கண்ணதாசன் கவிதைகள்

by Kannadasan

Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a Tamil poet and lyricist, heralded as one of the greatest and most important writers in the Tamil language. Frequently called Kaviarasu (English: King of Poets), Kannadasan was most familiar for his song lyrics in Tamil films and contributed around 5000 lyrics apart from 6000 poems and 232 books,[1] including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious essay on Hinduism, captioned Arthamulla Indhumatham (English: Meaningful Hindu Religion). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Cheraman Kadali in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film Kuzhanthaikkaga.

Reviews

[Aishwarya · Rating 4 out of 5]

The poetries were mostly in the ancient Tamil structure and I felt it quite difficult to understand what the author was trying to say except for a handful of entries. My favourite entry would definitely be "Ambedkar". You needn't read Dr. Ambedkar's biography if you've read Kannadasan's one page poem on Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. His command over language and persuasive writing should be applauded!

If you're into poetries, do pick this up. It will be hard to pick up the message first but eventually you'll understand with ease.