Since 1995, Kalachuvadu Publications (KP) has not only been a pioneering force in contemporary Tamil writing but has also played a crucial role in introducing high-quality translations of world literature to Tamil readers, effectively bringing global literary treasures to their doorstep.

With a list of over 1300 titles, KP is a vibrant and vital presence in the landscape of Tamil and Indian publishing. KP’s writers include the award-winning Ambai, A. Muttulingam, Sharmila Seyyied, Perumal Murugan, Salma, Sukumaran, A.R. Vekatachalapathy and Sundara Ramaswamy. KP’s chronological variorum editions of acclaimed Tamil modernists set the benchmark for other publishers.

In keeping with its commitment to promoting exemplary literature from across the world, KP has published Tamil translations of ‘The God of Small Things’ by Arundhati Roy (India), ‘The Karamazov Brothers’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russia), ‘Brekkukotsannál’l by Halldór Laxness (Scandinavian), ‘IshaBorachatMibsora’ by David Grossman (Isreal), ‘HurskasKurjuus’ by F.E. Sillanpää (Finland), ‘The Sound of SCH’ by Danielle Lim (Singapore), ‘Szachinszach’ by RyszardKapuściński (Polish), ‘The Man with the Compound Eyes’ by Wu Ming-Yi (Taiwan), ‘ArballesKurpemSibirijassniegos’ by Sandra Kalniete (Latvian), ‘Druhe Mesto’ by Michal Ajvaz (Czech). ‘Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons’ by Jocelyn Cullity (Canada), ‘Avril Brise’ by Ismail Kadare (Albanaia), Selected poems of Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic).

France: Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan, Le fusil de monpère by Hiner Saleem, Le Procès-Verbal, Tempête by J.M.G. Le Clézio, Le CapitalismeEn Dix Lecons by Michel Husson, L’ Homme révolté, La Chute and La Peste by Albert Camus, La vie d’un home inconnu by AndreïMakine, Corps desirable and by Hubert Haddad, Les PasseursDe Livres De Daraya by Delphine MINOUI, Vol De Nuit and Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Frére d’ âme by David Diop and La Place and Une femme by Annie ERNAUX.

Slovenia: ČarovnikovVajenec by EvaldFlisar and Spremeni me by Andrej Blatnik.

Flanders: Problemski Hotel by Dimitri Verhulst, De buitenkant van Meneer Jules by Diane Broeckhoven and My Little War by Louis Paul Boon.

Ireland: The Sea by John Banville, The Insurrection in Dublin by James Stephens, Fallen by Lia Mills, CrenaCille and FuíollFuine by Máirtín Ó Cadhain

Italy: KA by Roberto Calasso and Seta by Alessandro Barrico.

Norway: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, Sophie’s World by JosteinGaarder, Genanseogverdighet by Dag Solstad.

Spain: One Hundred Years of Solitude, El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera and Chronicle of a death foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, Selection of Poems by Nicanor Parra.

Turkey: My Name is Red, Snow, Istanbul, The White Castle and Kara Kitap by Orhan Pamuk, Aziz Bey Incident by AyferTunc, LatifeHanim by İpekçalişlar, Huzur, The Time Regulation Institute by Ahmed Hamdi Tanpinar and İstanpulİstanpul, Musumlar by Burhan Sönmez.

Australia: Dark Matters Susan Hawthorne, Locust Girl by MerlindaBobis and My Sister Chaos by Lara Fergus.

U.K: Victory City by Salman Rushdie and Ways of Seeing by John Berger.

U.S: Sylvia Plath’s Poems, Raymond Carver’s short stories, ‘Gene Machine’ by Venki Ramakrishnan, ‘And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems’, ‘I Know WhyTheCaged Bird Sings’ by Maya Angelou.

German: Das geheime Leben der Bäume’ by Peter Wohlleben and Ali and Nino by Kurban Said.

Currently in its thirteenth year, KP continues to be the undisputed frontrunner in high-quality Tamil publishing.

KP has received the ‘Publisher of the Year Award’ given by Publishing Next twice (2018 and 2023). For KP, the touchstone of quality will always be defined by the social relevance rather than the commercial success of a book. Based in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India, KP also publishes a monthly magazine, Kalachuvadu.