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| pseudonym = Vannadasan, Kalyanji
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| birth_name = Siva Kalyana Sundaram
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| birth_date = 22 August 1946
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| birth_place = [[Tirunelveli]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| birth_place     = [[Tinnevelly]], [[Madras Province]],<br/>[[British India]]<br/>(now [[Tirunelveli]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])
| occupation = Poet, novelist, short story writer
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| awards = * [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2016)
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* [[Vishnupuram Literary Award]] (2016)
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'''Vannadasan''', aka '''Kalyanji''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from India. He was born as Siva Kalyana Sundaram in [[Tirunelveli]] in 1946, where he currently resides.. He is a son of [[Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran]], a renowned Tamil writer. He writes short stories and non fiction articles under the pseudonym of ''Vannadhasan'' and poems under ''Kalyanji''.<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4490|access-date=22 December 2016|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4490}}</ref> He won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil|for Tamil]] in 2016 for his short story collection ''Oru Siru Isai''.<ref name="Kolappan 2016">{{cite web | last=Kolappan | first=B | title=Vannadasan wins Sahitya Akademi award | website=The Hindu | date=2016-12-21 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/Vannadasan-wins-Sahitya-Akademi-award/article16918365.ece | access-date=2016-12-21}}</ref> He is also a recipient of [[Vishnupuram Literary Award]], which he also won in 2016.<br/>
'''Vannadasan''', aka '''Kalyanji''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from India. He was born as Siva Kalyana Sundaram in [[Tirunelveli]] in 1946, where he currently resides.. He is a son of [[Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran]], a renowned Tamil writer. He writes short stories and non fiction articles under the pseudonym of ''Vannadhasan'' and poems under ''Kalyanji''.<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4490|access-date=22 December 2016|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4490}}</ref> He won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil|for Tamil]] in 2016 for his short story collection ''Oru Siru Isai''.<ref name="Kolappan 2016">{{cite web | last=Kolappan | first=B | title=Vannadasan wins Sahitya Akademi award | website=The Hindu | date=2016-12-21 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/Vannadasan-wins-Sahitya-Akademi-award/article16918365.ece | access-date=2016-12-21}}</ref> He is also a recipient of [[Vishnupuram Literary Award]], which he also won in 2016.<br/>
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==Articles==
==Articles==
* Agam Puram in Anandha Viktan.
* Agam Puram in Anandha Viktan.
==See also==
* [[List of Indian writers]]


==References==
==References==
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Vannadasan
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BornSiva Kalyana Sundaram
(1946-08-22) 22 August 1946 (age 79)
Tinnevelly, Madras Province,
British India
(now Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India)
Pen nameVannadasan, Kalyanji
OccupationPoet, novelist, short story writer
LanguageTamil
NationalityIndian
Notable awards
RelativesThi. Ka. Sivasankaran (father)

Vannadasan, aka Kalyanji is a Tamil writer from India. He was born as Siva Kalyana Sundaram in Tirunelveli in 1946, where he currently resides.. He is a son of Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran, a renowned Tamil writer. He writes short stories and non fiction articles under the pseudonym of Vannadhasan and poems under Kalyanji.[1] He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 2016 for his short story collection Oru Siru Isai.[2] He is also a recipient of Vishnupuram Literary Award, which he also won in 2016.
He is a retired bank employee.[citation needed]

List of books[edit | edit source]

  • சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்புகள்: (Short stories)
  • kalaikka Mudiyaatha Oppanaigal - கலைக்க முடியாத ஒப்பனைகள்-1976
  • Thottathukku veliyilum sila pookkal - தோட்டத்துக்கு வெளியிலும் சில பூக்கள்-1978
  • Samaveli - சமவெளி-1983
  • Peyar Theriyamal oru paravai - பெயர் தெரியாமல் ஒரு பறவை-1985
  • Manusha Manusha - மனுஷா மனுஷா-1990
  • Kanivu - கனிவு-1992
  • Nadugai - நடுகை-1996
  • Uyara parathal - உயரப் பறத்தல்-1998
  • Krishnan Vaitha veedu - கிருஷ்ணன் வைத்த வீடு-2000
  • Oliyile Therivadhu - ஒளியிலே தெரிவது-2010
  • Oru Siru Isai - ஒரு சிறு இசை-2013
  • Naabi kamalam -நாபிக்கமலம் -2015

Some of his poems are translated by Jayanthasri Balakrishnan in English in her blog, though not published.[3]

Articles[edit | edit source]

  • Agam Puram in Anandha Viktan.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4490. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. Kolappan, B (21 December 2016). "Vannadasan wins Sahitya Akademi award". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. "jayanthasri translations". Retrieved 20 April 2017.