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| pseudonym = Prabanjan
| birth_name = S. Vaidyalingam
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1945|04|27}}
| birth_place = [[Puducherry (city)|Puducherry]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|12|21|1945|04|27}}
| death_place = [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]]
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| occupation = writer and critic
| language = Tamil, French, English
| education = M.A. Tamil
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| notableworks = Vaanam Vasapadum
| spouse = Pramila Rani
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| children = Gawdaman,Gowrisankar, Sathish
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| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]
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'''Prapanchan''' ({{lang-ta|பிரபஞ்சன்}}), is the pseudonym of '''S. Vaidyalingam''' ({{lang-ta|சாரங்கபாணி வைத்தியலிங்கம்}}; 27 April 1945 – 21 December 2018)<ref name="TNM">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/noted-tamil-writer-and-sahitya-akademi-awardee-prapanchan-passes-away-73-93743 |title=Noted Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi awardee Prapanchan passes away at 73 |date=21 December 2018 |work=The News Minute |access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref> a [[Tamil language|Tamil]], writer and critic from [[Puducherry (city)|Puducherry]], [[India]].

==Biography==
Prapanchan was born in [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]] and did his schooling in [[Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School]], Puducherry. His birth name was Vaidyalingam. His father ran a [[toddy shop]]. He attended the Karandhai College and graduated as a Tamil [[Vidwan]]. He started his career as a Tamil teacher in [[Thanjavur]]. He also worked as a journalist in ''[[Kumudam]]'', ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' and'' [[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]]''. In 1961, he published his first short story ''Enna ulagamada'' in the magazine ''Bharani''. He was influenced by the [[Self-Respect Movement]]. He had published 46 books. In 1995, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his historical novel ''Vaanam Vasappadum'' (lit. The Sky will be ours) set in the times of [[Ananda Ranga Pillai]]. His works have been translated into Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, German, French, English and Swedish. His play ''Muttai'' is part of the curriculum in [[Delhi University]] and his short story collection ''Netrru Manidhargal'' is a textbook in many colleges. He was married to Pramila Rani and they have three sons. He was living in [[Chennai]] and Pondicherry. He was diagnosed with lung cancer (Squamous cell carcinoma), for which he underwent palliative chemotherapy from Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital under the department of pulmonary medicine and oncology. On 21 December 2018 he died of respiratory failure and tumor metastasis.<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=2010-01-24 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Tamil translation of Malayalam travelogue launched |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010459550500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105121429/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010459550500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=6 June 2010|location=Chennai, India|date=4 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prapanchan interview|url=http://www.tamiloviam.com/unicode/printpage.asp?fname=08120410&week=aug1204|work=Tamiloviam|accessdate=6 June 2010|language=Tamil}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Neelam|title=Our favourite Indian stories|year=2002|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7224-978-6|pages=xxii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAYdHI1NJSUC&q=bhasha+parishad+prize+prapanchan&pg=PR22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=S. Ramakrishnan|author-link=S. Ramakrishnan|title=பிரபஞ்சன் : எப்போதுமிருக்கும் நட்பு |url=http://www.uyirmmai.com/Uyirosai/ContentDetails.aspx?cid=139|work=Uyirmmai|accessdate=6 June 2010|language=Tamil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prapanchan profile|url=http://www.uyirmmai.com/publications/AuthorDetails.aspx?aid=176|work=Uyirmmai|accessdate=6 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prapanchan Profile|url=http://www.tamilvu.org/courses/degree/p101/p1012/html/p1012551.htm|work=Tamil Virtual University|accessdate=6 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prapanchan interview|url=http://www.nilacharal.com/tamil/interview/prabanjan_interview_320.asp|work=Nilacharal|accessdate=6 June 2010|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712171255/http://www.nilacharal.com/tamil/interview/prabanjan_interview_320.asp|archive-date=12 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Partial bibliography==

===Novels===
*''Vaanam vasappadum''
*''Mahanadhi''
* ''Manudam vellum''
*''Sandhya''
*''Kagidha Manidhargal''
*''Kaneeral Kappom''
*''Penmai velga''
*''Padhavi''
*''Erodu Thamizhar uyirodu''

===Novellas===
*''Aangalum Pengalum''

===Short story collections===
*''Nerru Manidhargal''
*''Vittu Viduthalayagi''
*''Iruttin Vaasal''
*''Oru ooril irandu manidhargal''
* '' Appavin veshti ''

===Plays===
*''Muttai''
*''Akalya''

==Awards and recognitions==
*[[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in Tamil, 1996 for ''Vaanam vasappadum''
*[[Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad]] Award
*Coimbatore Kasturi Rangammal Award for ''Mahanadhi''
*[http://www.viruba.com/ElaShortStoriesByAuthor.aspx?ID=3 Ilakkiya Chinthanai Award for ''Manudam vellum'']
*[[S. P. Adithanar|Adithanar]] award for ''Sandhya''
*Award for Non-Fiction from [[The Tamil Literary Garden]], Toronto

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|www.prapanchan.in}}

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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:2018 deaths]]
[[Category:Novelists from Puducherry]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil]]
[[Category:Tamil writers]]
[[Category:Indian Tamil people]]
[[Category:People from Pondicherry]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]

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