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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2013}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Ponneelan&#039;&#039;&#039;, born 1940 at Manikatti Pottal, [[Kanyakumari district]])&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/12/19/stories/2002121902600200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106005111/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/12/19/stories/2002121902600200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|title= A writer with vision and mission  |last=Saqaf|first=Syed Muthahar|date=19 December 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is the [[pen name]] of &#039;&#039;&#039;Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan&#039;&#039;&#039;, a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/24/stories/2010032459300200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330130425/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/24/stories/2010032459300200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2010|title= Buddha tried to develop social harmony, says Ponneelan  |date=24 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/05/stories/2005030500820300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411095901/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/05/stories/2005030500820300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 April 2005|title= Novel tips  |last=Balaganessin|first=M|date=5 March 2005|work=The Hindu|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/03/26/stories/2010032650470300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713081010/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/03/26/stories/2010032650470300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2010|title=  Beyond linguistic barriers  |last=Saqaf|first=Syed Muthahar|date=26 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is a [[Marxist]] and was influenced by Tamil Communist leader [[P. Jeevanandham]] in his younger days. He became a teacher and retired as the deputy director of school education for Tamil Nadu.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/23/stories/2005112304440200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902230900/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/23/stories/2005112304440200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2006|title= Teachers can trim character of youths |date=23 November 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He won the 1994 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] his novel &#039;&#039;Pudhiya Dharisanangal&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=sahitya&amp;gt;[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.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&amp;amp;story_id=60306071&amp;amp;format=print|title=பொன்னீலன் &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;– &lt;/ins&gt;சாகித்ய அகாடமி பரிசு|last=[[Sundara Ramasami]]|date=April 1994|work=Thinnai|language=Tamil|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is currently the state president of the Tamil literary organisation &#039;&#039;Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram&#039;&#039;. During &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2005–2008&lt;/ins&gt;, he was a member of the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (censor board).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https&lt;/ins&gt;://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;tamil&lt;/ins&gt;.oneindia.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com&lt;/ins&gt;/art-culture/essays/2008/0902-ponneelan-on-inter-religious-literature.html|title=பல்சமய எழுத்துக்கள் அவசியம்-பொன்னீலன்|date=2 September 2008|work=Thats Tamil|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;access-date&lt;/ins&gt;=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1015489.cms|title=18 new &#039;cuts&#039; in Censor Board |date=9 February 2005|work=[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The &lt;/ins&gt;Times of India]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also wrote the script for the 2008 film &#039;&#039;Ayyavazhi&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https&lt;/ins&gt;://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;filmibeat&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com/hollywood&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;news&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2015&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;watch&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ellen-spoof-george-clooneys-acceptance-speech&lt;/ins&gt;-170507.html|title=Sujibala without a blouse in Ayyavazhi|date=20 July 2007|work=Oneindia|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;access-date&lt;/ins&gt;=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Ponneelan&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;({{lang-ta|பொன்னீலன்}}&lt;/del&gt;, born 1940 at Manikatti Pottal, [[Kanyakumari district]])&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/12/19/stories/2002121902600200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106005111/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/12/19/stories/2002121902600200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|title= A writer with vision and mission  |last=Saqaf|first=Syed Muthahar|date=19 December 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is the [[pen name]] of &#039;&#039;&#039;Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan&#039;&#039;&#039;, a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/24/stories/2010032459300200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330130425/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/24/stories/2010032459300200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2010|title= Buddha tried to develop social harmony, says Ponneelan  |date=24 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/05/stories/2005030500820300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411095901/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/05/stories/2005030500820300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 April 2005|title= Novel tips  |last=Balaganessin|first=M|date=5 March 2005|work=The Hindu|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/03/26/stories/2010032650470300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713081010/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/03/26/stories/2010032650470300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2010|title=  Beyond linguistic barriers  |last=Saqaf|first=Syed Muthahar|date=26 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is a [[Marxist]] and was influenced by Tamil Communist leader [[P. Jeevanandham]] in his younger days. He became a teacher and retired as the deputy director of school education for Tamil Nadu.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/23/stories/2005112304440200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902230900/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/23/stories/2005112304440200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2006|title= &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;Teachers can trim character of youths&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;|date=23 November 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He won the 1994 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] his novel &#039;&#039;Pudhiya Dharisanangal&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=sahitya&amp;gt;[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.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&amp;amp;story_id=60306071&amp;amp;format=print|title=பொன்னீலன் &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/del&gt;சாகித்ய அகாடமி பரிசு|last=[[Sundara Ramasami]]|date=April 1994|work=Thinnai|language=Tamil|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is currently the state president of the Tamil literary organisation &#039;&#039;Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram&#039;&#039;. During &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2005-2008&lt;/del&gt;, he was a member of the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (censor board).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;http&lt;/del&gt;://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;thatstamil&lt;/del&gt;.oneindia.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/del&gt;/art-culture/essays/2008/0902-ponneelan-on-inter-religious-literature.html|title=பல்சமய எழுத்துக்கள் அவசியம்-பொன்னீலன்|date=2 September 2008|work=Thats Tamil|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;accessdate&lt;/del&gt;=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1015489.cms|title=18 new &#039;cuts&#039; in Censor Board |date=9 February 2005|work=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also wrote the script for the 2008 film &#039;&#039;Ayyavazhi&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;http&lt;/del&gt;://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;entertainment&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;oneindia&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;tamil&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;exclusive&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sujibala&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ayyavazhi&lt;/del&gt;-170507.html|title=Sujibala without a blouse in Ayyavazhi|date=20 July 2007|work=Oneindia|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;accessdate&lt;/del&gt;=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Bibliography==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Bibliography==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l25&quot;&gt;Line 25:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 22:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{refbegin|2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{refbegin|2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Novels&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Novels&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*&#039;&#039;Karisal&#039;&#039; (&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1978&lt;/del&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*&#039;&#039;Karisal&#039;&#039; (&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1976&lt;/ins&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pudhiya Dharisanangal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1992)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pudhiya Dharisanangal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1992)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kollaikarargal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kollaikarargal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;*&#039;&#039;Marupakkam&#039;&#039; (2010)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{refend}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{refend}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{refbegin|2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{refbegin|2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l66&quot;&gt;Line 66:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 64:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{reflist&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|2&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{reflist}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==External links==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==External links==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| name               = Ponneelan&lt;br /&gt;
| image              = எழுத்தாளர் பொன்னீலன்.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| caption            = Ponneelan in 2011&lt;br /&gt;
| native_name        = பொன்னீலன்&lt;br /&gt;
| native_name_lang   = ta&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name         = Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date         = {{birth year and age|1940}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place        = Manikatti Pottal, [[Kanyakumari District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation         = Writer, teacher&lt;br /&gt;
| organization       = Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram&lt;br /&gt;
| movement           = [[Marxism]]&lt;br /&gt;
| awards             = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1994)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ponneelan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{lang-ta|பொன்னீலன்}}, born 1940 at Manikatti Pottal, [[Kanyakumari district]])&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/12/19/stories/2002121902600200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106005111/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/12/19/stories/2002121902600200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|title= A writer with vision and mission  |last=Saqaf|first=Syed Muthahar|date=19 December 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is the [[pen name]] of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/24/stories/2010032459300200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330130425/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/24/stories/2010032459300200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2010|title= Buddha tried to develop social harmony, says Ponneelan  |date=24 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/05/stories/2005030500820300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411095901/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/05/stories/2005030500820300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 April 2005|title= Novel tips  |last=Balaganessin|first=M|date=5 March 2005|work=The Hindu|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/03/26/stories/2010032650470300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713081010/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/03/26/stories/2010032650470300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2010|title=  Beyond linguistic barriers  |last=Saqaf|first=Syed Muthahar|date=26 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is a [[Marxist]] and was influenced by Tamil Communist leader [[P. Jeevanandham]] in his younger days. He became a teacher and retired as the deputy director of school education for Tamil Nadu.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/23/stories/2005112304440200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902230900/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/23/stories/2005112304440200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2006|title= &amp;#039;Teachers can trim character of youths&amp;#039; |date=23 November 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He won the 1994 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] his novel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pudhiya Dharisanangal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=sahitya&amp;gt;[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.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&amp;amp;story_id=60306071&amp;amp;format=print|title=பொன்னீலன் - சாகித்ய அகாடமி பரிசு|last=[[Sundara Ramasami]]|date=April 1994|work=Thinnai|language=Tamil|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is currently the state president of the Tamil literary organisation &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. During 2005-2008, he was a member of the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (censor board).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/art-culture/essays/2008/0902-ponneelan-on-inter-religious-literature.html|title=பல்சமய எழுத்துக்கள் அவசியம்-பொன்னீலன்|date=2 September 2008|work=Thats Tamil|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1015489.cms|title=18 new &amp;#039;cuts&amp;#039; in Censor Board |date=9 February 2005|work=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also wrote the script for the 2008 film &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ayyavazhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/sujibala-ayyavazhi-170507.html|title=Sujibala without a blouse in Ayyavazhi|date=20 July 2007|work=Oneindia|accessdate=29 March 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Bibliography==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:பொன்னீலன் (Ponneelan).jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ponneelan at the World Tamil Classical Language Conference, 2010]]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Fiction===&lt;br /&gt;
{{refbegin|2}}&lt;br /&gt;
;Novels&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Karisal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1978)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pudhiya Dharisanangal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1992)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kollaikarargal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{refbegin|2}}&lt;br /&gt;
;Short story anthologies&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Atthaani Makkal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pottal Kadhaigal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thedal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Oorril malarndadhu&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pudhiya mottugal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Idam maari vantha vaergal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pullin kuzhanthaigal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Uravugal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Anbulla&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nithyamanadhu&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thirumanangal sorgathil nichayikka padukindrana&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Non-fiction===&lt;br /&gt;
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;Biographies&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jeeva enra manudan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thamilagathin aanmeega vazhikaatti&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ragunathanin ilakkiya thadam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Therkilirundhu&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vaikunthar kaattum vaazhkai neri&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{refbegin|2}}&lt;br /&gt;
;Essay anthologies&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Puvi engum santhi nilavuga&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tharkala thamil ilakkiyamum dravida sidhathangalum&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Murpokku ilakkiya iyakkangal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sudhanthira thamilagathil kalai ilakkiya iyakkangal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sathi madhangalai paraom&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thaimozhi kalvi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tamil nadu kalai ilakkiya perumandra varalaaru&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.tamilauthors.com/writers/india/Ponneelan.html Ponneelan page at Tamil Authors.com]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Tamil writers]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:20th-century Indian essayists]]&lt;br /&gt;
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