R. K. Narayan
1906–2001English-language writer (1906–2001)
Tamil theatre and film artist
T. K. Shanmugam
1912–1973, born Thiruvananthapuram district, writes in Tamil, autobiographer
Thiruvananthapuram Kannuswamy Shanmugam was a Tamil theatre and film artist. He acquired the prefix “Avvai” after portraying saint-poet Avvaiyar in a play.
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Also writing in Tamil
Akilandam
1922–1988Tamil writer (1922–1988)
Jayakanthan
1934–2015writer, journalist, filmmaker
Kalki Krishnamurthy
1899–1954writer, journalist, freedom fighter and Tamil novelist (1899–1954)
Prapanchan
1945–2018writer (1945-2018)
Thamizhpparithi Maari
b. 1974academician, writer and wikipedian