Vishnupuram Award is a literary award instituted by ''
Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam
Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam ( ta, விஷ்ணுபுரம் இலக்கிய வட்டம்) is a literary organization created by Tamil writer Jeyamohan and his readers and fans. It is named after his noted work Vishnupuram. It ...
'', the literary organization created by writer
Jeyamohan
Bahuleyan Jeyamohan (born 22 April 1962) is an Indian Tamil and Malayalam language writer and literary critic from Nagercoil in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
His best-known and most critically acclaimed work is ''Vishnupuram'', a fantasy s ...
and his readers. The award was named after the writer's famous novel in Tamil, ''Vishnupuram''. This award was initiated to honour the under-recognized pioneers and senior writers in Tamil literature. This contains cash award of Rs 1,00,000 and a memento, a book on the author will be published and a documentary on the awardee release during the occasion.
Recipients
* A Madhavan (2010)
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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 ...
(2011)
* Devadevan (2012)
* Thelivathai Joseph (2013)
* Gnanakoothan (2014)
* Devathachan (2015)
* Vannadhasan (2016)
* C.Muthusamy (2017)
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Raj Gauthaman (2018)
* Abi (Habibullah) (2019)
* Sureshkumara Indrajith (2020)
* Poet
Vikramadityan (2021) - announced
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* Charu Niveditha (2022)
References
https://www.jeyamohan.in/170951/
Tamil-language literature
Indian literary awards
Literary awards honoring indigenous people