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  2. List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil - Wikipedia

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    Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil Award for contributions to Tamil literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First award 1955 Final award 2024 Highlights Total awarded 66 First winner R. P. Sethu Pillai Most Recent winner A. R. Venkatachalapathy Website Official website Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi ...

  3. List of Sangam poets - Wikipedia

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    It is said to have lasted 1850 years, until around 300 CE, with 449 poets contributing under the patronage of 49 Pandyan kings. [1] However, only the works of the last 800 years of the Sangam period ( c. 500 BCE to 300 CE ) have been retrieved and others are believed to have been lost.

  4. Tamil literature - Wikipedia

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    Tamil literature is even available in the form of e-books. Tamil literature boasts a rich tradition of novel writing, with many talented authors contributing to the literary landscape. Some prominent Tamil writers include: Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899–1954) S. Ramakrishnan (1937–) Jayakanthan (1934–2015) Akilan (1922–1988) R. K. Narayan ...

  5. List of Tamil-language writers - Wikipedia

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    A. Dakshinamurthy; A. Muttulingam; Aravindan Neelakandan; Brammarajan; Ambai; Charu Nivedita; Cho Dharman; Dhamayanthi; Devan; Era Natarasan; Imayam; Indira Parthasarathy

  6. Gnanakoothan - Wikipedia

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    R. Ranganathan (7 October 1938 – 27 July 2016), known professionally as Gnanakoothan, was an Indian poet.Writing in Tamil, he was the author of Anru veru kizhamai ("That was another day"), Suriyanukku Pinpakkam ("The rear side of Sun"), Kadarkaraiyil Sila Marankal ("Few trees in the seashore"), Meendum Avarkal ("Them again"), and Pencil Padangal ("Pencil pictures").

  7. Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam - Wikipedia

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    The Vattam was created in 2009 [2] with the purpose of promoting quality literature among the Tamil community in the world and to create attention for high quality writing and writers. [3] To that effect, the organization periodically conducts literary meetups, seminars, conferences and informal gatherings to discuss literary works and other arts.

  8. Sangam literature - Wikipedia

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    The Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், caṅka ilakkiyam), historically known as 'the poetry of the noble ones' (Tamil: சான்றோர் செய்யுள், Cāṉṟōr ceyyuḷ), [1] connotes the early classical Tamil literature and is the earliest known literature of South India. It is generally ...

  9. Avvaiyar (Sangam poet) - Wikipedia

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    Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was a Tamil poet who lived during the Sangam period and is said to have had cordial relations with the Tamil chieftains Vēl Pāri and Athiyamān. She wrote 59 poems in the Puṟanāṉūṟu. [1] A plaque on a statue of the poet in Chennai suggests the first century BCE for her birthdate.