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{{Use dmy dates|date= | {{Short description|Indian Tamil poet and writer (1933–2025)}} | ||
'''"Erode" Tamilanban''' | {{Indian patronymic|Jegadeesan or by his [[pen name]] "Erode" Tamilanban (or "Erode" Tamizhanban)|Natarajan}} | ||
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{{Infobox writer | |||
| website = {{URL|https://erodetamilanban.com/}} | |||
| image = Erode Tamilanban (cropped).jpg | |||
| caption = Tamilanban in 2017 | |||
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|9|28}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Chennimalai]],<br/>composite<br/>[[Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)|Coimbatore District]],<br/>[[Madras Presidency]],<br/>[[British Raj|British India]]<br/>(now in [[Erode district]],<br/>[[Tamil Nadu]], India) | |||
| honorific_prefix = [[Kalaimamani]] | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|11|22|1933|9|28|df=yes}} | |||
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India | |||
| notable_works = ''Vanakkam Valluva!'' (2000) | |||
| awards = * [[Kalaimamani Award]] (1999) | |||
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2004) | |||
| relatives = * Valliammal (mother) | |||
* S. R. Natarajan (father) | |||
| birth_name = Jegadeesan | |||
}} | |||
'''Natarajan Jegadeesan''', known by his pen name "'''Erode'''" '''Tamilanban''' (also spelled as '''Erode Tamizhanban'''; 28 September 1933 – 22 November 2025), was a poet and writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], India. | |||
==Life and career== | |||
Tamilanban was born in [[Chennimalai]]. a town in present-day [[Erode district]], [[Tamil Nadu]] on 28 September 1933.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=22 November 2025 |title=Poet and newsreader Erode Tamilanban is no more |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/poet-and-newsreader-erode-tamilanban-is-no-more/article70310956.ece |access-date=22 November 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 November 2023 |title=பெரியாரை அடியொற்றும் பெருங்கவிஞர் ஈரோடு தமிழன்பன் இன்று அகவை 90 – 28.9.1933 – பேராசிரியர் ய. மணிகண்டன் தலைவர், தமிழ்மொழித் துறை,சென்னைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம் |url=https://viduthalai.in/4637/90-2891933/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251122115653/https://viduthalai.in/4637/90-2891933/ |archive-date=22 November 2025 |access-date=22 November 2025 |work=[[Viduthalai (newspaper)|Viduthalai]] |language=ta}}</ref> | |||
In 2004, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his poetry collection ''Vanakkam Valluva '' (lit. Greetings, [[Thiruvalluvar|Valluvar]]). He also worked as a newsreader for [[Doordarshan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=தூரங்கள் என்பன... தமிழன்பன் சிறப்புப் பேட்டி|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/art-culture/essays/2006/tamilanban.html|access-date=27 July 2010|newspaper=Oneindia|year=2006|language=Tamil|archive-date=24 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724024037/http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/art-culture/essays/2006/tamilanban.html|url-status=live}}</ref><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#tamil |date=24 January 2010}} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref> He was a board member of the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nadaga Mandram.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:jR1cKVhsxM0J:www.tn.gov.in/rti/proactive/inftour/handbook_IyalIsaiNatakaManram.pdf+erode+tamilanban&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgbjuH-7o7HUG4Ammdjl1DaqOgDlevwlMm3s6cb-Y-irLtmxDPLxHuL3pSow9dGHY6Oa2yPnha4V3CzwxX2xeojUDL-6tnBIKfgm3KzMGUp4iB5Akmpsh9YIectRaxu2beBEw4c&sig=AHIEtbTI6PgQNSQ_zUKkIbi5518AjsvWiw|work=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|accessdate=27 July 2010}}</ref> He died on 22 November 2025, at the age of 92.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
==Awards and recognitions== | ==Awards and recognitions== | ||
* [[S. P. Adithanar Senior Tamil Scholar Award]] (2017)<ref>{{cite news |title=‘Move beyond politics, make media content people-centric’ |url= | * [[S. P. Adithanar Senior Tamil Scholar Award]] (2017)<ref>{{cite news |title=‘Move beyond politics, make media content people-centric’ |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/nov/07/move-beyond-politics-make-media-content-people-centric-1694109.html |access-date=21 January 2019 |agency=New Indian Express}}</ref> | ||
*[[Kalaimamani]] award by [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] | * [[Kalaimamani]] award by [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] | ||
*Sahitya Akademi award (2004) | * Sahitya Akademi award (2004) | ||
*Kokkarako award (1969) | * Kokkarako award (1969) | ||
==Selected works== | ==Selected works== | ||
#''Silirppugal'' – | #''Silirppugal'' – Paari Nilayam (1970) | ||
#''Andha nandanai eritha neruppin micham'' | #''Andha nandanai eritha neruppin micham'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (1982) | ||
#''Thirumbi vandha thervalam'' | #''Thirumbi vandha thervalam'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (1985) | ||
#''Kannukku veliyae sila kanaakkal'' | #''Kannukku veliyae sila kanaakkal'' – Narmada padippakam (1990) | ||
#''En veetukku ethirae oru erukkan chedi'' | #''En veetukku ethirae oru erukkan chedi'' – Pablo bharathi padippakam (1995) | ||
#''Nadai marandha nadhiyum thisai mariya odayum'' | #''Nadai marandha nadhiyum thisai mariya odayum'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (1998) | ||
#''Anaikkava endra America'' — Poompuhar padhippakam (1999) | #''Anaikkava endra America'' — Poompuhar padhippakam (1999) | ||
#''Un veetukku naan vandhirundhen'' – | #''Un veetukku naan vandhirundhen'' – Pablo bharathi padippakam (1999) | ||
#''Bharathidasanodu pathandugal'' – vizhigal padippakam (2000) | #''Bharathidasanodu pathandugal'' – vizhigal padippakam (2000) | ||
#''Vanakkam | #''Vanakkam Valluva!'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (2000) | ||
#''Sennimalai cleopatrakkal'' – Pablo bharathi padippakam (2002) | #''Sennimalai cleopatrakkal'' – Pablo bharathi padippakam (2002) | ||
#''Vaarthaikal ketta varam'' – vizhigal padippakam (2002) | #''Vaarthaikal ketta varam'' – vizhigal padippakam (2002) | ||
#''Madhippedugal'' — | #''Madhippedugal'' — Marudha (2002) | ||
#''Ivargalodum ivarrodum'' – vizhigal padippakam (2003) | #''Ivargalodum ivarrodum'' – vizhigal padippakam (2003) | ||
#''Kanakaanum vinaakkal'' – vizhigal padippakam (2004) | #''Kanakaanum vinaakkal'' – vizhigal padippakam (2004) | ||
#''Minnal urangum podhu'' – Sri Durga padippakam (2004) | #''Minnal urangum podhu'' – Sri Durga padippakam (2004) | ||
#''Kadhavai thattiya pazhaya kadhali'' | #''Kadhavai thattiya pazhaya kadhali'' – vizhigal padippakam (2005) | ||
#''Vidiyal vizhudugal'' | #''Vidiyal vizhudugal'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (2005) | ||
#''Kavin kuru nooru'' – | #''Kavin kuru nooru'' – Pablo bharathi padippakam (2005) | ||
#''Pablo Neruda paarvaiyil India'' | #''Pablo Neruda paarvaiyil India'' – Pablo Neruda Spanish Latin America Research Institute (2007) | ||
#''Idugurip peyarallai Islam'' | #''Idugurip peyarallai Islam'' – Rahmat arakattalai (2008) | ||
#''Olaichuvadiyum kurunthagadum'' | #''Olaichuvadiyum kurunthagadum'' – Vidivelli veliyeedu (2008) | ||
#''Solla vandadhu'' | #''Solla vandadhu'' – Muthamizh padippagam (2008) | ||
#''Poems of questions'' | #''Poems of questions'' – Translation by Gregory James. Arimaa Nokku (2018) | ||
#''Glow-worm woods'' | #''Glow-worm woods'' – Translation by Gregory James. Arimaa Nokku (2019) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}} | {{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}} | ||
{{authority control}} | {{authority control}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamilanban}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamilanban}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1933 births]] | ||
[[Category:2025 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:Indian male poets]] | [[Category:Indian male poets]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil]] | ||
[[Category:Tamil writers]] | [[Category:Indian Tamil writers]] | ||
[[Category:Poets from Tamil Nadu]] | [[Category:Poets from Tamil Nadu]] | ||
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.jpg) Tamilanban in 2017 | |
| Born | Jegadeesan 28 September 1933 Chennimalai, composite Coimbatore District, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Died | 22 November 2025 (aged 92) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Notable works | Vanakkam Valluva! (2000) |
| Notable awards |
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| Relatives |
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| Website | |
| erodetamilanban | |
Natarajan Jegadeesan, known by his pen name "Erode" Tamilanban (also spelled as Erode Tamizhanban; 28 September 1933 – 22 November 2025), was a poet and writer from Tamil Nadu, India.
Life and career[edit | edit source]
Tamilanban was born in Chennimalai. a town in present-day Erode district, Tamil Nadu on 28 September 1933.[1][2]
In 2004, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his poetry collection Vanakkam Valluva (lit. Greetings, Valluvar). He also worked as a newsreader for Doordarshan.[3][4] He was a board member of the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nadaga Mandram.[5] He died on 22 November 2025, at the age of 92.[1]
Awards and recognitions[edit | edit source]
- S. P. Adithanar Senior Tamil Scholar Award (2017)[6]
- Kalaimamani award by Government of Tamil Nadu
- Sahitya Akademi award (2004)
- Kokkarako award (1969)
Selected works[edit | edit source]
- Silirppugal – Paari Nilayam (1970)
- Andha nandanai eritha neruppin micham – Poompuhar padhippakam (1982)
- Thirumbi vandha thervalam – Poompuhar padhippakam (1985)
- Kannukku veliyae sila kanaakkal – Narmada padippakam (1990)
- En veetukku ethirae oru erukkan chedi – Pablo bharathi padippakam (1995)
- Nadai marandha nadhiyum thisai mariya odayum – Poompuhar padhippakam (1998)
- Anaikkava endra America — Poompuhar padhippakam (1999)
- Un veetukku naan vandhirundhen – Pablo bharathi padippakam (1999)
- Bharathidasanodu pathandugal – vizhigal padippakam (2000)
- Vanakkam Valluva! – Poompuhar padhippakam (2000)
- Sennimalai cleopatrakkal – Pablo bharathi padippakam (2002)
- Vaarthaikal ketta varam – vizhigal padippakam (2002)
- Madhippedugal — Marudha (2002)
- Ivargalodum ivarrodum – vizhigal padippakam (2003)
- Kanakaanum vinaakkal – vizhigal padippakam (2004)
- Minnal urangum podhu – Sri Durga padippakam (2004)
- Kadhavai thattiya pazhaya kadhali – vizhigal padippakam (2005)
- Vidiyal vizhudugal – Poompuhar padhippakam (2005)
- Kavin kuru nooru – Pablo bharathi padippakam (2005)
- Pablo Neruda paarvaiyil India – Pablo Neruda Spanish Latin America Research Institute (2007)
- Idugurip peyarallai Islam – Rahmat arakattalai (2008)
- Olaichuvadiyum kurunthagadum – Vidivelli veliyeedu (2008)
- Solla vandadhu – Muthamizh padippagam (2008)
- Poems of questions – Translation by Gregory James. Arimaa Nokku (2018)
- Glow-worm woods – Translation by Gregory James. Arimaa Nokku (2019)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Poet and newsreader Erode Tamilanban is no more". The Hindu. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ↑ "பெரியாரை அடியொற்றும் பெருங்கவிஞர் ஈரோடு தமிழன்பன் இன்று அகவை 90 – 28.9.1933 – பேராசிரியர் ய. மணிகண்டன் தலைவர், தமிழ்மொழித் துறை,சென்னைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்". Viduthalai (in தமிழ்). 27 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "தூரங்கள் என்பன... தமிழன்பன் சிறப்புப் பேட்டி". Oneindia (in Tamil). 2006. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007 Archived 24 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ↑ "'Move beyond politics, make media content people-centric'". New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 January 2019.