Rajavallipuram Subramanian Krishnasamy (; 12 November 1920 – 9 November 2006), known by his pen name Vallikannan, was a Tamil writer, journalist, critic, and translator from Tamil Nadu, India.
Biography Krishnasamy was born in Rajavallipuram near Tirunelveli. He started writing at a very young age and had published twenty-five books by the time he was 30. He worked for magazines like Cinema Ulagam, Navasakthi, Grama Oozhiyan and Hanuman. He also wrote under the pseudonyms "Naiyandi Bharathi" and "Koranathan". He wrote a total of 75 books in his life - novels, novellas, poetry collections, plays and essay anthologies.
In 1978, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his critical work on modern Tamil poetry Pudukavithaiyin Thottramum Valarchiyum (lit. The birth and growth of Modern Tamil Poetry).Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Sahitya Akademi Official website. He died in 2006.
Books Bharathidasanin uvamai nayam (1946) Pudhukavidhayin Thorramum Valarchiyum (1977) Saraswathi Kalam (1986) Bharathikkuppin Tamil Urai Nadai (1981) Thamizhil Siru Pathinikkaigal
See also List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil List of Indian writers List of Tamil-language writers
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