Cinnamanur Subramaniam Chellappa () (29 September 1912 – 18 December 1998) was a

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writer, journalist and

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activist. He belonged to the "Manikodi" literary movement along with

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, Ku Pa Ra, Va. Ramasamy, N. Pichamoorthi and A. N. Sivaraman. He also founded ''Ezhuthu'', a literary magazine. His novel ''Suthanthira Thagam'' won the

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for 2001.

Biography

Chellappa was born in Batlagundu in the year1912 to Subramanian, a government employee and nationalist. Chellappa did his schooling in

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and obtained a degree in

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. However, he failed to obtain a degree in English literature. In the early years of his life, Chellappa was influenced by

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but later he adopted

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's creed of non-violence. Chellappa participated in the

Batlagundu Batlagundu is a town in Nilakottai block in Dindigul district in the Madurai Region state of Tamil Nadu, India. The name Vetrilai kundru (Betel leaf hill) later transformed and changed to Vathalagundu. The town is the major gateway to Kodaikana ...

satyagraha and was arrested on 10 January 1941. He spent six months in jail and on his return, established a paper manufacturing industry. Chellappa began writing in 1934 when he published his first story ''Margazhi Malar''. By the time of his death in 1998, Chellappa had written over 109 short stories and 50 articles.

Partial bibliography

Novels

*''Vaadivasal'' (1958) *''Jeevanamsam'' *''Suthanthira Thagam''

Plays

*''Muraipenn''

Literary criticism

*''Ramaiyyavin sirukathai kalam'' *''Oothupathi pul'' *''Mayathachan''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chellappa, C. S. 1912 births 1998 deaths Tamil writers Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil Indian male short story writers Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu Indian male novelists Indian literary critics 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian short story writers Novelists from Tamil Nadu 20th-century Indian male writers