Vannadasan, aka Kalyanji is a Tamil writer from India. He was born as Siva Kalyana Sundaram in Tirunelveli in 1946, where he currently resides.. He is a son of Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran, a renowned Tamil writer. He writes short stories and non fiction articles under the pseudonym of Vannadhasan and poems under Kalyanji. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 2016 for his short story collection Oru Siru Isai. He is also a recipient of Vishnupuram Literary Award, which he also won in 2016. He is a retired bank employee.
Bibliography Short Story
Vannadasan Sirukadhaigal - 3 Volumes (வண்ணதாசன் சிறுகதைகள் - 3 தொகுதிகள்) Kalaikka Mudiyaatha Oppanaigal (கலைக்க முடியாத ஒப்பனைகள்) -1976 Thottathukku Veliyilum Sila Pookkal (தோட்டத்துக்கு வெளியிலும் சில பூக்கள்) -1978 Samaveli (சமவெளி)-1983 Peyar Theriyamal Oru Paravai (பெயர் தெரியாமல் ஒரு பறவை) -1985 Manusha Manusha (மனுஷா மனுஷா) -1990 Kanivu (கனிவு)-1992 Nadugai (நடுகை)-1996 Krishnan Vaitha Veedu (கிருஷ்ணன் வைத்த வீடு)-2000 Oliyile Therivadhu (ஒளியிலே தெரிவது)-2010 Oru Siru Isai (ஒரு சிறு இசை)-2013 Naabi kamalam (நாபிக்கமலம்)-2015
Poetry
Uyara Parathal (உயரப் பறத்தல்)-1998 Some of his poems are translated by Jayanthasri Balakrishnan in English in her blog, though not published.
Articles Agam Puram in Anandha Viktan.
See also List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil List of Indian writers List of Tamil-language writers
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