A.K. Perumal is a literary historian and a leading researcher of Tamil folklore. He guides the development and functioning of this encyclopedia. (More...)
C. Maunaguru 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...)
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...)
Tamil researcher and Academic. Prof Sivakumaran was the Head, Department of Tamil Language and Culture, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (More...)
Tamil scholar, researcher on folklore & academic. Prof Jegatheesan is a professor and the Head of the Department of Tamil in the Nagercoil ST Hindu college More...
Tamil teacher and Head of Department of Tamil in Madurai school, he has conducted research and written novels, short stories, poetry, and essays on history for the common reader. (More...)
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's 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...)
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...)
