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Vannadasan

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Vannadasan
Born
Siva Kalyana Sundaram

(1946-08-22) 22 August 1946 (age 79)
Pen nameVannadasan, Kalyanji
OccupationPoet, novelist, short story writer
LanguageTamil
NationalityIndian
Notable awards
RelativesThi. Ka. Sivasankaran (father)

Vannadasan, aka Kalyanji is a Tamil writer from India. He was born as Siva Kalyana Sundaram in Tirunelveli in 1946, where he currently resides.. He is a son of Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran, a renowned Tamil writer. He writes short stories and non fiction articles under the pseudonym of Vannadhasan and poems under Kalyanji.[1] He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 2016 for his short story collection Oru Siru Isai.[2] He is also a recipient of Vishnupuram Literary Award, which he also won in 2016.
He is a retired bank employee.[citation needed]

List of books

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  • சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்புகள்: (Short stories)
  • kalaikka Mudiyaatha Oppanaigal - கலைக்க முடியாத ஒப்பனைகள்-1976
  • Thottathukku veliyilum sila pookkal - தோட்டத்துக்கு வெளியிலும் சில பூக்கள்-1978
  • Samaveli - சமவெளி-1983
  • Peyar Theriyamal oru paravai - பெயர் தெரியாமல் ஒரு பறவை-1985
  • Manusha Manusha - மனுஷா மனுஷா-1990
  • Kanivu - கனிவு-1992
  • Nadugai - நடுகை-1996
  • Uyara parathal - உயரப் பறத்தல்-1998
  • Krishnan Vaitha veedu - கிருஷ்ணன் வைத்த வீடு-2000
  • Oliyile Therivadhu - ஒளியிலே தெரிவது-2010
  • Oru Siru Isai - ஒரு சிறு இசை-2013
  • Naabi kamalam -நாபிக்கமலம் -2015

Some of his poems are translated by Jayanthasri Balakrishnan in English in her blog, though not published.[3]

Articles

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  • Agam Puram in Anandha Viktan.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4490. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. ^ Kolappan, B (21 December 2016). "Vannadasan wins Sahitya Akademi award". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. ^ "jayanthasri translations". Retrieved 20 April 2017.