Kannadasan biography
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&#;King Poet’ Kannadasan at 90
Kannadasan
Random Thoughts (part 2)
by Sachi Sri Kantha, January 17,
Part 1
In this part, I focus on Kannadasan’s productivity: both of, physical and intellectual variety. On physical productivity, Kannadasan had a total of 15 children, from three wives, married in sequence in , and
Kannadasan’s first wife’s name was Ponnama, from his native region, Karaikudi. The date of marriage was Feb 9, He was only 22 then. Seven children were born from this union. Their names were Alamelu (f), Kanmani Subbu (m), Thenammai (f), Kalaivanan (m), Visalatchi (f), Ramasamy (m) and Venkatasalam (m). Following year, in , Kannadasan married second time. His wife’s name was Parvathi, from Chennai. In his autobiography, he called this cryptically as his ‘second arrangement’. Again, he had seven children from this union. Their names were Gandhi (m), Kamalanathan (m), Annadurai (m), Seenivasan (m), Gopalakrishnan (m), Revathi (f) and Kalaichelvi (f). Then, 25 year
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Kannadasan
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க:கண்ணதாசன் (கவிஞர்)
Kannadasan (June 24, – October 17, ) was a Tamil poet, Film Lyricist, Writer, Journalist, Politician, Spiritual Orator. Kannadasan, who rose to fame through Tamil film songs, was a supporter of the early Dravidian movement and later a supporter of the Congress. He has written Short Epics and assorted Songs. He is known as the last important poet who wrote in Classical Poetry.
Birth, Education
Kannadasan was born as Mutthiah , as the eighth son of Sathappan Chettiar and Visalakshi Aachi couple in a Naattukottai Nagaratthar clan on June 24, , in Sirukoodalpatti near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India. Along with his 10 siblings (six brothers, three sisters) he was jointly adopted by Palaniappa Chettiar - Chigappi Aachi at an early age. He lived in their house in the changed name Narayanan.
After completing his primary education at Sirukoodalpatti, he studied up to class eight at Amaravathiputhur High School. In
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Kannadasan
Tamil poet and lyricist (–)
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| Born | Muthiah ()24 June Sirukoodalpatti, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Died | 17 October () (aged&#;54) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Pen name | Karaimuthu Pulavar Vanangamudi Kanakappriyan Parvathinathan Arokiyasamy |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist, lyricist, politician, spelfilm producer, literary editor |
| Subject | Poetry and literature |
| Notable works | Arthamulla Indhu Madham Yesu Kaaviyam |
| Notable awards | National Film Award for Best Lyrics Kuzhanthaikkaga Sahitya Academy Award Cheraman Kadali |
| Spouses | Ponnazhagi (Ponnammal) (m. –; his death); 7 children Parvathi (m. –; his death); 7 children Valliammai (m. –; his death); 1 daughter |
| Children | 15 |
Kannadasan (pronunciationⓘ; 24 June &#;– 17 October ) was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and fryst vatten heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyric