Background
He was born in Mela Marainadu village in Virudhunagar District.
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Melanmai Ponnusamy
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He is a farmer by profession who also runs a grocery shop in his village. His first short story was published in 1972 in the literary journal Semmalar (lit Red flower Consumer price index-M"s literary publication). He credits Soviet literature as a major influence in his writing style and choice of subjects.
As of 2009, he has written 23 short story collections, six novellas, six novels and an essay collection.
He was awarded the 2008 Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil his short story Minsarapoo (lit the electric flower). He was also awarded the 2009 Makkal television award for his contributions to Tamil Literature.
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Membership
He is a Marxist by political orientation and a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (Consumer price index-M).
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Communist Party of India
Awards
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Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.