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{{Infobox person
| name = Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran
| image = T.K.SivasankaranPic.jpg
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| birth_name = Tirunelveli Ganapathy Sivasankaran
| birth_date = 30 March 1925
| birth_place = Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|3|25|1925|3|30}}
| death_place = [[Tirunelveli]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
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| occupation = Writer
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[[File:SAV 5314.jpg|thumb|right|Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran]]
'''Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran''' or '''T. G. Sivasankaran''' ({{lang-ta|தி. க. சிவசங்கரன்}}, 30 March 1925 – 25 March 2014),<ref>{{cite news|title=His pen cut a huge swathe|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/his-pen-cut-a-huge-swathe/article5839141.ece|accessdate=25 April 2014|newspaper=thehindu.com|date=27 March 2014}}</ref> was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer and critic from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. He is popularly known by his Tamil initials as '''Thi. Ka. Si'''.

Sivasankaran was born in [[Tirunelveli]]. His works were first published in the literary journal ''Grama oozhiyan'' in 1947.<ref>{{cite book|last=G. John Samuel|title=Studies in Tamil poetry|year=1978|publisher=Mani Pathippakam|pages=133|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPcJAQAAIAAJ&q=TK+sivasankaran&dq=TK+sivasankaran&hl=en&ei=OF1STJOhB8-frAfi6pjeAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBw}}</ref> He was a [[Marxist]] by political orientation and a member of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI). He was influential in the party's literary journal ''Thamarai''. He was a friend and contemporary of socialist writers like [[Vallikannan]] and [[T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan]]. During his years in ''Thamarai'', he was instrumental in discovering and encouraging new writers like [[Prapanchan]], [[Daniel Selvaraj|D. Selvaraj]], Poomani, Vannadhasan, Tamil Nadan and Jayanthan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rajaram|first=Gopal|title=சாகித்ய அகதமி பரிசு பெறும் தி க சிவசங்கரன்|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=20101081&edition_id=20010108&format=html|work=Thinnai|accessdate=30 July 2010}}</ref> In 2000, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his literary criticism ''Vimarsanangal Mathippuraikal Pettikal'' (lit. Criticisms, Reviews and Interviews).<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=பள்ளிகளில் தமிழ் பயிற்று மொழி எழுத்தாளர் தி.க.சி., வேண்டுகாள்|url=http://www.dinamalar.com/General_detail.asp?news_id=23135|accessdate=30 July 2010|newspaper=[[Dinamalar]]|date=22 March 2010}}</ref> In 2008, a documentary film on him was released by the ''Chennai Tamil Koodam''.<ref>{{cite web|title=தி.க.சி. 21--_இ, சுடலைமாடன் தெரு, திருநெல்வேலி டவுன்.|url=http://www.vadakkuvaasal.com/article.php?id=121&issue=49&category=0|work=Vadakku Vasal|accessdate=30 July 2010}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> In 2010, the formation of a charitable trust in his name at the Thanjavur [[Tamil University]] was announced.<ref>{{cite news|title=அனைத்துவழி கல்வி முறையிலும் தமிழை பயிற்றுமொழியாக்க வேண்டும்: தி.க.சி.|url=http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?SectionName=Tamilnadu&artid=215281&SectionID=129&MainSectionID=129&SEO=&Title=%u0b85%u0ba9%u0bc8%u0ba4%u0bcd%u0ba4%u0bc1%u0bb5%u0bb4%u0bbf+%u0b95%u0bb2%u0bcd%u0bb5%u0bbf+%u0bae%u0bc1%u0bb1%u0bc8%u0baf%u0bbf%u0bb2%u0bc1%u0bae%u0bcd+%u0ba4%u0bae%u0bbf%u0bb4%u0bc8+%u0baa%u0baf%u0bbf%u0bb1%u0bcd%u0bb1%u0bc1%u0bae%u0bca%u0bb4%u0bbf%u0baf%u0bbe%u0b95%u0bcd%u0b95+%u0bb5%u0bc7%u0ba3%u0bcd%u0b9f%u0bc1%u0bae%u0bcd%3a+%u0ba4%u0bbf.%u0b95.%u0b9a%u0bbf.|accessdate=30 July 2010|newspaper=Dinamani|date=22 March 2010|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002013022/http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?SectionName=Tamilnadu&artid=215281&SectionID=129&MainSectionID=129&SEO=&Title=%u0b85%u0ba9%u0bc8%u0ba4%u0bcd%u0ba4%u0bc1%u0bb5%u0bb4%u0bbf+%u0b95%u0bb2%u0bcd%u0bb5%u0bbf+%u0bae%u0bc1%u0bb1%u0bc8%u0baf%u0bbf%u0bb2%u0bc1%u0bae%u0bcd+%u0ba4%u0bae%u0bbf%u0bb4%u0bc8+%u0baa%u0baf%u0bbf%u0bb1%u0bcd%u0bb1%u0bc1%u0bae%u0bca%u0bb4%u0bbf%u0baf%u0bbe%u0b95%u0bcd%u0b95+%u0bb5%u0bc7%u0ba3%u0bcd%u0b9f%u0bc1%u0bae%u0bcd:+%u0ba4%u0bbf.%u0b95.%u0b9a%u0bbf.#|archive-date=2 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran profile|url=http://www.tamilauthors.com/writers/india/T.K.Sivasankaran.html|work=Tamil Authors|accessdate=30 July 2010}}</ref> He is the father of Tamil writer [[Vannadhasan]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Datta|first=Amaresh|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay-Zorgot|year=1992|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|pages=4490|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=-VxSTMqiIoaXrAfU64XeAQ&ct=result&id=g-wbAAAAIAAJ&dq=thi+ka+sivasankaran&q=sivasankaran#search_anchor}}</ref>

==Awards and recognitions==
*Sahitya Akademi Award (2000)
*[[Government of Tamil Nadu]] literary award (2002)
*Bharathi Ilakkiya award
*Lilly Deivasigamani Literary Trust award
*Tamil Sanror peravai award

==Partial bibliography==
*''Thi. Ka. Si. Katturaigal''
*''Vimarsanangal Mathippuraikal Pettikal''
*''Vimarana Tamil''

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

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