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{{Short description|Indian writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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{{ Infobox writer 
| name = Poomani
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth year|1947}}
| birth_place = [[Kovilpatti]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| occupation = [[Novelist]], [[short story]] writer
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| genre = Fiction
| pseudonym =
| subject = Literature
| notableworks = ''[[Piragu]]''<br>''[[Vekkai]]''<br>''[[Varappugal]]''<br>''Vaaikkal''
| awards = {{awd|Sahithya Academy Award|(2014)|[[Agnaadi]]}}
}}

'''Poomani''' (born 1947) is an Indian writer and novelist. He won the [[Sahitya Akademi award]] in 2014 in the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil|Tamil language]] category for his novel [[Agnaadi]].

==Life and works==

Poomani was born in 1947 into a family of marginal farmers in Andipatti, a village near [[Kovilpatti]].<ref name=raman>{{cite web |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/books/clashing-night?page=0,0 |title=Clashing By Night |work=[[The Caravan]] |author=N Kalyan Raman |date=1 February 2012 |accessdate=16 December 2012}}</ref>

In his youth, Poomani was enchanted by the stories he heard around him growing up, as told by his mother and in his community.<ref name=raman/> As a young man, the works of [[Ki. Rajanarayanan]], a senior writer from Kovilpatti, inspired Poomani to take up writing.<ref name=raman/> According to Poomani, KiRa combined in his writing "the scent of the soil with the natural flow of life's energies to enable the writing to develop its own traits, instead of borrowing from other models".<ref name=raman/> He was also influenced by [[P. Kesavadev]]'s Malayalam novel, ''Ayalkar'', published in English as ''The Neighbours'' (1979).<ref name=raman/> Poomani found in Ayalkar a worthy model: "It is a strong story, told with an aesthetic narrative style and keen imagination. The imagination adds lustre to the nature of the story, instead of dominating it. Changes and values arise anew on their own. The narration brings many things alive for the reader, carries him to the terrain of the story and stands him there. It makes him walk alongside, cry and laugh. When everything is wrapped up at the end, it makes him think."<ref name=raman/>

Poomani's historical novel ''[[Agnaadi]]'' (January 2012) has been called "a landmark work".<ref name=raman/> It covers a period of more than 170 years from the beginning of the 19th century, revolving mainly around the lives and fortunes of several families dispersed over villages in the region: Kalingal, Kazhugumalai, Chatrapatti, Veppankadu, Chinnaiahpuram and Sivakasi.<ref name=raman/> The families are from a range of castes (Devendrakula Velalars, Vannaars, Panaiyeri Nadars, Naickers and Thevars) and occupations (farmers, washermen, toddy-tappers, landed squires and warriors).<ref name=raman/> Poomani received a 28-month study and research grant from Indian Foundation of the Arts in Bengaluru to study the history of the novel.<ref name=raman/> The novel won the inaugural [[Gitanjali Literary Prize]].<ref name=thehindu/>

Poomani's ''Vekaai'' was also translated from Tamil to English by N. Kalyan Raman and published as ''Heat'' (2019) by [[Juggernaut Books]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Poomani's debut novel and one of the pioneering subaltern novels of Tamil Nadu "Piragu" has been translated into English by T. Marx and published as "And Then" by Emerald Publishers (December 2019)
Poomani directed the award-winning movie ''[[Karuvelam Pookkal (film)|Karuvelam Pookkal]]'' (1996) for [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]].<ref name=dina/><ref>{{cite web|title=Film Review: Karuvelam Pookal|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/09/29/stories/09290224.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041109075308/http://www.hindu.com/2000/09/29/stories/09290224.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2000-09-29|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Absorbing asides|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/04/12/stories/2002041201220400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030908023310/http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/04/12/stories/2002041201220400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 September 2003|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2002-04-12|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref>

==Awards==
*1996 [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]] for the film ''[[Karuvelam Pookkal]]'' (dir. Poomani)<ref name=dina>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/1996awards.htm |title=Tamil Nadu Government Cinema Awards |publisher=[[Dinakaran]] |accessdate=2009-08-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990203152338/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/1996awards.htm |archivedate=3 February 1999 }}</ref>
*2011 [[Vishnupuram Award]] for his contribution to literature<ref>{{cite web|title=Caste discrimination continues in Tamil Nadu|url=http://truthdive.com/2011/12/11/caste-discrimination-continues-in-tamil-nadu.html|publisher=TruthDive|accessdate=16 November 2012 |first=Ayyappa |last=Prasad |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110145506/http://truthdive.com/2011/12/11/caste-discrimination-continues-in-tamil-nadu.html |archivedate=2012-01-10|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
*2012 [[Gitanjali Literary Prize]] for ''Agnaadi''<ref name=thehindu>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/winners-of-gitanjali-literary-awards-announced/article4155921.ece?css=print |title=Winners of Gitanjali Literary Awards announced |work=[[The Hindu]] |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=2 December 2012 |accessdate=16 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article1363338.ece |title=Gitanjali Literary Prize to Tamil, French writers |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=2 December 2012 |accessdate=16 December 2012}}</ref>
*2014 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Agnaadi''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/adil-jussawalla-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-2014-114121900830_1.html | title=Adil Jussawalla wins Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 | work=Business Standard | date=19 December 2014 | accessdate=19 December 2014}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
'''Novels'''
* ''[[Agnaadi]]''
* ''Piragu''
* ''Vekkai''
* ''Varappugal''
* ''Vaaikkal''
* ''Neivethiyam''
* ''Kommai''

'''Short story collections'''
* ''Vayirugal''
* ''Reethi''
* ''Norungalkal''

'''Film'''
* ''[[Karuvelam Pookkal (film)|Karuvelam Pookkal]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://azhiyasudargal.blogspot.in/2011/12/blog-post_06.html Blog coverage]
* [http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/adil-jussawalla-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-2014-114121900830_1.html]

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