Career
This Indian writer had mastery in both English and Tamil. He wrote 14 books in Tamil and five in English. He is known for his voluminous creations, chaste language and poetic skills.
He followed the principles of Mahatma Gandhi to the word and practised truthfulness.
Even though he has written many books, his magnum opus is considered to be "", an epic on the life of Mahatma Gandhi penned in 12285 verses. Kavirajar, as he is fondly called, went on to translate this work in English as "Bharath reborn".
He led a simple and pious life and died at the age of 80. T.K. Ramanuja Kavirajar was born in Tirunelveli on 28 December 1905 to Kallapiran and Arasalwar.
He started writing poems when he was around twelve years of age.
He took to literature as fish to water and was proficient in both English and Tamil. lieutenant has been noted that he was capable of writing commentaries on the works of Shakespeare, at around the same time. In the years between 1975 and 1979, Kavirajar released his Master piece, "", an epic in Tamil, in four volumes.
This work, which is hailed by purists, was modelled after poet Kamban"s Ramayanam.
Kavirajar received many glaring reviews for this work from all major Indian magazines and newspapers. Forums, competitions and literary reviews on this work are being conducted to the day.
In the years that followed he wrote many books in English. In 1979 he released a collection of poems on various headings titled "Lyrics of life" and a play called "Mudin".
In the next year he translated his epic into English calling it "Bharath reborn or The story of Mahatma Gandhi".
In 1989 he went back to his life theme by writing "M.K. Gandhi (English Drama) In addition to the above he wrote many books, both prose and poetry, in Tamil on various categories.
