Pudukavithaiyin Thottramum Valarchiyum : ( Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Book )

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).

Author: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Apr 05, 2018

Number of Pages: 346 pages

Language: Tamil

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1978069677

ISBN-13: 9781978069671