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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Melanmai Ponnusamy (மேலாண்மை பொன்னுசாமி)<br />
| image = File:Melanmai ponnuswamy.JPG<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year|1951}}<br />
| birth_place = Melanmarainadu, Virudhunagar district, Tamilnadu<br />
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2017|10|30|66|df=y}}<br />
| occupation = Writer<br />
}}<br />
'''Melanmai Ponnusamy''' ({{lang-ta|மேலாண்மை பொன்னுசாமி}}, 1951 – 30 October 2017) was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. He was born in [[Melanmarainadu]] village [மேலாண்மறை நாடு] in [[Virudhunagar District]]. He was a farmer by profession who also ran a grocery shop in his village. He was a [[Marxist]] by political orientation and a member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI-M). His first short story was published in 1972 in the literary journal ''Semmalar'' (lit. Red flower. CPI-M's literary publication). His works have since appeared in mainstream Tamil magazines like ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' and ''[[Kalki]]''. He credited [[Russian literature#Soviet era|Soviet literature]] as a major influence in his writing style and choice of subjects. His works are set in rural Tamil Nadu and deal with the lives of peasants. As of 2009, he has written 23 short story collections, six novellas, six novels and an essay collection. He was awarded the 2008 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] short story ''Minsarapoo'' (lit. the electric flower). He was also awarded the 2009 [[Makkal TV]] award for his contributions to [[Tamil Literature]]. He was a founder member and the general secretary of the Marxist writers' organisation - ''Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers Association'' (TNPWA). He was married to Ponnuthai and had three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/22/stories/2009012258020200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201162711/http://hindu.com/2009/01/22/stories/2009012258020200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2009|title= The novelist who captures the rural life in its pristine form |last=Karthikeyan|first=D|date=22 January 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/13/stories/2009011360230700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320014841/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/13/stories/2009011360230700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 March 2011|title= ‘Makkal’ award for Shanta, M.Annadurai, Ponnusamy |date=13 January 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/Award08.doc |title=2008 Sahitya Akademi Award list |work=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |accessdate=5 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117133544/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/Award08.doc |archivedate=17 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alaikal.com/news/?p=9876|title=மேலாண்மை பொன்னுசாமி்க்கு சாகித்திய அகாடமி விருது !|last=Thurai|date=24 December 2008|work=Alaikal|language=Tamil|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinamalar.com/General_detail.asp?news_id=9567|title=வெள்ளாடுகளை விற்று, முதல் சிறுகதையை வெளியிட்டேன்: மேலாண்மை பொன்னுசாமி|date=26 December 2008|work=[[Dinamalar]]|language=Tamil|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><br />
He died on 30 October 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-writer-melanmai-ponnusamy-no-more/article19951812.ece |title=Tamil writer Melanmai Ponnusamy no more |date=31 October 2017 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
[[Category:2017 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil writers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian essayists]]<br />
[[Category:People from Virudhunagar district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Tamil people]]<br />
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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