C. S. Chellappa

{{Short description|Tamil writer, journalist and Indian independence movement activist}}

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| birth_name = Chinnamanur Subramaniam Chellappa

| birth_date = 29 September 1912

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|12|18|1912|9|29|df=y}}

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| nationality = Indian

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| occupation = Writer, journalist

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Cinnamanur Subramaniam Chellappa ({{langx|ta|சி. சு. செல்லப்பா}}) (29 September 1912 – 18 December 1998) was a Tamil writer, journalist and Indian independence movement activist.{{cite news|title=He is old, hungry and poor, but believes spring cannot be far behind|url=http://www.rediff.com/freedom/04chella.htm|work=Rediff|accessdate=4 February 2010}}{{cite news|title=Short Stories Collection|url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2009/06/23/stories/2009062350781500.htm|date=23 June 2009|work=The Hindu|last=Ashokamitran|accessdate=4 February 2010}} He belonged to the "Manikodi" literary movement along with Pudhumaipithan, Ku Pa Ra, Va. Ramasamy, N. Pichamoorthi and A. N. Sivaraman. He also founded Ezhuthu, a literary magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/26/stories/0426401z.htm|title=Lone survivor looks back|last=Sundararajan|first=P. G|date=26 August 2001|work=The Hindu|accessdate=4 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606110511/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/26/stories/0426401z.htm|archive-date=6 June 2011|url-status=usurped}} His novel Suthanthira Thagam won the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil |title=Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil writers |work=Sahitya Akademi |accessdate=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |archivedate=24 January 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.uyirmmai.com/contentdetails.aspx?cid=29|title=C. S. Chellappa|last=Ramakrishnan|first=S|work=Uyirmmai|accessdate=4 February 2010|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006205453/http://www.uyirmmai.com/contentdetails.aspx?cid=29|archive-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=20903051&format=print|title=Little known Tamil scholars 4 - C. S. Chellappa|last=Narasimman|first=S|date=3 May 2009|work=Thinnai|accessdate=4 February 2010|language=Tamil}}