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	B. S. Ramiah was born in [[Batlagundu]] in 1905. He came to [[Madras]] in 1921. He was involved in the [[Indian independence movement]] and was jailed for his participation in the [[Salt Satyagraha]]. His first short story ''Malarum Manamum'' (lit. The flower and the scent) was published in ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' in 1933 (it won third prize in the magazine's short story competition). He worked in the literary magazine ''Manikodi'' and was a writer in the literary movement of the same name. He was a contemporary of ''[[Manikkodi\|Manikodi]]'' writers like [[C. S. Chellappa]], Va. Ramasamy, [[Pudumaipithan]] and [[K. P. Rajagopalan\|Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan]]. During 1935–38 and later briefly in the 1950s he ran the magazine himself. He has written a number of short stories, novels and plays. According to [[C. S. Chellappa]] Ramiah wrote 304 short stories in total. Most of his plays were written for S. V. Sahasranamam's "Seva Stage" drama troupe. His works have been published in ''Ananda Vikatan'', ''[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]]'', ''[[Kumudam]]'', ''[[Dina Mani]]'', ''Gandhi'', ''Jeyakodi''.		B. S. Ramiah was born in [[Batlagundu]] in 1905. He came to [[Madras]] in 1921. He was involved in the [[Indian independence movement]] and was jailed for his participation in the [[Salt Satyagraha]]. His first short story ''Malarum Manamum'' (lit. The flower and the scent) was published in ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' in 1933 (it won third prize in the magazine's short story competition). He worked in the literary magazine ''Manikodi'' and was a writer in the literary movement of the same name. He was a contemporary of ''[[Manikkodi\|Manikodi]]'' writers like [[C. S. Chellappa]], Va. Ramasamy, [[Pudumaipithan]] and [[K. P. Rajagopalan\|Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan]]. During 1935–38 and later briefly in the 1950s he ran the magazine himself. He has written a number of short stories, novels and plays. According to [[C. S. Chellappa]] Ramiah wrote 304 short stories in total. Most of his plays were written for S. V. Sahasranamam's "Seva Stage" drama troupe. His works have been published in ''Ananda Vikatan'', ''[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]]'', ''[[Kumudam]]'', ''[[Dina Mani]]'', ''Gandhi'', ''Jeyakodi''.

	In 1982, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language\|Tamil]] for his literary history of the ''Manikodi'' movement – ''Manikodikalam'' (lit. The Manikodi Era).<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm \|date=24 January 2010 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref> He also wrote a number of original screenplays for Tamil films and a few of his works were also made into films.<ref>{{cite web\|title=B. S. Ramiah Filmography \|url=http://jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/B.S.Ramiah/5946 \|work=Jointscene }}{{dead link\|date=October 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=An Album of Indian writers: issued on the occasion of Frankfurt World Book Fair\|year=1986\|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNxjAAAAMAAJ&q=B.+S.+Ramiah~~&dq=B.+S.+Ramiah&hl=en&ei=lTgHTJfMApzkmgPAgMGjDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Lakshmi Holmström\|author-link=Lakshmi Holmström\|title=Short stories by Mouni\|year=1997\|publisher=Katha\|pages=29\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmBkAAAAMAAJ&q=B.+S.+Ramiah~~&dq=B.+S.+Ramiah&hl=en&ei=lTgHTJfMApzkmgPAgMGjDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Krishnan Venkatachalam \|title=பி. எஸ். ராமையா \|url=http://koodu.thamizhstudio.com/thodargal_8_6.php \|work=Koodu \|language=Tamil \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605011415/http://koodu.thamizhstudio.com/thodargal_8_6.php \|archivedate=5 June 2010 \|df=dmy }}</ref>		In 1982, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language\|Tamil]] for his literary history of the ''Manikodi'' movement – ''Manikodikalam'' (lit. The Manikodi Era).<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm \|date=24 January 2010 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref> He also wrote a number of original screenplays for Tamil films and a few of his works were also made into films.<ref>{{cite web\|title=B. S. Ramiah Filmography \|url=http://jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/B.S.Ramiah/5946 \|work=Jointscene }}{{dead link\|date=October 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=An Album of Indian writers: issued on the occasion of Frankfurt World Book Fair\|year=1986\|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNxjAAAAMAAJ&q=B.+S.+Ramiah}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Lakshmi Holmström\|author-link=Lakshmi Holmström\|title=Short stories by Mouni\|year=1997\|publisher=Katha\|pages=29\|isbn=9788185586618\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmBkAAAAMAAJ&q=B.+S.+Ramiah}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Krishnan Venkatachalam \|title=பி. எஸ். ராமையா \|url=http://koodu.thamizhstudio.com/thodargal_8_6.php \|work=Koodu \|language=Tamil \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605011415/http://koodu.thamizhstudio.com/thodargal_8_6.php \|archivedate=5 June 2010 \|df=dmy }}</ref>

	== Partial bibliography ==		== Partial bibliography ==

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'''Batlagundu Subramanian Ramiah''' ({{lang-ta|பி. எஸ். ராமையா}}; 24 March 1905 – 18 May 1983) was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer, journalist, and critic from [[Tamil Nadu]], India. He was also a script and dialogue writer in [[Tamil film]]s.

== Biography ==

B. S. Ramiah was born in [[Batlagundu]] in 1905. He came to [[Madras]] in 1921. He was involved in the [[Indian independence movement]] and was jailed for his participation in the [[Salt Satyagraha]]. His first short story ''Malarum Manamum'' (lit. The flower and the scent) was published in ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' in 1933 (it won third prize in the magazine's short story competition). He worked in the literary magazine ''Manikodi'' and was a writer in the literary movement of the same name. He was a contemporary of ''[[Manikkodi|Manikodi]]'' writers like [[C. S. Chellappa]], Va. Ramasamy, [[Pudumaipithan]] and [[K. P. Rajagopalan|Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan]]. During 1935–38 and later briefly in the 1950s he ran the magazine himself. He has written a number of short stories, novels and plays. According to [[C. S. Chellappa]] Ramiah wrote 304 short stories in total. Most of his plays were written for S. V. Sahasranamam's "Seva Stage" drama troupe. His works have been published in ''Ananda Vikatan'', ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'', ''[[Kumudam]]'', ''[[Dina Mani]]'', ''Gandhi'', ''Jeyakodi''.

In 1982, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his literary history of the ''Manikodi'' movement – ''Manikodikalam'' (lit. The Manikodi Era).<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |date=24 January 2010 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref> He also wrote a number of original screenplays for Tamil films and a few of his works were also made into films.<ref>{{cite web|title=B. S. Ramiah Filmography |url=http://jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/B.S.Ramiah/5946 |work=Jointscene }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=An Album of Indian writers: issued on the occasion of Frankfurt World Book Fair|year=1986|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNxjAAAAMAAJ&q=B.+S.+Ramiah&dq=B.+S.+Ramiah&hl=en&ei=lTgHTJfMApzkmgPAgMGjDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lakshmi Holmström|author-link=Lakshmi Holmström|title=Short stories by Mouni|year=1997|publisher=Katha|pages=29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmBkAAAAMAAJ&q=B.+S.+Ramiah&dq=B.+S.+Ramiah&hl=en&ei=lTgHTJfMApzkmgPAgMGjDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Krishnan Venkatachalam |title=பி. எஸ். ராமையா |url=http://koodu.thamizhstudio.com/thodargal_8_6.php |work=Koodu |language=Tamil |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605011415/http://koodu.thamizhstudio.com/thodargal_8_6.php |archivedate=5 June 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref>

== Partial bibliography ==

=== Non-fiction ===

* ''Manikodikalam'' (literary history)
* ''Cinema...?'' (1943)

=== Plays ===

* ''Therotti magan''
* ''Policekaaran maga1''
* ''President Panchatcharam'' (adaptation of [[Gogol]]'s ''[[The Government Inspector]]'')
* ''Malliyam Mangalam''
* ''Poovilangu''
* ''Panjali sabadham''
* ''Kalappali''

=== Novels ===

* ''Vithiyin vilayattu komala''
* ''Kailasa Iyerin kedumathi''
* ''Premaharaam''
* ''Nandha Vilakku''
* ''Thinai vidaithavan''
* ''Sandhaipettai''

== Filmography ==

* ''Boologa Rambai'' (1940)
* ''[[Madanakamarajan]]'' (1941)
* ''Baktha Naradhar'' (1942)
* ''Kubera Kusela'' (1943)
* ''Paranjothi'' (1945)
* ''Saalivahan'' (1945)
* ''Arthanaari'' (1946)
* ''Visithira Vanidha''(1947)
* ''Dhana Amaravathi'' (1947)
* ''Mahatma Udangkar'' (1947)
* ''[[Devadasi]]'' (1948)
* ''Rathan Kumar'' (1949)
* ''Maaya Rambai'' (1952)
* ''[[Amar (1954 film)|Amar]]'' (1954)
* ''[[President Panchatcharam]]'' (1959)
* ''Raja Magudam'' (1960)
*''[[Policekaran Magal]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Panathottam]]'' (1963)

== References ==
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== Further reading ==

* B. S. Ramaiyya by Palani Rahuladasan (Sahitya Akademi's ''India Ilakkiya Sirpigal'' Series)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120120145215/http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?SectionName=Tamil_Mani&artid=298194&SectionID=179&MainSectionID=179&SEO=&Title=%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%88_%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF.%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D.%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE மணிக்கொடியை உயர்த்திய பி.எஸ்.ராமையா]

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