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Tamil writer Prapanchan passed away
December 24 , 2018
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- Tamil writer Prapanchan, born S. Vaithilingam, died at a private hospital in the Union Territory after battling cancer.
- Prapanchan’s first collection of short stories in Tamil was released in 1961.
- His first short story, ‘Enna Ulagamada’ was published in ‘Barani’, a Tamil magazine in 1961.
- He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1995 for his novel Vanam Vasappadum (Beyond the Sky).
- He had written ‘Vaanam Vasapadum’ in the Tamil magazine ‘Dinamani Kadhir’ in 1993.
- Some of his acclaimed novels include Mahanadhi, Manudam vellum, Sandhya, Kagidha Manidhargal, Kaneeral Kappom, Penmai velga, Padhavi and Erodu Thamizhar uyirodu.
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