Kaviyarasu Kannadasan

Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a famous Tamil poet and lyricist, who lived in Tamil Nadu, India. He is frequently called kavi arasu Kannadasan (kavi arasu means 'king of poets' in Tamil language). He wrote thousands of popular songs for Tamil cinema. He won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his novel Cheraman Kadali in the year 1980. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (437x657, 14 KB) Kannadasan was a famous Tamil poet. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (437x657, 14 KB) Kannadasan was a famous Tamil poet. ... June 24 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The letter ழ் is a consonant believed to be unique to Tamil and Malayalam Tamil is a classical language and one of the major languages belonging to the Dravidian language family. ... A lyricist is an author of song lyrics. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Kollywood is a name often applied to Tamil Cinema, based in Chennai (formerly Madras) in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India. ... The Sahitya Akademi is an Indian organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. ...

Poets Laureate

Kannadasan was a poet Laureate when he died A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events. ...

External links

• http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/kannadasan.htm