MAUNI (1907-1985)
Mauni is the pen name of S Mani, who was born in the village of Semmangudi in Tanjavur District, on July 27, 1907. He studied in Kumbakonam, and took a degree in Mathematics. After his marriage, he lived in Kumbakonam for fourteen years, during which time he had no formal employment. In 1943, he moved to Chidambaram to look after the family property and affairs. Mauni had five children - four sons and a daughter. Two of the sons died very young in accidents. Yet another tragedy struck the family when a son became mentally disturbed sometime after he had taken a degree in philosophy. Mauni died in 1985, on the sixth of June. He is survived by his daughter and two sons.
MAUNI FICTIONS(Short stories)
(MauniPadippukal)
Number of pages: 156
A degree in mathematics, a profound knowledge of literature don’t always go in tandem. In Mauni they do, stretching the literary horizons in ways that are unmatched. Finely honed stories, brilliantly conferring a sense of the bizarre on situations otherwise commonplace. This volume, in translation by Lakshmi Holmstrom, captures that intrinsic magic that’s Mauni
“. . . the only one who can stand at the extreme frontiers of the imagination and capture those concepts which have so far refused to be contained in words.”
