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Tamil Encyclopedia

This is, first and foremost, an effort to consolidate authentic information about books, authors, academia and organizations relating to modern Tamil literature. Apart from literature, this is also intended to be a repository of information about Tamil history and culture.

The information gathered by dedicated contributors - both literary scholars and readers - is reviewed by the editorial team of senior writers and researchers of literature. Before publication, it is vetted by the advisory team.

Editorial Team Chief Editor: A.K. Perumal A.K. Perumal is a literary historian and a leading researcher of Tamil folklore. He guides the development and functioning of this encyclopedia. (More...) Editors - Academia Professor. C. Mounaguru C. Mounaguru is a professor of drama, a researcher of performing arts, an actor and teacher of therukoothu. Through his research, he established the relationship between Tamil and Sinhalese art forms in Sri Lanka (More...) Professor M. Subramoniam Former professor of English at Hindu College, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. He has translated important works and been a part of many studies of folklore (More...) Dr. P. Saravanan A Tamil teacher, he has written novels, short stories, poetry, and essays on history for the common reader. (More...) Professor D.V. Jegadeesan Professor Sivakumaran Editors - Creative Writers Nanjil Nadan A pre-eminent writer in modern Tamil literature. He captured the life of the people from the Nanjil region in his writing. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2010. (More...) Cho. Dharman A writer whose work straddles novels, short stories, and folklore. He carved a unique place for himself in literary naturalism movement of the 1990s. In 2019, his novel Sool, won a Sahitya Akademi Award. (More...) Suneel Krishnan Writer, ayurvedic doctor and neo-Gandhian. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar in 2018. (More...) Jeyamohan Prominent contemporary Tamil writer and critic. Apart from novels, short stories, and literary criticism, he writes on a wide range of subjects including heritage, environment, Gandhism and philosophy. Vishnupuram Literary Circle is an organisation founded under his aegis and run by his friends. (More...) Suchitra Suchitra is a writer and award-winning translator, working between Tamil and English. She has written short stories and literary reviews. (More)

Coordinators Chaidhanya holds an MA in English literature. She coordinates the English translation of this encyclopedia. Santhosh Saravanan works as a manager at Bhoomi, a volunteer driven non-profit organization. He is also involved in organizing the activities of the Vishnupuram Literary Circle. Madhusudhan Sampath, Chennai. He works in the artificial intelligence domain.