Ka. Naa. Subramanyam Explained
Ka. Na. Subramaniam |
Birth Date: | 31 January 1912 |
Birth Place: | Valangaiman, British India |
Death Place: | Madras |
Nationality: | Indian |
Occupation: | Writer |
Ka. Naa. Subramanyam (31 January 1912 – 18 December 1988)[1] was a Tamil writer and critic from Tamil Nadu, India. He is also popularly known by his Tamil initials as Ka. Naa. Su.
Biography
Subramanian was born on 31 January 1912 in Valangaiman in Thanjavur District. His first noted published work was the novel Poithevu (1946). He also wrote poems under the pseudonym Mayan. He published many literary journals like Ilakkiya vattam, Sooravali and Chandraodayam. He became a literary critic in the 1950s, publishing reviews first in the magazines Swadesamitran and Saraswathi. He was a friend and contemporary of fellow literary critic C. S. Chellappa with whom he was involved in a long literary feud. He was considered as a right-winger and Anti-Marxist by left-leaning Tamil writers. In 1965, he moved to New Delhi and started writing articles for English-language newspapers. For the next twenty years he lived in Delhi and moved back to Chennai only in 1985. In 1986, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his literary criticism Ilakkiyathukku oru Iyakkam (lit. A Movement for Literature). After his return to Chennai, he started writing for Tamil magazines like Kungumam, Mutharam, Dina mani Kathir and Thuglak. Pondicherry University made him an honorary professor. He died in 1988. The Government of Tamil Nadu nationalised his works in 2006.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Awards and recognitions
Partial bibliography
Novels
- Sarmavin uyil
- Pasi
- Vaazhndavar kettal
- Sakthi vilasam
- Ezhu per
- Oru naal
- Puzhithi ther
- Maalthedi
- Nadutheru
- Gopuravaasal
- Poithevu
- Asurakanam
- Pithappoo
- Kothai Sirithall
Short story collections
- Manikoondu
- Adarangu
- Karugadha mottu
- Kannan En Thozhan
Literary criticism
- Vimarsana kalai
- Padithirukireergala
- Ulagathu sirandha novelgal
- Ilakkiya Visaaram
Translations
- Anbuvazhi
- Thabaal kaaran
- Madhaguru
- Nilavalam
- Vilangupannai (Animal Farm)
- Devamalar
- kaali
English books
- Tiruvalluvar and his Tirukkural[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: எழுத்துக் கவிஞர்கள். Thamizhstudio. 4 August 2010. Tamil. https://web.archive.org/web/20100928142204/http://www.thamizhstudio.com/kavignargal.htm. 28 September 2010. dead.
- Web site: Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm . 2010-01-24 . Sahitya Akademi Official website.
- Book: Mohan, C. நடைவழிக் குறிப்புகள் .. அகரம் வெளியீடு..
- Web site: Ka. Naa. Su Profile. Tamil Authors.com. 5 August 2010.
- Web site: க.நா. சுப்ரமணியம்(1912-1988) . Encyclopedia of Tamil criticism. University of Kerala. 5 August 2010. Tamil.
- Web site: Literary feuds . Andhimazhai . 5 August 2010 . Tamil . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707141519/http://www.andhimazhai.com/news/viewmore.php?id=2320 . 7 July 2011 .
- Web site: க.நா.சு. உருவாக்கிய புரட்சி . Uyirmmai. 5 August 2010. Tamil.
- Web site: நாட்டுடமையான 3 தமிழறிஞர் படைப்புகள். OneIndia. 2 February 2006. 11 November 2018. Tamil.
- Book: Subramanyam, Ka. Naa. . Tiruvalluvar and his Tirukkural . 1 . 1987 . Bharatiya Jnanpith . New Delhi.