Kaliprasadh

R. Kaliprasadh (born 1979) is a Tamil writer. He has written short stories, translations, and literary reviews and criticism. Kaliprasadh was born in 1979 in Velukkudi in present-day Thiruvarur district. In his youth, his family lived in Mannargudi. Later he moved to Chennai. He is married and has two children. He is currently working in the field of information technology in Chennai. Kaliprasadh started his literary career in 2015 writing short stories for literary magazines such as Solvanam. A collection of ten short stories was jointly published by Padhaakai and Yaavarum Publishers in 2021 under the title 'Aaldhalum Alatthalum', which was also the title of one of the stories. Leading author and Sahitya Academi Award winner Nanjil Nadan wrote the foreword to the book. In it, he praised the 'attractive narrative, language and neatness of writing. Literary reviews of the work have been published in leading Tamil magazines like Ananda Vikatan, Solvanam and Vallinam.