Nanjil Nadan

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Nanjil Nadan
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BornG. Subramaniam
(1947-12-31) 31 December 1947 (age 75)
Veera Narayanamangalam in Kanyakumari District
Pen nameNanjil Nadan
Language Tamil
Nationality Indian
Citizenship Indian
Notable awards Sahitya Akademi Award

Nanjil Nadan is the pseudonym of G. Subramaniam (born 31 December 1947), a Sahitya academy winning Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.

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Biography

Nanjil Nadan was born in Veera Narayanamangalam, Thazhakudy in Kanyakumari District to Ganapathiya Pillai and Saraswathi Ammal. [1] [2] Born G. Subramaniam, he uses the pseudonym Nanjil Nadan (means a native of the Nanjil Nadu – the area comprising the taluks of Agastheeswaram and Thovalai in Kanyakumari district [3] ). He has a M.Sc degree in Mathematics. [4] He works at W. H. Brady and Co in Coimbatore. He began his literary career by working for Bombay Tamil Sangam's literary magazine Aedu. His first short story, "Viradham", was published in July 1975 in the magazine Deepam, run by Na. Parthasarathy. In 2002, his novel Thalaikeezh Vigithangal was made into a Tamil film titled Solla Marandha Kadhai directed by Thangar Bachan. [5] In 2010 he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his short story collection Soodiya poo soodarka. [6] His novel Ettu Thikkum Madha Yaanai is being made into a Tamil film titled Padithurai. [7] He has authored six novels, 112 short stories, two short story anthologies, five essay collections, and two poetry collections. [8] Some of his works have been translated to English, Malayalam, and French and included as part of the curriculum in several educational institutions. [1]

Nanjil Nadan is now penning a book on his community, the Vellalas of Nanjilnadu.

He is married to Santhiya. They have one son and one daughter. His daughter Sangeetha is a medical doctor, and his son Ganesh is an engineer.

Awards and recognitions

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

Poetry

Non-fiction

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