a delegate in 1955 and shot to fame with her novel Kadhavu , which secured the Narayanasamy Iyer Award fromKalaimagal magazine.
Another of her novels, Padigal, won the State Government’s prize and was honoured by the then Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran in 1981. She worked as a deputy editor of women’s magazine Mangayar Malar and her novels were made into films and TV serials.
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