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| Born | Siva Kalyana Sundaram 22 August 1946 Tinnevelly, Madras Province, British India (now Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Pen name | Vannadasan, Kalyanji |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist, short story writer |
| Language | Tamil |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Relatives | Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran (father) |
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.[1] He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 2016 for his short story collection Oru Siru Isai.[2] He is also a recipient of Vishnupuram Literary Award, which he also won in 2016.
He is a retired bank employee.[citation needed]
- ^ Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4490. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ Kolappan, B (21 December 2016). "Vannadasan wins Sahitya Akademi award". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 December 2016.