Tamilanban

Natarajan Jegadeesan, known by his pen name "Erode" Tamilanban, was a poet and writer from Tamil Nadu, India.

Life and career

Tamilanban was born in Chennimalai. a town in present-day Erode district, Tamil Nadu on 28 September 1933.
In 2004, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for [List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil language|Tamil] for his poetry collection Vanakkam Valluva . He also worked as a newsreader for Doordarshan. He was a board member of the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nadaga Mandram. He died on 22 November 2025, at the age of 92.

Silirppugal – Paari Nilayam
Andha nandanai eritha neruppin micham – Poompuhar padhippakam
Thirumbi vandha thervalam – Poompuhar padhippakam
Kannukku veliyae sila kanaakkal – Narmada padippakam
En veetukku ethirae oru erukkan chedi – Pablo bharathi padippakam
Nadai marandha nadhiyum thisai mariya odayum – Poompuhar padhippakam
Anaikkava endra America — Poompuhar padhippakam
Un veetukku naan vandhirundhen – Pablo bharathi padippakam
Bharathidasanodu pathandugal – vizhigal padippakam
Vanakkam Valluva! – Poompuhar padhippakam
Sennimalai cleopatrakkal – Pablo bharathi padippakam
Vaarthaikal ketta varam – vizhigal padippakam
Madhippedugal — Marudha
Ivargalodum ivarrodum – vizhigal padippakam
Kanakaanum vinaakkal – vizhigal padippakam
Minnal urangum podhu – Sri Durga padippakam
Kadhavai thattiya pazhaya kadhali – vizhigal padippakam
Vidiyal vizhudugal – Poompuhar padhippakam
Kavin kuru nooru – Pablo bharathi padippakam
Pablo Neruda paarvaiyil India – Pablo Neruda Spanish Latin America Research Institute
Idugurip peyarallai Islam – Rahmat arakattalai
Olaichuvadiyum kurunthagadum – Vidivelli veliyeedu
Solla vandadhu – Muthamizh padippagam
Poems of questions – Translation by Gregory James. Arimaa Nokku
Glow-worm woods – Translation by Gregory James. Arimaa Nokku