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'''Puviarasu''' or '''Puviyarasu''' ({{lang-ta|புவியரசு}}, born. 1930), is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poet and translator from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Puviyarasu was born in a village near [[Udumalpet]]. His birth name was S. Jagannathan. Puviyarasu is the Tamil translation of the Sanskritic "Jagannathan". His family moved to and settled in [[Coimbatore]]. He obtained his intermediate degree from Government Arts College, Coimbatore and his Tamil [[Vidwan]] degree from [[Perur]] Tamil College. He worked as a Tamil teacher for more than thirty years. He first started publishing in 1952. He is a [[Marxist]] by political orientation and is an opponent of [[Dravidian parties]]. He was imprisoned for his participation in agitations for making Tamil the administrative language of Tamil Nadu and the [[Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act|border agitations]]. He was one of the founders of the short-lived Vanambadi literary movement. In his literary career he has published more than 80 books. He has also translated the works of [[Shakespeare]], [[Khalil Gibran]], [[Omar Khayyam]], [[Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)|Osho]], [[Dostoevsky]] and [[Rabindranath Tagore]] into Tamil.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Nov 28|first1=TNN / Updated|last2=2011|last3=Ist|first3=01:17|title=Memories of Tagore in city {{!}} Coimbatore News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/memories-of-tagore-in-city/articleshow/10897898.cms|access-date=2021-06-01|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Some of his poems have been translated into English, Russian, Hungarian, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Sinhalese. In 2007 he won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for translation for his poem ''Puratchikaaran'' - translation of [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]]'s ''The Revolutionary''. In 2010, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his poetry collection ''Kaioppam'' (lit. The Signature). The charitable trust ''Puviyarasu Tamil Valarchi Mayyam'' (started for training Tamil teachers properly) has been named after him. He currently lives in Coimbatore.<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= Sahitya Akademi award for Puviarasu |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/24/stories/2009122460580700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227234146/http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/24/stories/2009122460580700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2009|access-date=13 June 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= 'Younger generation has social consciousness but no pace' |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/11/stories/2010011154380500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115164853/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/11/stories/2010011154380500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2010|access-date=13 June 2010|newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |date=11 January 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Partial bibliography==<br />
===Poetry===<br />
*''Kaioppam''<br />
*''Ettu thisai kaatru''<br />
*''Kavithaikenna Kelvi''<br />
*''Meendum zen kavithaikal''<br />
* ''Idu dhan''<br />
* ''Vaasippu''<br />
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===Translations===<br />
*''The Book of Mirdad'' by [[Mikha'il Na'ima]]<br />
*''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky<br />
*''[[Hamlet]]''<br />
*''[[Othello]]''<br />
*''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''<br />
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===Drama===<br />
*''Manidhan''<br />
*''Moondram pirai''<br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
*Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation (2007)<br />
*[[Kalaignar Porkizhi Award]] (2008)<br />
*Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil (2009)<br />
*Sahitya Puraskar Award from Kerala Cultural Centre<br />
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==Books== <br />
His books are available as ebooks at [http://www.pustaka.co.in/home/author/tamil/puviyarasu Pustaka].<br />
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