Ponneelan
Ponneelan | |
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Ponneelan in 2011 | |
Born | Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan 1940 (age 83–84) Manikatti Pottal, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India |
Occupation(s) | Writer, teacher |
Organization | Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram |
Movement | Marxism |
Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (1994) |
Ponneelan, born 1940 at Manikatti Pottal, Kanyakumari district)[1] is the pen name of Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan, a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.[2][3][4] He is a Marxist and was influenced by Tamil Communist leader P. Jeevanandham in his younger days. He became a teacher and retired as the deputy director of school education for Tamil Nadu.[5] He won the 1994 Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil his novel Pudhiya Dharisanangal.[6][7] He is currently the state president of the Tamil literary organisation Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram. During 2005–2008, he was a member of the Central Board of Film Certification (censor board).[8][9] He also wrote the script for the 2008 film Ayyavazhi.[10]
Bibliography
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Fiction
- Novels
- Karisal (1976)
- Pudhiya Dharisanangal (1992)
- Kollaikarargal
- Marupakkam (2010)
- Short story anthologies
- Atthaani Makkal
- Pottal Kadhaigal
- Thedal
- Oorril malarndadhu
- Pudhiya mottugal
- Idam maari vantha vaergal
- Pullin kuzhanthaigal
- Uravugal
- Anbulla
- Nithyamanadhu
- Thirumanangal sorgathil nichayikka padukindrana
Non-fiction
- Biographies
- Jeeva enra manudan
- Thamilagathin aanmeega vazhikaatti
- Ragunathanin ilakkiya thadam
- Therkilirundhu
- Vaikunthar kaattum vaazhkai neri
- Essay anthologies
- Puvi engum santhi nilavuga
- Tharkala thamil ilakkiyamum dravida sidhathangalum
- Murpokku ilakkiya iyakkangal
- Sudhanthira thamilagathil kalai ilakkiya iyakkangal
- Sathi madhangalai paraom
- Thaimozhi kalvi
- Tamil nadu kalai ilakkiya perumandra varalaaru
References
- ^ Saqaf, Syed Muthahar (19 December 2002). "A writer with vision and mission". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ "Buddha tried to develop social harmony, says Ponneelan". The Hindu. 24 March 2010. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ Balaganessin, M (5 March 2005). "Novel tips". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 April 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Saqaf, Syed Muthahar (26 March 2010). "Beyond linguistic barriers". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ "Teachers can trim character of youths". The Hindu. 23 November 2005. Archived from the original on 2 September 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 24 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.
- ^ Sundara Ramasami (April 1994). "பொன்னீலன் – சாகித்ய அகாடமி பரிசு". Thinnai (in Tamil). Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ "பல்சமய எழுத்துக்கள் அவசியம்-பொன்னீலன்". Thats Tamil. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ "18 new 'cuts' in Censor Board". The Times of India. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ "Sujibala without a blouse in Ayyavazhi". Oneindia. 20 July 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
External links
- Ponneelan page at Tamil Authors.com
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- Kalki Krishnamurthy (1956)
- C. Rajagopalachari (1958)
- Mu. Varadarajan (1961)
- Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (1962)
- Akilan (1963)
- P. Sri Acharya (1965)
- M. P. Sivagnanam (1966)
- K. V. Jagannathan (1967)
- A. Srinivasa Raghavan (1968)
- Bharatidasan (1969)
- Ku. Alagirisami (1970)
- Na. Parthasarathy (1971)
- D. Jayakanthan (1972)
- Rajam Krishnan (1973)
- K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (1974)
- R. Dhandayudham (1975)
- Indira Parthasarathy (1977)
- Vallikannan (1978)
- Thi. Janakiraman (1979)
- Kannadasan (1980)
- M. Ramalingam (1981)
- B. S. Ramiah (1982)
- T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan (1983)
- Lakshmi (1984)
- A. S. Gnanasambandan (1985)
- Ka. Naa. Subramanyam (1986)
- Aadhavan Sundaram (1987)
- V. C. Kulandaiswamy (1988)
- La Sa Ra (1989)
- Su. Samuthiram (1990)
- Ki. Rajanarayanan (1991)
- Kovi. Manisekaran (1992)
- M. V. Venkatram (1993)
- Ponneelan (1994)
- Prapanchan (1995)
- Ashokamitran (1996)
- Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (1997)
- Sa. Kandasamy (1998)
- S. Abdul Rahman (1999)
- Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran (2000)
- C. S. Chellappa (2001)
- Sirpi Balasubramaniam (2002)
- Vairamuthu (2003)
- Tamilanban (2004)
- G. Thilakavathi (2005)
- Mu. Metha (2006)
- Neela Padmanabhan (2007)
- Melanmai Ponnusamy (2008)
- Puviarasu (2009)
- Nanjil Nadan (2010)
- S. Venkatesan (2011)
- D. Selvaraj (2012)
- Joe D'Cruz (2013)
- Poomani (2014)
- A. Madhavan (2015)
- Vannadasan (2016)
- Inkulab (2017)
- S. Ramakrishnan (2018)
- Cho Dharman (2019)
- Imayam (2020)
- C. S. Lakshmi (2021)
- M. Rajendran (2022)
- Rajasekaran (Devibharathi) (2023)