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{{Orphan|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Kavignar Meenavan
|image = Kavignar Meenavan.jpg
|caption =
|other_names = R.K. Narayanasamy
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|1|9}}
|birth_place = [[Tranquebar]], [[Nagapattinam District]] [[Tamil Nadu]]<br>[[India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|8|22|1933|1|9}}
|death_place = Nagapattinam
| occupation = Poet, Writer, Scholar
| nationality = Indian
| genre =
| movement =

| spouse = Chandra
| children = 4
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Kavignar Meenavan''' (கவிஞர் மீனவன், 9 January 1933 – 22 August 2012), born R.K. Narayanasamy, was a Tamil poet, writer and activist.
He was called Kavignar Meenavan by the people of [[Nagapattinam]]. He was a popular scholar and has written lot of poetry and research articles in Tamil language.<ref name="Meenavan">{{cite news|last=Meenavan |first=Kavignar |title=Meenavan |url=http://www.nakkheeran.in/Users/frmNews.aspx?PVN=82178 |newspaper=Nakkeeran |date=2012-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015145438/http://nakkheeran.in/Users/frmNews.aspx?PVN=82178 |archive-date=2012-10-15 }}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in Tranquebar to Kula Lakkuvan and Thailammai as a First child. Worked as a school teacher in different places, and retired as a Tamil teacher from National Higher Secondary School, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. His birth name is R.K. Narayanasamy and a known follower of Thanthai Periyar.<ref name="Meenavan"/>

==Literary works==
Kavignar Meenavan penned his works under different [[pseudonym]]s.

He wrote the following books:
# ''Konjum Kulanthai கொஞ்சும் குழந்தை (a poetry collection)''<ref name="konjum kuzhanthai">{{cite book|last=குழந்தை|first=கொஞ்சும்|title=கொஞ்சும் குழந்தை|year=1972|publisher=Vennila Publishers|location=Nagapattinam|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D.html?id=mhDQOwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y}}</ref>
# ''Uzhaikkum Parithi உழைக்கும் பரிதி (a poetry collection)''<ref>{{cite book|last=பரிதி|first=உழைக்கும்|title=உழைக்கும் பரிதி|year=1980|publisher=அம்பிகாபதி நிலையம்|location=Nagapattinam}}</ref>
# ''Mutthiraikkumari முத்திரைக்குமரி (a poetry collection)''<ref>{{cite book|author=முத்திரைக்குமரி|title=முத்திரைக்குமரி|year=1986|publisher=அம்பிகாபதி நிலையம்|location=Nagapattinam|url=http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detailprint.pl?biblionumber=375202}}</ref>
# ''Sinthanai Sirpi Singaravelar Pillai Thamizh'' சிந்தனைச்சிற்பி சிங்காரவேலர் பிள்ளைத்தமிழ்<ref>{{cite book|author=சிந்தனைச்சிற்பி|title=சிந்தனைச்சிற்பி சிங்காரவேலர் பிள்ளைத்தமிழ்|year=2002|publisher=சிவசக்தி பதிப்பகம்|location=Nagapattinam|url=http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=352549}}</ref>
# ''Pandaiya Thamizharum Parathavar Vaazhvum'' பண்டைய தமிழரும் பரதவர் வாழ்வும்<ref>{{cite book|last=பண்டைய தமிழரும் பரதவர் வாழ்வும்|title=பண்டைய தமிழரும் பரதவர் வாழ்வும்|year=2004|publisher=சிவசக்தி பதிப்பகம்|location=Nagapattinam|url=http://chennai.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detailprint.pl?biblionumber=1739253}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Awarded First prize for his Poetry Collection '''Konjum Kuzhanthai''' by Chief Minister Kalaignar [[Karunanidhi]] in the year 1975<ref>[[:ta:தமிழ் வளர்ச்சிக்கான சிறந்த நூல்களுக்கான பரிசு பெற்ற நூல்கள், 1971–1972]]</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:Tamil writers]]

Kavignar Meenavan - Revision history

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