was during 1942–62. He belonged to the socialist-realist school of writers and his political orientation was socialist. His ideology is well reflected in his Panchum Pasiyum (lit. Cotton and hunger) which describes the plight of handloom weavers in Tamil Nadu. He also wrote poems using the pseudonym Thiruchirrambala Kavirayar. In his literary career, he produced four short story anthologies, three novels, three poetry collections, two plays and one biography, besides his non-fiction (research and critical) works. Awards and recognitions Sahitya Akademi Award (1983) Soviet Land Nehru Award – in 1965 for Thai and in 1970 for Lenin kavithaanjali Tamil Annai Prize from Tamil University, Thanjavur. Bharathi Award (2001) Partial bibliography Biography Pudhumaipithan varalaaru (biography) Literary criticism Bharati kaalamum karuthum Bharatiyum Shelliyum Ilakkia vimarsanam Gangayum Kaviriyum Samudhaya Ilakkiam Literary research Pudumaippithan kathaigal: sila vimarsanangalum vishamangalum Ilango adigal yaar Translations Thai (Gorky's mother) Lenin kavithaanjali (Mayakovsky's elegy Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) Novels Silai pesitrru Panchum pasiyum Marudha Pandiyan Short story collections Serril Malarndha Senthamarai Kshanapitham Sudarmam Ragunathan kadhaigal Poetry collections Ragunathan kavidhaigal Kaviaranga kavidhaigal Kaviya parisu Tamizhaal elaathaa? References 1923 births 2001 deaths Writers from Tamil Nadu Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil Tamil writers People from Tirunelveli district Indian Tamil people 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian short story writers Indian literary critics 20th-century Indian novelists