Vannadasan
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.
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| Born | Siva Kalyana Sundaram 22 August 1946 Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu |
| Pen name | Vannadasan, Kalyanji |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist, short story writer |
| Language | Tamil |
| Nationality | Indian |
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List of books
- 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
- Agam Puram in Anandha Viktan.
References
- Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4490. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- Kolappan, B (21 December 2016). "Vannadasan wins Sahitya Akademi award". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- "jayanthasri translations". Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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