Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t36.3

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awarded by Sahithya Akademi of the Government of India in 1963, and *Chitra pavai* (1968) won the prestigious Jnanpith Award in 1975. He published 18 novels and nearly 200 short stories (released in 15 collections), most of which were translated into many Indian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam etc. and also in other foreign languages such as English, Russian, German, Czech, Polish, Chinese and Malay, enjoying great