#VAIRAMUTHU KAVITHAIGAL IN TAMIL BOOKS PROFESSIONAL#
He completed a 2 year Master's program in Arts in the field of Tamil literature at the Madras University.Īfter his education, he began his professional career at the Tamil Nadu Official Language Commission in the mid-1970s, as a translator of law books and documents from English to Tamil, working under Justice Maharajan. The book was prescribed as part of the curriculum in the Women's Christian College, giving Vairamuthu the distinction of being a writer whose work was part of a syllabus, while he was still a student. In his sophomore year, he published his first anthology of poems, titled Vaigarai Megangal ('Clouds at Dawn'), at the age of nineteen. Education and early career ĭuring the stint of his under-graduation at Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he was acclaimed as a speaker and poet. At the age of fourteen, he wrote a group of venba poems, having been inspired by Thiruvalluvar's Tirukkuṛaḷ. He began writing poems from the age of ten and by his early teens, he was noted as a prominent orator and poet in his school. Karunanidhi, Subramania Bharathi, Bharathidasan and Kannadasan. Ramasamy, 'Perarignar' Annadurai, Kalaignar Mu. The Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu during the 1960s, made a significant impression on his youth and he was inspired by several prominent individuals associated with language, such as Periyar E. In his new surroundings, he also took up agriculture in addition to his academics.įrom a very young age, Vairamuthu was drawn towards the language and literature of Tamil. In 1957, his family was forced to move to Vadugapatti, another village in the Theni district, due to the construction of Vaigai Dam across the river Vaigai, which led to evacuation of 14 villages (including Mettur). Vairamuthu was born on Jto Ramasamy and his wife Angammal, who were agriculturalists based in the village of Mettoor, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu.
He has also been honored with a Padma Shri, a Padma Bhushan and a Sahitya Akademi Award, for his abundant literary output. During the course of his 40-year film career, he has written over 7,500 songs and poems which have won him seven National Awards, the most for any Indian lyricist.
He entered the Tamil film industry in the year 1980, with the film Nizhalgal, directed by P. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first worked as a translator, while also being a published poet.
Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian poet, lyricist and novelist working in the Tamil film industry and a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world.