Ponneelan | |
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| Ponneelan in 2011 | |
| Born | Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan 1940 (age 85–86) |
| Occupations | Writer, teacher |
| Organization | Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram |
| Movement | Marxism |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (1994) |
Ponneelan, born 1940 at Manikatti Pottal, Kanyakumari district) [1] is the pen name of Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan, a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India. [2] [3] [4] He is a Marxist and was influenced by Tamil Communist leader P. Jeevanandham in his younger days. He became a teacher and retired as the deputy director of school education for Tamil Nadu. [5] He won the 1994 Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil his novel Pudhiya Dharisanangal. [6] [7] He is currently the state president of the Tamil literary organisation Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram. During 2005–2008, he was a member of the Central Board of Film Certification (censor board). [8] [9] He also wrote the script for the 2008 film Ayyavazhi. [10]