P. Singaram

Pazhanivel Singaram (Tamil: பழனிவேல் சிங்காரம்), known as Pa. Singaram (12 August 1920 - 30 December 1997) was an Indian Tamil writer. Despite having authored only two novels, he is considered to be one of the greatest Tamil novelist of the modern era. His Puyalile Oru Thoni is considered to be one of the very important Tamil fiction of all time. Singaram was born on 12 August 1920 as the third son of Ku.Pazhanivel Nadar and Unnamalai Ammal in a town called Singampunari in present-day Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu. His elder brothers were named Subramanian and Bhaskaran. The family was involved in clothes business along with Singaram's grandfather Kumarasamy Nadar. Singaram had his primary education at Singampunari Primary school and further education at St.Mary's higher secondary school Madurai.