Vai. Mu. Kothainayaki Ammal

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1901-12-01

Deathday 1960-02-20 (58 years old)

Place of Birth Nirvalur, Chingleput, Tamil Nadu, India

Also Known As Vai Mu Ko, Vaithamanithi Mudumbai Kothainayaki Ammal, Kothainayaki Ammal

Vai. Mu. Kothainayaki Ammal

Biography

Vaithamanithi Mudumbai Kothainayaki Ammal (1 December 1901 – 20 February 1960), familiarly known as Vai Mu Ko, was a Tamil writer, novelist, and journalist who was the first woman to occupy the editorial board of a Tamil magazine. She wrote 115 books and published a monthly Tamil magazine, Jaganmohini.

Known For

Writer

1967
Aurat

as Novel

1938
Anaadhai Penn

as Novel