The River of Blood) is a Tamil language novel written by Indira Parthasarathy.
A revolutionary novel, it was based on the Kilvenmani massacre that took place in Thanjavur district in 1968.
The novel won the Sahitya Akademi award for its author in 1977.
[1] The novel was adapted into Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum,[2] a 1983 Tamil film, which in turn won a National Award.
The novel has been translated into multiple languages including English, Hindi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati and Malayalam.