Contemporary Tamil Children Writers – 2017

Contemporary Children Literature Writers – 2017

This list contains the writers who are involved in writing for children in various formats (fiction, non fiction) in Tamil. They are from various backgrounds like Teachers, Professors, Educationalists, IT Professional, full time writers, journalists, child activists and even few children. This list must grow on and on and on… that’s the only wish for now.

1. Yuma Vasuki (Translation)
2. Ayeesha Natarajan (All formats)
3. S.Ramakrishnan (popularly SRa)
4. Gnani
5. Vizhiyan
6. Vishnupuram Saravanan
7. Ko.Ma.Ko. Illango
8. Mu.Murugesh
9. Udhayasankar
10. Vetrichezhiyan
11. Balu Sathya
12. Karunakaran
13. Kannikovil Raja
14. T.V.Venkateshwaran
15. Lalaithamathi
16. Ramesh Vaidhya
17. Velu Saravanan
18. Subrabarathi Maniyan
19. Nakeeran
20. Yaazhini
21. Chutti Vikatan Yuvaraj
22. Sukumaran
23. J.Vignesh
24. Madurai Saravanan
25. Udumalai
26. Marudhan
27. Sai Sundarrajan
28. Kumaranandhan
29. Prof. Mohana
30. Teacher Madhavan
31. Story Teller Jeeva Raghunath
32. Chaitanya
33. Athisha
34. Prof. Madasamy
35. Chokkan
36. Selvakumar Palanisamy
37. Harish
38. Devikapuram Siva
39. Mo.Pandiyarajan
40. C.Ramalingam
41. Muralidharan
42. Yercad Elango
43. Pinjanna
44. Sa.Tamilselvan
45. Gowri
46. Adhi Valliappan
47. Chandra Praveenkumar
48. Puthugai Abdulla
49. Prof. Ramanujam
50. Madhumitha
51. Gowri Neelamegam
52. Kalaivanan
53. Ve.Sriram (Kutty Ilavarasan)
54. Ma (A.S.Padmavathi)
55. Ve.Pa.Ganesan
56. Yes.Balabharathi
57. Saravanan Parthasarathy
58. Jayanthi Sankar (Singapore)
59. Neethimani
60. Vijaybaskar Vijay
61. Jeyamohan
62. Vamu.Komu
63. Balasubramaian (Pondi)
64. Paavannan
65. Muthu
66. Kovai Sadhasivam
67. A. Shanmuganatham
68 Shahjahan
69. Saalai Selvam
70. Ko.Ma.Kothandam
71. S.Sujatha
72. Thanjavur Kavirayar (Songs)
73. Anandh Chellaiah
74. Arathu
75. Vignesh (Teacher)
76. Themozhi Selvi
77. Ganeshwar SV
78. S.Balakrishnan
79. Manathunai Nathan
80. Sharanya

(Randomly ordered)

(Consolidated by Vizhiyan & Vishnupuram Saravanan)

Note: Please do mention and suggest the names that are left out

– Vizhiyan