- Rajesh Kumar
Infobox Writer
name = Rajesh Kumar
birthplace =Coimbatore ,Tamil Nadu ,India
occupation = Story Writer
nationality =India n
genre =Crime
Detective
Science Fiction Rajesh Kumar ( _ta. ராஜேஷ் குமார்) is an extremely prolific Tamil writer, most famous for his crime, detective, and science fiction stories.
Since publishing his first short story "Seventh Test Tube" in "
Kalkandu " magazine in 1968, he has written over 1,500 short novels and over 2,000 short stories. [cite book
last = Chakravarthy
first = Pritham
title = The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction
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year = 2008
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publisher = Blaft Publications
location = Chennai, India
language = English
isbn = 978-81-906056-0-1
pages = pp. 46
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url = http://www.livemint.com/2008/09/08005445/Meet-Rajesh-Kumar-author-of-1.html
title = Meet Rajesh Kumar, Author of 1500 Novels
accessdate = 2008-09-11
author = Samanth Subramaniam
date = 2008-09-07] .Many of his detective novels feature the recurring characters Vivek and Rubella.
He continues to publish at least five novels every month, in the pocket magazines "
Best Novel ", "Everest Novel ", "Great Novel ", "Crime Novel ", and "Dhigil Novel ", besides short stories published in weekly magazines like "Kumudam " and "Ananda Vikatan ".His writing is widely popular in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in Sri Lanka.
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