| Pudukavithaiyin Thottramum Valarchiyum: ( Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Book ) Contributor(s): , Vallikannan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1978069677 ISBN-13: 9781978069671 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback Language: Tamil Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - General |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" (1.03 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Vallikannan is the pseudonym of R. S. Krishnasamy (12 November 1920 - 9 November 2006), a Tamil, writer, journalist, critic, and translator from Tamil Nadu, India. Krishnasamy was born in Rajavallipuram near Tirunelveli. He started writing at a very young age and had published twenty five books by the time he was 30. He worked for magazines like Cinema Ulagam, Navasakthi, Grama Oozhiyan and Hanuman. He also wrote under the pseudonyms "Naiyandi Bharathi" and "Koranathan." He wrote a total of 75 books in his life - novels, novellas, poetry collections, plays and essay anthologies. In 1978, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his critical work on modern Tamil poetry Pudukavithaiyin Thottramum Valarchiyum (lit. The birth and growth of Modern Tamil Poetry). |