# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ashoka-mitran
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:47:12.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ashoka-mitran"
name: "Ashoka Mitran"
slug: "ashoka-mitran"
description: "Ashokamitran was the pen name of Jagadisa Thyagarajan, a prolific Indian writer regarded as one of the most influential figures in post-independent Tamil literature. He began his prolific literary career with the prize-winning play \"Anbin Parisu\" and went on to author more than two hundred short stories, and a dozen novellas and novels. A distinguished essayist and critic, he was the editor of a famous Tamil literary journal \"Kanaiyaazhi\". He has written over 200 short stories, nine novels, and some 15 novellas besides other prose writings. Most of his works have also been translated into English and other Indian languages, including Hindi, Malayalam, and Telugu."
tagline: "Influential figure in post-independent Tamil literature (1931–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asokamitran.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-09-22"
deathDate: "2017-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.06
  momentum:             5.726938038343985
  historical:           4.886286666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "അശോകമിത്രൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ashokamitran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "अशोकमित्रन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "அசோகமித்திரன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਅਸੋਕਾਮਿਤ੍ਰਾਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashokamitran"
    title: "Ashokamitran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4805803"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump