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'''Sa. Kandasamy ''' (23 July 1940<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA561&dq=Sa.+Kandasamy+b.+23.7.1940&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbw9Wk2fzqAhUnAGMBHequAfoQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=Sa.%20Kandasamy%20b.%2023.7.1940&f=false]</ref> – 31 July 2020)<ref name="TOI">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sa-kandasamy-tamil-writer-and-documentary-filmmaker-dies-in-chennai/articleshow/77277465.cms | title=Sa Kandasamy, Tamil writer and documentary filmmaker, dies | work=[[Times of India]] | date=31 July 2020 | accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref> was a [[novelist]] and documentary film-maker from [[Mayiladuthurai]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil for his novel, ''Vicharanai Commission'' in 1998.<ref name="TOI" /> | '''Sa. Kandasamy ''' (23 July 1940<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA561&dq=Sa.+Kandasamy+b.+23.7.1940&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbw9Wk2fzqAhUnAGMBHequAfoQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=Sa.%20Kandasamy%20b.%2023.7.1940&f=false]</ref> – 31 July 2020)<ref name="TOI">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sa-kandasamy-tamil-writer-and-documentary-filmmaker-dies-in-chennai/articleshow/77277465.cms | title=Sa Kandasamy, Tamil writer and documentary filmmaker, dies | work=[[Times of India]] | date=31 July 2020 | accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref> was a [[novelist]] and documentary film-maker from [[Mayiladuthurai]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil for his novel, ''Vicharanai Commission'' in 1998.<ref name="TOI" /> | ||
== Life == | == Life == | ||
Kandasamy was born on 23 July 1940 in [[Mayiladuthurai]],in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=TNM Staff|first=|date=31 July 2020|title=Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi winner Sa Kandasamy passes away at 80|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tamil-writer-and-sahitya-akademi-winner-sa-kandasamy-passes-away-80-129817|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-22|website=The News Minute}}</ref> After studying at the Singaram Pillai School, he worked at the Chennai Port Trust and the [[Food Corporation of India]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Panneerselvan|first=A. S.|title=Sa. Kandasamy: Profound yet simple|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/profound-yet-simple/article32253539.ece|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2020-07-31|title=Writer ‘Chayavanam’ Kandasamy is no more|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/writer-chayavanam-kandasamy-is-no-more/article32244228.ece|access-date=2020-08-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | Kandasamy was born on 23 July 1940 in [[Mayiladuthurai]], in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=TNM Staff|first=|date=31 July 2020|title=Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi winner Sa Kandasamy passes away at 80|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tamil-writer-and-sahitya-akademi-winner-sa-kandasamy-passes-away-80-129817|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-22|website=The News Minute}}</ref> After studying at the Singaram Pillai School, he worked at the Chennai Port Trust and the [[Food Corporation of India]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Panneerselvan|first=A. S.|title=Sa. Kandasamy: Profound yet simple|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/profound-yet-simple/article32253539.ece|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2020-07-31|title=Writer ‘Chayavanam’ Kandasamy is no more|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/writer-chayavanam-kandasamy-is-no-more/article32244228.ece|access-date=2020-08-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | ||
Kandasamy later moved to Chennai, and joined a writers' group that included writer [[S. Ramakrishnan]] and artist R.B. Baskaran. They briefly published a literary magazine, ''Ka Sa Da Tha Pa Ra.''<ref name=":1" /> | Kandasamy later moved to Chennai, and joined a writers' group that included writer [[S. Ramakrishnan]] and artist R.B. Baskaran. They briefly published a literary magazine, ''Ka Sa Da Tha Pa Ra.''<ref name=":1" /> | ||
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== Literary career == | == Literary career == | ||
Kandasamy's first novel was ''Saayavanam Puthinam,'' published in 1968. It was well-received and was later included by the National Book Trust as one of Indian literature's modern masterpieces.<ref name=":0" /> ''Saayavanam'' is one of the earliest examples of literature focusing on ecological concerns in India, and focuses on forest clearances and industrial development in Tamil Nadu.<ref name=":1" /> Kandasamy based on the novel on his own experiences in rural Tamil Nadu, and named the novel after a village that he had lived in with his family, as a child.<ref name=":1" /> | Kandasamy's first novel was ''Saayavanam Puthinam,'' published in 1968. It was well-received and was later included by the National Book Trust as one of Indian literature's modern masterpieces.<ref name=":0" /> ''Saayavanam'' is one of the earliest examples of literature focusing on ecological concerns in India, and focuses on forest clearances and industrial development in Tamil Nadu.<ref name=":1" /> Kandasamy based on the novel on his own experiences in rural Tamil Nadu, and named the novel after a village that he had lived in with his family, as a child.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
His novel, ''Vicharanai Commission,'' which dealt with custodial violence and the police, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 1998.<ref name=":2" /> | His novel, ''Vicharanai Commission,'' which dealt with custodial violence and the police, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 1998.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
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* (1998) [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] - for his novel, ''Vicharanai Commission''<ref name="TOI" /> | * (1998) [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] - for his novel, ''Vicharanai Commission''<ref name="TOI" /> | ||
* (1995) [[Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship]] - for contributions to literature<ref name="TOI" /> | * (1995) [[Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship]] - for contributions to literature<ref name="TOI" /> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*{{cite web |title=Tamil Literature Writers |url=http://www.seasonsindia.com/art_culture/lit_tamil_sea.htm#sa |website=SeasonsIndia |accessdate=9 August 2014}} | *{{cite web |title=Tamil Literature Writers |url=http://www.seasonsindia.com/art_culture/lit_tamil_sea.htm#sa |website=SeasonsIndia |accessdate=9 August 2014}} | ||
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