CS Chellappa

About The Author

CS Chellappa (1912-1998) was a versatile literary personality, contributing widely to the novel, short story, poetry, literary criticism, and translation forms. His singular achievement was Ezhuthu, a literary magazine he founded that was a seminal force in Tamil literature. He was posthumously awarded the Sahitya Akademi award.

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Books by CS Chellappa

Vaadivaasal

The Arena

By CS Chellappa

Translated by N. Kalyan Raman

Vaadivaasal, a novella published in 1949, is considered as a modern literary classic in Tamil. It describes the events of an afternoon in Periyapatti, a village in southern Tamil Nadu, where a jallikattu contest, involving the traditional sport of bull taming, is underway. The novella o...

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