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| name              = Ponneelan
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| caption            = Ponneelan in 2011
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| native_name        = பொன்னீலன்
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| birth_name        = Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan
| birth_name        = Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan
| birth_date        = {{birth year and age|1940}}
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'''Ponneelan''', born 1940 at Manikatti Pottal, [[Kanyakumari district]])<ref>{{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}}</ref> is the [[pen name]] of '''Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan''', a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He won the 1994 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] his novel ''Pudhiya Dharisanangal''.<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=24 January 2010 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60306071&format=print|title=பொன்னீலன் – சாகித்ய அகாடமி பரிசு|last=[[Sundara Ramasami]]|date=April 1994|work=Thinnai|language=Tamil|accessdate=29 March 2010}}</ref> He is currently the state president of the Tamil literary organisation ''Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram''. During 2005–2008, he was a member of the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (censor board).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/art-culture/essays/2008/0902-ponneelan-on-inter-religious-literature.html|title=பல்சமய எழுத்துக்கள் அவசியம்-பொன்னீலன்|date=2 September 2008|work=Thats Tamil|access-date=29 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1015489.cms|title=18 new 'cuts' in Censor Board |date=9 February 2005|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}</ref> He also wrote the script for the 2008 film ''Ayyavazhi''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/hollywood/news/2015/watch-ellen-spoof-george-clooneys-acceptance-speech-170507.html|title=Sujibala without a blouse in Ayyavazhi|date=20 July 2007|work=Oneindia|access-date=29 March 2010}}</ref>
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'''Ponneelan''' ({{lang-ta|பொன்னீலன்}}, born 1940 at Manikatti Pottal, [[Kanyakumari district]])<ref>{{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}}</ref> is the [[pen name]] of '''Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan''', a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He won the 1994 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] his novel ''Pudhiya Dharisanangal''.<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=24 January 2010 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60306071&format=print|title=பொன்னீலன் - சாகித்ய அகாடமி பரிசு|last=[[Sundara Ramasami]]|date=April 1994|work=Thinnai|language=Tamil|accessdate=29 March 2010}}</ref> He is currently the state president of the Tamil literary organisation ''Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram''. During 2005-2008, he was a member of the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (censor board).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1015489.cms|title=18 new 'cuts' in Censor Board |date=9 February 2005|work=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=29 March 2010}}</ref> He also wrote the script for the 2008 film ''Ayyavazhi''.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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;Novels
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*''Karisal'' (1978)
*''Karisal'' (1976)
*''Pudhiya Dharisanangal'' (1992)
*''Pudhiya Dharisanangal'' (1992)
*''Kollaikarargal''
*''Kollaikarargal''
*''Marupakkam'' (2010)
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 02:50, 5 February 2026

Ponneelan
Ponneelan in 2011
Born
Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan

1940 (age 85–86)
Manikatti Pottal, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationWriter, teacher
OrganizationTamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram
MovementMarxism
AwardsSahitya Akademi Award (1994)

Ponneelan, born 1940 at Manikatti Pottal, Kanyakumari district)[1] is the pen name of Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan, a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.[2][3][4] 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.[5] He won the 1994 Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil his novel Pudhiya Dharisanangal.[6][7] He is currently the state president of the Tamil literary organisation Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram. During 2005–2008, he was a member of the Central Board of Film Certification (censor board).[8][9] He also wrote the script for the 2008 film Ayyavazhi.[10]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Ponneelan at the World Tamil Classical Language Conference, 2010

Fiction[edit | edit source]

Novels
  • Karisal (1976)
  • Pudhiya Dharisanangal (1992)
  • Kollaikarargal
  • Marupakkam (2010)
Short story anthologies
  • Atthaani Makkal
  • Pottal Kadhaigal
  • Thedal
  • Oorril malarndadhu
  • Pudhiya mottugal
  • Idam maari vantha vaergal
  • Pullin kuzhanthaigal
  • Uravugal
  • Anbulla
  • Nithyamanadhu
  • Thirumanangal sorgathil nichayikka padukindrana

Non-fiction[edit | edit source]

Biographies
  • Jeeva enra manudan
  • Thamilagathin aanmeega vazhikaatti
  • Ragunathanin ilakkiya thadam
  • Therkilirundhu
  • Vaikunthar kaattum vaazhkai neri
Essay anthologies
  • Puvi engum santhi nilavuga
  • Tharkala thamil ilakkiyamum dravida sidhathangalum
  • Murpokku ilakkiya iyakkangal
  • Sudhanthira thamilagathil kalai ilakkiya iyakkangal
  • Sathi madhangalai paraom
  • Thaimozhi kalvi
  • Tamil nadu kalai ilakkiya perumandra varalaaru

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Saqaf, Syed Muthahar (19 December 2002). "A writer with vision and mission". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Buddha tried to develop social harmony, says Ponneelan". The Hindu. 24 March 2010. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Balaganessin, M (5 March 2005). "Novel tips". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 April 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Saqaf, Syed Muthahar (26 March 2010). "Beyond linguistic barriers". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Teachers can trim character of youths". The Hindu. 23 November 2005. Archived from the original on 2 September 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  6. ↑ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 24 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.
  7. ↑ Sundara Ramasami (April 1994). "பொன்னீலன் – சாகித்ய அகாடமி பரிசு". Thinnai (in Tamil). Retrieved 29 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ↑ "பல்சமய எழுத்துக்கள் அவசியம்-பொன்னீலன்". Thats Tamil. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "18 new 'cuts' in Censor Board". The Times of India. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "Sujibala without a blouse in Ayyavazhi". Oneindia. 20 July 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2010.

External links[edit | edit source]

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