Vishnupuram Award

Vishnupuram Award
Awarded for	Outstanding contributions to Tamil literature
Location	Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
Country	India
Presented by	Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam
First award	2010
Currently held by	Sureshkumara Indrajith (2020)
Website	www.jeyamohan.in
← Abi (Habibullah) (2019)

Vishnupuram Award is a literary award instituted by Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam , the literary organization created by writer Jeyamohan and his readers. The award was named after the writer's famous novel in Tamil, Vishnupuram. This award was initiated to honour the under-recognized pioneers and senior writers in Tamil literature. This contains cash award of Rs 1,00,000 ^[1] and a memento, a book on the author will be published and a documentary on the awardee release during the occasion. ^[2]

Recipients

• A Madhavan (2010) ^[3]
• Poomani (2011)
• Devadevan (2012) ^[4]
• Thelivathai Joseph (2013) ^[5]
• Gnanakoothan (2014) ^[6]
• Devathachan (2015) ^[7]
• Vannadhasan (2016) ^[8]
• C.Muthusamy (2017) ^[9]
• Raj Gauthaman (2018) ^[10]
• Abi (Habibullah) (2019) ^[11]
• Sureshkumara Indrajith (2020) ^[12]
• Poet Vikramadityan (2021) ^{[13] [14] [15]}
• Charu Nivedita (2022) ^[16]

References

https://www.jeyamohan.in/170951/

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8. "வண்ணதாசனுக்கு விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது". jeyamohan.in (in Tamil). 14 October 2016.
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11. "கவிஞர் அபிக்கு விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது". www.jeyamohan.in. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
12. "விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது 2020 சுரேஷ்குமார இந்திரஜித்துக்கு | எழுத்தாளர் ஜெயமோகன்". www.jeyamohan.in. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
13. "விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது, விக்ரமாதித்யனுக்கு". jeyamohan.in. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
14. "டிச.26-ல் கவிஞர் விக்ரமாதித்யனுக்கு விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது: கோவை விழாவில் கவுரவம்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil).
15. "Cong leader Jairam Ramesh to felicitate Vishnupuram awardee on December 26 | Entertainment". MyNews 24x7. 20 December 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
16. "Charu Nivedita chosen for Vishnupuram literary award". The Hindu. 7 December 2022. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 May 2024.