Awards
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Padmashri Award
Year2003
AwardedFor Distinguished Services in literature and Education.
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Sahitya Akademi Award
Year2009
AwardedFor contributions to Indian literature through his poetry, novels and film lyrics.
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Sadhana Samman
Year2009
AwardedFor contributions to Indian literature through his poetry, novels and film lyrics.
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Padmabhusan Award
YEAR2014
AwardedFor Distinguished Services in literature and Education.
Literary Awards
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S. P. Adithanar Literary award Cash Prize Rs. 50,000/-
CategoryBest Tamil Novel in the year of 1999
Book NameThanneer Desam
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Ilakkiya Sinthanai Award
CategoryBest Tamil Novel in the year of 2013
Book NameMundram Ulaga Por
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Tansri K.R. Somasundaram Literature Foundation Award , Malaysia Cash Prize 10,000 US Dollars
CategoryBest Novel in the world Tamil Literature for the year of 2013
Book NameMundram Ulaga Por