About V.N.Giritharan

V.N. Giritharan, a Canadian Tamil writer,  began writing at the age of ten and has contributed numerous articles, stories, and poems to various Tamil magazines in print and online. He has published 10 books, including 'Mannin Kural' (The Voice of Soil), 'AMERICA' (a collection of short stories and a novella), 'Eluga Athimanuda' (a collection of Tamil poems), 'Nallur Rajadhnani City Layout' (a research paper on the city planning of Nallur during the 16th century),  'Mannin Kural' (a collection of four short novels), 'Kattak Kaattuk Kaadukal ( A collection of short stories), America ( A novella), V.N.Giritharan Katturaikal (A collection of articles), 'Oru Nagaraththu Manithanin Pulamapal' ( A collection of Poems) and Naveena Vikkramaathiththan' ( Novel).

His stories have earned awards, and scholars in Tamilnadu, India, have submitted several research papers on his writing.

V.N. Giritharan (Navaratnam Giritharan), born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, earned a degree in Architecture from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He left Sri Lanka in 1983 due to ethnic conflict and spent a year stranded in the USA before moving to Canada. Additionally, he holds qualifications as an Electronics Engineering Technologist and an Information Technology Consultant.

Since 2000, he has served as the publisher and editor-in-chief of the popular online Tamil magazine 'Pathivukal' (available at https://www.pathivukal.com).  Currently, he is living in Toronto, Canada.