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| {{Read Tamil|Name of target page=அ. சரவணமுத்தன்|Title of target page=அ. சரவணமுத்தன்}}
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| A. Saravanamuththan (1882-1930) was a Sri Lankan Tamil writer and poet, who wrote Eelam ''Sitrilakyam'' poetry, Shaivite scholar, dramatist and actor.
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| == Birth, Education ==
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| A. Saravanamuththan was born in Mattakalappu (Batticaloa) in Sri Lanka to Arunagiriyar in 1882. He changed his to Nanalam Nithila Kizhar as part of the linguistic purity movement in Tamil.
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| His education was stopped after class seven as he did not show much interest in school education. He worked managing the library of a Hindu youth association and read many books from the library. He was also educated in grammar and literature by Pandidar Mayilvagananar (Swamy Vibulanandar), who worked as a teacher at the St. Michael's College National School.
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| == Personal Life ==
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| After resigning from the librarian job, he worked in a clerical post for the Government of Sri Lanka.
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| == Literary Life ==
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| He was a master in writing metric poems, dialogues with ''Siledai'' (Paronomasia) and condemnation poems. He wrote and performed in plays like ''Lankadahanam, Baduga Pattabishegan'' and ''Vanavasam''. He also composed ''Sitrilakyam'' poems in the genres of ''Thothiram, Pathigam'' and ''Venba.''
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| == Death ==
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| A. Saravanamuththan died in 1930 in Sri Lanka.
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| == Works ==
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| ====== ''Thothiram'' ======
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| * ''Kadirkama Velavar Thothiramanjari''
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| ====== ''Pathigam'' ======
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| * ''Mamanga Pillaiyar Pathigam - 1915''
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| ====== ''Venba'' ======
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| * ''Sani Venba''
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| ====== Plays ======
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| * ''Lankadahanam''
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| * ''Baduga Pattabishegam''
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| * ''Vanavasam''
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| == References ==
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| * Dictionary of biography of the Tamils of Ceylon, 1997 (compiled by S. Arumugam)
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| * ''Eezha Naatin Tamil Sudar Manigal'' - Thenpuloliar Mu. Ganapathy Pillai
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| * ''Sitrilakya Pulavar Agarathy'' - N. V. Jayaraman
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| * [http://kanaga_sritharan.tripod.com/sittilakkiyam.htm#2 List of Sri Lankan Poets in 17th - 19th Century]
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| * [https://noolaham.net/project/10/963/963.html Sri Lankan Tamil Writers]
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