Kalaignar Porkizhi Award or Kalaignar Mu. Karunanidhi Porkizhi Award is an annual literature award bestowed for Tamil and other language writers at book fair organized by the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) since 2008. Each award consists of 1 lakh rupee and the fund is managed by donation of 1 crore Rupee in 2007 by
M. Karunanidhi
Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He was popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Art ...
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Recipients
Tamil Writer
* Tamizhannal 2011
* Dr RM. Periakaruppan 2011
Poetry
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S. Abdul Rahman
Syed Abdul Rahman (9 November 1937 – 2 June 2017) was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India. He was known by the title ''Kavikko'' (lit. Emperor among poets). He was ex-chairman of Waqf board of Tamil Nadu.
Biography
Syed Abdul Rahman was born ...
2011
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Puviarasu
Puviarasu or Puviyarasu, born. 1930), is a Tamil poet and translator from Tamil Nadu, India.
Biography
Puviyarasu was born in a village near Udumalpet. His birth name was S. Jagannathan. Puviyarasu is the Tamil translation of the Sanskritic "J ...
2008
Drama
* Prof S.Ramanujam 2011
Fiction
* C.S.Lakshmi ( Ambai )2011
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Poomani
Poomani (born 1947) is an Indian writer and novelist. He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 2014 in the Tamil language category for his novel Agnaadi.
Life and works
Poomani was born in 1947 into a family of marginal farmers in Andipatti, a vi ...
2014
Other Literature
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Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the ...
, (Kannada) 2009
* Arjun Dangle (Marathi) 2011
* Prof. K. Chellappan (English) 2011
References
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Tamil-language literature
Indian literary awards