Ponneelan

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Ponneelan
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Ponneelan in 2011
Born
Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan

1940 (age 82–83)
Manikatti Pottal, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Writer, teacher
OrganizationTamil 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]

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Bibliography

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Ponneelan at the World Tamil Classical Language Conference, 2010

Fiction

Novels
  • Karisal (1976)
  • Pudhiya Dharisanangal (1992)
  • Kollaikarargal
  • Marupakkam (2010)
Short story anthologies
  • Atthaani Makkal
  • Pottal Kadhaigal
  • Thedal
  • Oorril malarndadhu
  • Pudhiya mottugal
  • Idam maari vantha vaergal
  • Pullin kuzhanthaigal
  • Uravugal
  • Anbulla
  • Nithyamanadhu
  • Thirumanangal sorgathil nichayikka padukindrana

Non-fiction

Biographies
  • Jeeva enra manudan
  • Thamilagathin aanmeega vazhikaatti
  • Ragunathanin ilakkiya thadam
  • Therkilirundhu
  • Vaikunthar kaattum vaazhkai neri
Essay anthologies
  • Puvi engum santhi nilavuga
  • Tharkala thamil ilakkiyamum dravida sidhathangalum
  • Murpokku ilakkiya iyakkangal
  • Sudhanthira thamilagathil kalai ilakkiya iyakkangal
  • Sathi madhangalai paraom
  • Thaimozhi kalvi
  • Tamil nadu kalai ilakkiya perumandra varalaaru

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  2. ↑ "Buddha tried to develop social harmony, says Ponneelan". The Hindu . 24 March 2010. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
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