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Ashokamitran (22 September 1931 – 23 March 2017) was the pen name of Jagadisa Thyagarajan, an Indian writer regarded as one of the most influential figures in post-independent Tamil literature. He began his prolific literary career with the prize-winning play "Anbin Parisu" and went on to author more than two hundred short stories, and a ...
C. Viruthachalam (25 April 1906 – 30 June 1948), [1] better known by the pseudonym Pudhumaipithan (also spelt as Pudumaipithan or Puthumaippiththan ), was one of the most influential and revolutionary writers of Tamil fiction. [2] His works were characterized by social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions.
Sujatha. S. Rangarajan (3 May 1935 – 27 February 2008), better known by his allonym Sujatha, was an Indian author, novelist and screenwriter who wrote in Tamil. He authored over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems. He was one of the most popular authors in Tamil literature, and a ...
A. Dakshinamurthy; A. Muttulingam; Aravindan Neelakandan; Brammarajan; Ambai; Charu Nivedita; Cho Dharman; Dhamayanthi; Devan; Era Natarasan; Imayam; Indira Parthasarathy
Perumal Murugan (born 1966 [2]) is an Indian writer, scholar and literary chronicler who writes in Tamil. He has written twelve novels, six collections of short stories, six anthologies of poetry and many of the non-fiction books. Ten of his novels have been translated into English: Seasons of the Palm, which was shortlisted for the Kiriyama ...
Tamil Literary Garden has announced that Nanjil Nadan has won the Iyal Award, their Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012. He received the award formally in June 2013; He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 2010 in Tamil language category for his collection of short stories Soodiya poo soodarka.
Balakumaran(5 July 1946 – 15 May 2018)[1]was an Indian Tamilwriter and author of over 200 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for 23 films.[2] He also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as Kalki, Ananda Vikatanand Kumudam.[3] His notable works as a dialogue writer in Tamil Cinema include Nayakan, Guna, Baashhaand ...
Melanmai Ponnusamy (1951 – 30 October 2017) was a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India. He was born in Melanmarainadu village [மேலாண்மறை நாடு] in Virudhunagar District. He was a farmer by profession who also ran a grocery shop in his village. He was a Marxist by political orientation and a member of Communist Party of ...