Vallikannan
Vallikannan, is the pseudonym of R. S. Krishnasamy
(Tamil: ரா.சு. கிருஷ்ணசாமி; 12 November 1920 R. S. Krishnasamy
– 9 November 2006), a Tamil writer, journalist, critic, Born Rajavallipuram S.
and translator from Tamil Nadu, India. Krishnasamy
12 November 1920
Rajavallipuram, India
Biography Died 9 November 2006 (aged 84)
Pen name Vallikannan
Krishnasamy was born in Rajavallipuram near Occupation Journalist, writer, scholar
Tirunelveli. He started writing at a very young age and Notable Sahitya Akademi Award
had published twenty five books by the time he was awards (1978)
30. He worked for magazines like Cinema Ulagam,
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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).[1]
He died in 2006.[2][3][4]
Books
Bharathidasanin uvamai nayam (1946)
Pudhukavidhayin Thorramum Valarchiyum (1977)
Saraswathi Kalam(1986)
Bharathikkuppin Tamil Urai Nadai (1981)
Thamizhil Siru Pathinikkaigal
References
1. Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 (http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/a
wa10320.htm#tamil) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sah
itya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil) 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
Sahitya Akademi Official website.
2. "Writer with many facets" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070207142440/http://www.hindu.c
om/fr/2006/11/24/stories/2006112400080300.htm). The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24
November 2006. Archived from the original (http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/11/24/stories/200
6112400080300.htm) on 7 February 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
3. "Vallikannan, a rare phenomenon" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070207131846/http://ww
w.hindu.com/2006/11/12/stories/2006111215330300.htm). The Hindu. Chennai, India. 12
November 2006. Archived from the original (http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/12/stories/20061
11215330300.htm) on 7 February 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
4. "Vallikannan Obituary" (https://web.archive.org/web/20100104134822/http://kalachuvadu.co
m/issue-84/anjali02.asp). Kalachuvadu (in Tamil). Archived from the original (http://www.kala
chuvadu.com/issue-84/anjali02.asp) on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
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