Vishnupuram Award

Vishnupuram Award
Awarded for Outstanding contributions in Tamil literature
Country India
Presented by Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam
First awarded 2010
Latest Vishnupuram Award
2016

Previous laureate

Devathachan

 laureate

TBD

Vishnupuram Award is a literary award instituted by The Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam(Vishnupuram Literary Circle), a group of readers of Tamil writer Jeyamohan. The award was named after the writer's famous novel in Tamil, Vishnupuram. This award was initiated to honour the under-recognized pioneers and senior writers in Tamil literature. This contains cash award of Rs 1,00,000[1] and a memento, a book on the author will also be published for the occasion.[2]

Recipients

  • A Madhavan (2010)[3]
  • Poomani (2011)
  • Devadevan (2012)[4]
  • Thelivathai Joseph (2013) [5]
  • Gnanakoothan [2014] [6]
  • Devathachan [2015] [7]
  • Vannadhasan [2016] [8]
  • C.Muthusamy [2017] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Vishnupuram award for Thelivathai Joseph". 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "New award holds hope for lesser known writers". Times of india. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "A. Madhavan selected for Vishnupuram Literary Award". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "In the stillness of poetry". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Vishnupuram Award for Srilankan Tamil Writer
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