Famous persons in TAMIL LITERATURE

1. Bharati Dasan (1891-1964) was a prolific poet, playwright,

lyricist and screenplay writer.
2. C.S. Chellappa (b. 1912) is one of the most prominent
modern short story writers in Tamil. Vadivasal (1959) is one
of Chellappa's famous novelettes.
3. Durai Manickam is one of the important modern Tamil
poets, who is credited with prolific works like Aiyai,
Nurasiriyam, Koyyakkani, Ensuvai Enbatu and
Paviyakkottu.
4. iIlanko Adigal was the 9th century Tamil poet who
composed the five great epics of ancient Tamil literature:
Chilappatikaram.
5. Indira Parthasarathy (b. 1930) is one of the brilliant
writers of modern fiction in Tamil. He has written over
fifteen novels.
6. Jayamohan: Regarded as Tamil's first post-modernist
writer, Jayamohan shot to fame with his novel
Vishnupuranam. His other notable works include Rubber
and Pinthudarum Nizhalin Kural.
7. Kamban was the greatest of the court poets of Kulottunga
Chola III (1178-1218 AD). He adapted Valmiki's Ramayana
in Tamil in his Ramakatai or Kamba Ramayanam.
8. Mayuram Vedanayakam Pillai (1826-1889) was a gifted
composer of Tamillyrics and was the pioneer of Tamil novel.

9. M.Varadarajan (1912-1974) experimented with several

new techniques in Tamil novels. His famous works include
Perra Manam (1953), Karittundu (1953), Ahalvilakku,
Sentamarai and Mankudisai.
10. Rajam Krishnan (b. 1925) is an eminent female Tamil
novelist, whose important works include Verukku Nir
(1972) that won her the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1973.
11. R. Krishnamurthi 'Kalki' (1899-1954) is regarded as one
of the pioneers of Tamil novel, who popularised novel by
dealing with social and contemporary issues like
emancipation of Harijans
12. R. Shanmugasundaram (1918-77) belonged to the
Manikkodi group of writers who ushered in the modern era
in Tamil fiction. Shanmugasundaram distinguished himself
as a novelist.