Background
AKILANDAM, Perungalur Vaithialingam pseudonym Akilon was born on June 27, 1922 in Perungular. Son of M. Vaithialingam and V. Amirdhammal.
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Perungalur Vaithialingam pseudonym Akilon AKILANDAM
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Maharaja’s College, Pudukkottai.
Career
Writer since 1940; in Indian Post & Telegraph Department 1945-1958. Freelance writer since 1958. Secretary Tamil Writers’ Association, Tiruchy 1953-1957.
Secretary-General Federation All-India Tamil Writers since 1962 (Vice-President 1977-j.
Director Tamil Writers’ Company-operative Society 1963; Producer, Spoken Word in Tamil, All-India Radio, Madras since 1965.
President Tamil Writers" Association 1967 (Vice President since 1977). Kalai Majai.
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Tamil Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi since 1964.
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Indian Tamil