* BORN ON - 28TH SEPTEMBER 1933 ( ERODE, TAMILNADU)
* HE WORKED AS NEWS READER OF DOORDARSHAN.
AWARDS -
* 2004 - SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD ( FOR VANAKKAM VALLUVA )
* 1969 - KOKKARAKO AWARD
* KALAIMAMANI AWARD
* 2017 - S P ADITHANNAR SENIOR TAMIL SCHOLAR AWARD
NOTED WORK -
* 1970 - SILLIRPPUGAL
* 2000 - VANNAKAM VALLUVA
