Vannadasan


Vannadasan, aka Kalyanji is a Tamil writer from India. He was born as Siva Kalyana Sundaram in Tirunelveli 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 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:
  • 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 in English in her blog, though not published.

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