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| 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) |
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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.