Prapanchan
Prapanchan, is the pseudonym of S. Vaidyalingam
(Tamil: சாரங்கபாணி வைத்தியலிங்கம்; 27 Prapanchan
April 1945 – 21 December 2018)[1] a Tamil, writer and
critic from Puducherry, India.
Biography
Prapanchan was born in Pondicherry and did his
schooling in Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School,
Puducherry. His birth name was Vaidyalingam. His
father ran a toddy shop. He attended the Karandhai
College and graduated as a Tamil Vidwan. He started
his career as a Tamil teacher in Thanjavur. He also
worked as a journalist in Kumudam, Ananda Vikatan Born S. Vaidyalingam
and Kungumam. In 1961, he published his first short 27 April 1945
story Enna ulagamada in the magazine Bharani. He Pondicherry, French India
was influenced by the Self-Respect Movement. He had (now Puducherry, India)
published 46 books. In 1995, he was awarded the Died 21 December 2018 (aged 73)
Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his historical Puducherry, India
novel Vaanam Vasappadum (lit. The Sky will be ours) Pen name
Prabanjan
set in the times of Ananda Ranga Pillai. His works
Occupation writer and critic
have been translated into Hindi, Telugu, Kannada,
German, French, English and Swedish. His play Muttai Language Tamil, French, English
is part of the curriculum in Delhi University and his Education M.A. Tamil
short story collection Netrru Manidhargal is a Notable Vaanam Vasapadum
textbook in many colleges. He was married to Pramila works
Rani and they have three sons. He was living in Notable Sahitya Akademi Award
awards
Chennai and Pondicherry. He was diagnosed with lung
Spouse Pramila Rani
cancer (Squamous cell carcinoma), for which he
underwent palliative chemotherapy from Manakula Children Gawdaman,Gowrisankar,
Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital under the Sathish
department of pulmonary medicine and oncology. On
21 December 2018 he died of respiratory failure and tumor metastasis.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Partial bibliography
Novels
Vaanam vasappadum
Mahanadhi
Manudam vellum
Sandhya
Kagidha Manidhargal
Kaneeral Kappom
Penmai velga
Padhavi
Erodu Thamizhar uyirodu
Novellas
Aangalum Pengalum
Short story collections
Nerru Manidhargal
Vittu Viduthalayagi
Iruttin Vaasal
Oru ooril irandu manidhargal
Appavin veshti
Mari engira aatukutti
Plays
Muttai
Akalya
Awards and recognitions
Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil, 1996 for Vaanam vasappadum
Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award
Coimbatore Kasturi Rangammal Award for Mahanadhi
Ilakkiya Chinthanai Award for Manudam vellum (http://www.viruba.com/ElaShortStoriesByAu
thor.aspx?ID=3)
Adithanar award for Sandhya
Award for Non-Fiction from The Tamil Literary Garden, Toronto
References
1. "Noted Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi awardee Prapanchan passes away at 73" (https://
www.thenewsminute.com/article/noted-tamil-writer-and-sahitya-akademi-awardee-prapanch
an-passes-away-73-93743). The News Minute. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December
2018.
2. Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 (http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/a
wa10320.htm#tamil) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sah
itya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm) 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
Sahitya Akademi Official website.
3. "Tamil translation of Malayalam travelogue launched" (https://web.archive.org/web/2010010
5121429/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010459550500.htm). The Hindu.
Chennai, India. 4 January 2010. Archived from the original (http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/0
4/stories/2010010459550500.htm) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
4. "Prapanchan interview" (http://www.tamiloviam.com/unicode/printpage.asp?fname=0812041
0&week=aug1204). Tamiloviam (in Tamil). Retrieved 6 June 2010.
5. Kumar, Neelam (2002). Our favourite Indian stories (https://books.google.com/books?id=HA
YdHI1NJSUC&q=bhasha+parishad+prize+prapanchan&pg=PR22). Jaico Publishing House.
pp. xxii. ISBN 978-81-7224-978-6.
6. S. Ramakrishnan. "பிரபஞ்சன் : எப்போதுமிருக்கும் நட்பு" (http://www.uyirmmai.com/Uyirosai/Conte
ntDetails.aspx?cid=139). Uyirmmai (in Tamil). Retrieved 6 June 2010.
7. "Prapanchan profile" (http://www.uyirmmai.com/publications/AuthorDetails.aspx?aid=176).
Uyirmmai. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
8. "Prapanchan Profile" (http://www.tamilvu.org/courses/degree/p101/p1012/html/p1012551.ht
m). Tamil Virtual University. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
9. "Prapanchan interview" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070712171255/http://www.nilachara
l.com/tamil/interview/prabanjan_interview_320.asp). Nilacharal (in Tamil). Archived from the
original (http://www.nilacharal.com/tamil/interview/prabanjan_interview_320.asp) on 12 July
2007. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
External links
Official website (http://www.prapanchan.in)
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