Ponneelan
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Born
1940 (age 85–86)
Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan
1940 (age 85–86)
OccupationsWriter, teacher
OrganizationTamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram
MovementMarxism
Ponneelan | |
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 Ponneelan in 2011 | |
| Born | Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan 1940 (age 85–86) |
| Occupations | Writer, teacher |
| Organization | Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram |
| Movement | Marxism |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (1994) |
Ponneelan, born 1940 at Manikatti Pottal, Kanyakumari district)[1] is the pen name of Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan, a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.[2][3][4] He is a Marxist and was influenced by Tamil Communist leader P. Jeevanandham in his younger days. He became a teacher and retired as the deputy director of school education for Tamil Nadu.[5] He won the 1994 Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil his novel Pudhiya Dharisanangal.[6][7] He is currently the state president of the Tamil literary organisation Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram. During 2005–2008, he was a member of the Central Board of Film Certification (censor board).[8][9] He also wrote the script for the 2008 film Ayyavazhi.[10]
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