Vannadasan
Vannadasan is a writer who has earned a special place in the Tamil literary world through his unique style of crafting stories.
His real name is Kalyana Sundaram, and he writes stories under the pseudonym of Vannadasan and verses under the name Kalyanji.
Vannadasan has been venerated with the Sahitya Akademi award for 2016, which is the highest literary honour in India.
The short story collection, which fetched him the prestigious award, Oru Siru Isai (A Minuscule Music), rummages into the lives of people living in a rural town around the Tamiraparani river.
