Appadurai MuttulingamAPPADURAI MUTTULINGAM is from Sri Lanka and has worked in many countries for the World Bank and the United Nations. He is a citizen of Canada and has published 28 books in Tamil including two novels, short story collections, essays and interviews. Tw collections of short stories have been translated into English. He has won many awards including the highest literary award (1996) in Tamil Nadu, India and the Sri Lankan Government Sahitya Academy Award (1998). In 2014, he received the Markham City Council (Canada) Literary Award. He is also the recipient of the Vikatan (Tamil magazine with the largest circulation in India) literary award (2012) and the prestigious S.R.M. University (India) literary award (2013). He is the founder-director of Tamil Literary Garden, a charitable organization in Canada that promotes literary excellence. He is also the founder-director of Tamil Chair Inc., a charitable organization registered in the USA for the establishment of Tamil Studies at Harvard University and the University of Toronto. His stories in English translation have appeared in anthologies by Penguin Books, 2014 (Many Roads Through Paradise) and Oxford University Press, 2016 (Uprooting the Pumpkin). Recently his translated short story 'Goat Milk Puttu' appeared in the Narrative Magazine, USA and another by the name 'Ekolu' appeared in Spillwords.com, USA. He lives with his wife Ranji in Canada, and his son Dr M. Sanjayan and daughter Vaithehi live in the USA. Read More Read Less