Conferred by Tamil Nadu Government (2000) Iyatramizh Chelvar Award (2000) Bibliography "Ravanan Matchiyum Veezhchiyum" (1945) "Thambiyar Iruvar" (1961) "Arasiyar Moovar" "Naadum Mannanum" "Agam" "Puram" "Magalir Valartha Tamil" "Kural Kanda Vazhvu" "Ilakkiak kalai" (1964) "Kamban Kalai" (1950) "Thellartu Nandi" "Puthia Konam" "Desia Ilakkiam" "Thiru.Vi.Ka" "Indrum Iniyum" "Kizhakkum Merkkum" (1971) "Spiritualism and Materialism –PSG memorial Lectures" "Barathiyum Barathidhasanum" "Thathuvamum Bakthiyum" (1974) "Manikkavasakar" (1974) "Kamban: Puthia Paarvai" "Periapuranam - Oru Aayvu" "Mandirangal Endral Enna" "Ilango Adigal Samayam edhu" "Kamban Edutha Muthukkal" "Pathinen puranam" "Arulalargal" "Raman-Panmuhanokkil" "Sekkizhar Thantha Selvam" "Nan Kanda Periavargal" "Thiruvasagam Sila Sindanaigal" "Tamil Nadaga Varalarum Sankaradas Swamigalum" "Mutrura Sindhanaigal" "Thottanaithoorum Manarkkeni" "Inamutham" "Thevara Thiruppathikangal" (1998) Translation Work Translation from English To Tamil: "Tagore's “Towards the Universal Man”-Anaithulaga Manithanai Nokki "John Dewey’s “Reconstruction in Philosophy” -Thathuva Sasthira Punaramaippu. "Henry David Thoreau's Biography-Thorovin Vazgkkai Varalaru. References 1916 births 2002 deaths Indian literary critics Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil Tamil writers Annamalai University alumni Dramatists and playwrights from Tamil Nadu Indian Tamil people 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights