The work and creativity of literate prison inmates

Abstract

Creativity is not a planned emergence. As it happens, when a person who convicted a crime in the eyes of the society, or by chance, the crime and its consequences isolate him in prison, his feelings of guilt make him to do some kind of artistic work. People like Mr.Puthuraja, Mr. Pozhilan, Dr. Prakash, Mr. Chidambaram and Mr. Puzhilan, who were convicted in Chennai Puzhal Central Jail have written novels, short stories (collections), empirical essays and collections of poems written. All their works are taken up in this article. and its literary style, language style, the work of storytellers and the writing style of these prison inmates are examined well in this article. This article proves that the works of these prison inmates have some unique features.