Vishnupuram Award
| Vishnupuram Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding contributions to Tamil literature |
| Location | Coimbatore, Tamilnadu |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam |
| First awarded | 2010 |
| Currently held by | Sureshkumara Indrajith (2020) |
| Website | www.jeyamohan.in |
Vishnupuram Award is a literary award instituted by Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam, the literary organization created by writer Jeyamohan and his readers. The award was named after the writer's famous novel in Tamil, Vishnupuram. This award was initiated to honour the under-recognized pioneers and senior writers in Tamil literature. This contains cash award of Rs 1,00,000[1] and a memento, a book on the author will be published and a documentary on the awardee release during the occasion.[2]
Recipients
[edit]- A Madhavan (2010)[3]
- Poomani (2011)
- Devadevan (2012)[4]
- Thelivathai Joseph (2013)[5]
- Gnanakoothan (2014)[6]
- Devathachan (2015)[7]
- Vannadhasan (2016)[8]
- C.Muthusamy (2017)[9]
- Raj Gauthaman (2018)[10]
- Abi (Habibullah) (2019)[11]
- Sureshkumara Indrajith (2020)[12]
- Poet Vikramadityan (2021)[13][14][15]
- Charu Nivedita (2022)[16]
References
[edit]https://www.jeyamohan.in/170951/
- ^ "Vishnupuram award for Thelivathai Joseph". therepublicsquare.com. 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "New award holds hope for lesser known writers". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "A. Madhavan selected for Vishnupuram Literary Award". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "In the stillness of poetry". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Vishnupuram Award for Srilankan Tamil Writer". The Hindu. 5 November 2013.
- ^ "விஷ்ணுபுரம் விழா – டிச-28 ஞாயிறு-கோவை". jeyamohan.in (in Tamil). 17 December 2014.
- ^ "தேவதச்சனுக்கு விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது 2015". jeyamohan.in (in Tamil). 26 August 2015.
- ^ "வண்ணதாசனுக்கு விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது". jeyamohan.in (in Tamil). 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Vishnupuram awards 2017". The Hindu. 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Vishnupuram Award for Raj Gauthaman". www.jeyamohan.in. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "கவிஞர் அபிக்கு விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது". www.jeyamohan.in. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது 2020 சுரேஷ்குமார இந்திரஜித்துக்கு | எழுத்தாளர் ஜெயமோகன்". www.jeyamohan.in. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது, விக்ரமாதித்யனுக்கு". jeyamohan.in. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "டிச.26-ல் கவிஞர் விக்ரமாதித்யனுக்கு விஷ்ணுபுரம் விருது: கோவை விழாவில் கவுரவம்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil).
- ^ "Cong leader Jairam Ramesh to felicitate Vishnupuram awardee on December 26 | Entertainment". MyNews 24x7. 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Charu Nivedita chosen for Vishnupuram literary award". The Hindu. 7 December 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 May 2024.