Pulavar Kuzhanthai
{{Short description|Indian poet and writer (1906–1972)}}
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| birth_place = Erode
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| occupation = Poet, writer
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| alma_mater = Madras University
| period = 1934
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| movement = Dravidian movement
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| spouse = Muthammai
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Pulavar Kuzhanthai (1 July 1906 – 22 September 1972) was an Indian poet and writer in the Tamil language. He has written many Tamil books in prose and poetry form. Kuzhanthai was inspired by the Dravidian movement, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and Annadurai C N.
Ravana Kaaviyam
His epic, Ravana Kaaviyam (1946) is a panegyric on Ravana. The book is made of 3100 poetic stanzas in which Ravana is the protagonist. The book was banned by the then ruling Congress government. The ban was lifted only in 1971 by M. Karunanidhi, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/ravana-as-antidote/206446 | title=Ravana As Antidote | magazine=Outlook India | date=2 November 1998 | accessdate=20 June 2019 | author=M.S.S. Pandian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135407/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/ravana-as-antidote/206446|archivedate=2018-01-16}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.tamiltribune.com/06/0401.html |title=Censorship of Dravidian Voices |date=April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108182839/http://www.tamiltribune.com/06/0401.html |archive-date=8 January 2018}}
Nationalisation of works
In 2006, the Government of Tamil Nadu gave ₹. 500,000 to Kuzhanthai's heir and nationalised his literary works, meaning they are now in public domain.{{cite web | url=http://tamil.webdunia.com/article/regional-tamil-news/22-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88-109053000060_1.htm | title=22 தமிழ் அறிஞர்களின் நூல்கள் நாட்டுடைமை | publisher=Tamil webdunia | accessdate=19 June 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619135949/http://tamil.webdunia.com/article/regional-tamil-news/22-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88-109053000060_1.htm|archivedate=19 June 2019}}
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Category:Tamil-language writers
Category:People from Erode district
Category:20th-century Indian poets