# Prapanchan

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Indian writer (1945–2018)

Prapanchan Born S. Vaidyalingam (1945-04-27)27 April 1945 Pondicherry, French India (now Puducherry, India) Died 21 December 2018(2018-12-21) (aged 73) Puducherry, India Pen name Prabanjan Occupation writer and critic Language Tamil, French, English Education M.A. Tamil Notable works Vaanam Vasapadum Notable awards Sahitya Akademi Award Spouse Pramila Rani Children Gawdaman, Gowrisankar, Sathish

**Prapanchan**, is the pseudonym of **S. Vaidyalingam** ([Tamil](/source/Tamil_language): சாரங்கபாணி வைத்தியலிங்கம்; 27 April 1945 – 21 December 2018)[1] a [Tamil](/source/Tamil_language), writer and critic from [Puducherry](/source/Puducherry_(city)), [India](/source/India).

## Biography

Prapanchan was born in [Pondicherry](/source/Pondicherry_(city)) and did his schooling in [Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School](/source/Petit_Seminaire_Higher_Secondary_School), Puducherry. His birth name was Vaidyalingam. His father ran a [toddy shop](/source/Toddy_shop). He attended the Karandhai College and graduated as a Tamil [Vidwan](/source/Vidwan). He started his career as a Tamil teacher in [Thanjavur](/source/Thanjavur). He also worked as a journalist in *[Kumudam](/source/Kumudam)*, *[Ananda Vikatan](/source/Ananda_Vikatan)* and*[Kungumam](/source/Kungumam_(magazine))*. In 1961, he published his first short story *Enna ulagamada* in the magazine *Bharani*. He was influenced by the [Self-Respect Movement](/source/Self-Respect_Movement). He had published 46 books. In 1995, he was awarded the [Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/Sahitya_Akademi_Award) for [Tamil](/source/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_Tamil_language) for his historical novel *Vaanam Vasappadum* (lit. The Sky will be ours) set in the times of [Ananda Ranga Pillai](/source/Ananda_Ranga_Pillai). His works have been translated into Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, German, French, English and Swedish. His play *Muttai* is part of the curriculum in [Delhi University](/source/Delhi_University) and his short story collection *Netrru Manidhargal* is a textbook in many colleges. He was married to Pramila Rani and they have three sons. He was living in [Chennai](/source/Chennai) and Pondicherry. He was diagnosed with lung cancer (Squamous cell carcinoma), for which he underwent palliative chemotherapy from Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital under the department of pulmonary medicine and oncology. On 21 December 2018 he died of respiratory failure and tumor metastasis.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

## Partial bibliography

### Novels

- *Vaanam vasappadum*

- *Mahanadhi*

- *Manudam vellum*

- *Sandhya*

- *Kagidha Manidhargal*

- *Kaneeral Kappom*

- *Penmai velga*

- *Padhavi*

- *Erodu Thamizhar uyirodu*

### Novellas

- *Aangalum Pengalum*

### Short story collections

- *Nerru Manidhargal*

- *Vittu Viduthalayagi*

- *Iruttin Vaasal*

- *Oru ooril irandu manidhargal*

- *Appavin veshti*

- *Mari engira aatukutti*

### Plays

- *Muttai*

- *Akalya*

## Awards and recognitions

- [Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_Tamil) in Tamil, 1996 for *Vaanam vasappadum*

- [Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad](/source/Bharatiya_Bhasha_Parishad) Award

- Coimbatore Kasturi Rangammal Award for *Mahanadhi*

- [Ilakkiya Chinthanai Award for *Manudam vellum*](http://www.viruba.com/ElaShortStoriesByAuthor.aspx?ID=3)

- [Adithanar](/source/S._P._Adithanar) award for *Sandhya*

- Award for Non-Fiction from [The Tamil Literary Garden](/source/The_Tamil_Literary_Garden), Toronto

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-TNM_1-0)** ["Noted Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi awardee Prapanchan passes away at 73"](https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/noted-tamil-writer-and-sahitya-akademi-awardee-prapanchan-passes-away-73-93743). *The News Minute*. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sahitya_2-0)** [Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007](http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm) 2010-01-24 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) [Sahitya Akademi](/source/Sahitya_Akademi) Official website.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Tamil translation of Malayalam travelogue launched"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100105121429/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010459550500.htm). *[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)*. Chennai, India. 4 January 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010459550500.htm) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Prapanchan interview"](http://www.tamiloviam.com/unicode/printpage.asp?fname=08120410&week=aug1204). *Tamiloviam* (in Tamil). Retrieved 6 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Kumar, Neelam (2002). [*Our favourite Indian stories*](https://books.google.com/books?id=HAYdHI1NJSUC&q=bhasha+parishad+prize+prapanchan&pg=PR22). Jaico Publishing House. pp. xxii. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-81-7224-978-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7224-978-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [S. Ramakrishnan](/source/S._Ramakrishnan). ["பிரபஞ்சன் : எப்போதுமிருக்கும் நட்பு"](http://www.uyirmmai.com/Uyirosai/ContentDetails.aspx?cid=139). *Uyirmmai* (in Tamil). Retrieved 6 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Prapanchan profile"](http://www.uyirmmai.com/publications/AuthorDetails.aspx?aid=176). *Uyirmmai*. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Prapanchan Profile"](http://www.tamilvu.org/courses/degree/p101/p1012/html/p1012551.htm). *Tamil Virtual University*. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Prapanchan interview"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070712171255/http://www.nilacharal.com/tamil/interview/prabanjan_interview_320.asp). *Nilacharal* (in Tamil). Archived from [the original](http://www.nilacharal.com/tamil/interview/prabanjan_interview_320.asp) on 12 July 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

v t e Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil 1955–1975 R. P. Sethu Pillai (1955) Kalki Krishnamurthy (1956) C. Rajagopalachari (1958) Mu. Varadarajan (1961) Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (1962) Akilan (1963) P. Sri Acharya (1965) M. P. Sivagnanam (1966) K. V. Jagannathan (1967) A. Srinivasa Raghavan (1968) Bharatidasan (1969) Ku. Alagirisami (1970) Na. Parthasarathy (1971) D. Jayakanthan (1972) Rajam Krishnan (1973) K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (1974) R. Dhandayudham (1975) 1976–2000 Indira Parthasarathy (1977) Vallikannan (1978) Thi. Janakiraman (1979) Kannadasan (1980) M. Ramalingam (1981) B. S. Ramiah (1982) T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan (1983) Lakshmi (1984) A. S. Gnanasambandan (1985) Ka. Naa. Subramanyam (1986) Aadhavan Sundaram (1987) V. C. Kulandaiswamy (1988) La Sa Ra (1989) Su. Samuthiram (1990) Ki. Rajanarayanan (1991) Kovi. Manisekaran (1992) M. V. Venkatram (1993) Ponneelan (1994) Prapanchan (1995) Ashokamitran (1996) Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (1997) Sa. Kandasamy (1998) S. Abdul Rahman (1999) Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran (2000) 2001–present C. S. Chellappa (2001) Sirpi Balasubramaniam (2002) Vairamuthu (2003) Tamilanban (2004) G. Thilakavathi (2005) Mu. Metha (2006) Neela Padmanabhan (2007) Melanmai Ponnusamy (2008) Puviarasu (2009) Nanjil Nadan (2010) S. Venkatesan (2011) D. Selvaraj (2012) Joe D'Cruz (2013) Poomani (2014) A. Madhavan (2015) Vannadasan (2016) Inkulab (2017) S. Ramakrishnan (2018) Cho Dharman (2019) Imayam (2020) C. S. Lakshmi (2021) M. Rajendran (2022) Rajasekaran (Devibharathi) (2023) A. R. Venkatachalapathy (2024) S. Tamilselvan (2025)

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.prapanchan.in)

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