Vannadasan, aka Kalyanji is a
Tamil
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writer from India. He was born as Siva Kalyana Sundaram in
Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tami ...
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''.
He won the
Sahitya Akademi Award
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for Tamil in 2016 for his short story collection ''Oru Siru Isai''.
He is also a recipient of
Vishnupuram Literary Award, which he also won in 2016.
He is a retired bank employee.
List of books
* 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
Dr. Jayanthasri Balakrishnan, is a public speaker and a retired Professor of English, from PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Education
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in English in her blog, though not published.
Articles
* Agam Puram in Anandha Viktan.
See also
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