Kuruthipunal (novel)

Kuruthipunal (lit. The River of Blood) is a Tamil novel written by Indira Parthasarathy. A revolutionary nove, it was based on the Kilvenmani massacre that took place in Thanjavur district in 1968. The novel won the Sahitya Akademi for its author in 1977. The novel inspired Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum, a 1983 Tamil film, which in turn won a National Award. The novel has been translated into multiple langues including English, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Gujarati and Malayalam.