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Writing in Tamil

200 writers on record who write in Tamil. The most honoured first.

Mu. Varadarajan

1912–1974Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Tamil scholar, writer and educationist

A. Madhavan

1934–2021Tamil-language Indian writer (1934-2021)

Ashoka Mitran

1931–2017Influential figure in post-independent Tamil literature (1931–2017)

Imayam

b. 1964tamil novelist from Chennai, India

Kannadasan

1927–1981philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist

Vallikannan

1920–2006Tamil, writer and journalist (1920–2006)

Shri Ramanujacharya

1017–113712th-century Iconic indian social reformer and proponent of the Vishishtadvaita Vedanta school of philosophy.

Pudhumaipithan

1906–1948Tamil writer, short story author, translator and social critic (1906–1948)

C. N. Annadurai

1909–1969film writer and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1909-1969)

J. R. Rangaraju

1875–1959Tamil novelist, editor and publisher from British India (1875–1959)

Maraimalai Adigal

1876–1950Tamil Saivite scholar, writer and leader of the Pure Tamil movement

Salma

b. 1967politician and Tamil-language writer

Vaali

1931–2013poet, lyricist, writer and actor (1931-2013)

Kapali Sastry

1886–1953Sanskrit scholar, author, and translator (1886-1953)

Mowni

1907–1985Short Story Writer in Tamil (1907-1985)

Nakkirar I

b. 0300Ancient Tamil Sangam poet and grammarian at the Madurai academy (c. 3rd century CE)

V. Ramasamy

1889–1951Tamil writer, journalist and social reformer

Pa. Aruli

b. 1950etymologist, lexicographer, Tamil scholar

Munrurai Araiyar

1870–1930Early 20th-century Tamil classical scholar and literary commentator (1870–1930)