Tamilanban

{{Short description|Indian Tamil poet and writer (1933–2025)}} {{Indian patronymic|Jegadeesan or by his [[pen name]] "Erode" Tamilanban (or "Erode" Tamizhanban)|Natarajan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox writer | website = {{URL|https://erodetamilanban.com/}} | image = Erode Tamilanban (cropped).jpg | caption = Tamilanban in 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|9|28}} | birth_place = [[Chennimalai]], composite [[Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)|Coimbatore District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Erode district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India) | honorific_prefix = [[Kalaimamani]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|11|22|1933|9|28|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India | notable_works = ''Vanakkam Valluva!'' (2000) | awards = * [[Kalaimamani Award]] (1999) * [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2004) | relatives = * Valliammal (mother) * S. R. Natarajan (father) | birth_name = Jegadeesan }}

'''Natarajan Jegadeesan''', known by his pen name "'''Erode'''" '''Tamilanban''' (also spelled as '''Erode Tamizhanban'''; 28 September 1933 – 22 November 2025), was a poet and writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], India.

==Life and career== Tamilanban was born in [[Chennimalai]]. a town in present-day [[Erode district]], [[Tamil Nadu]] on 28 September 1933.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=22 November 2025 |title=Poet and newsreader Erode Tamilanban is no more |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/poet-and-newsreader-erode-tamilanban-is-no-more/article70310956.ece |access-date=22 November 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 November 2023 |title=பெரியாரை அடியொற்றும் பெருங்கவிஞர் ஈரோடு தமிழன்பன் இன்று அகவை 90 – 28.9.1933 – பேராசிரியர் ய. மணிகண்டன் தலைவர், தமிழ்மொழித் துறை,சென்னைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம் |url=https://viduthalai.in/4637/90-2891933/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251122115653/https://viduthalai.in/4637/90-2891933/ |archive-date=22 November 2025 |access-date=22 November 2025 |work=[[Viduthalai (newspaper)|Viduthalai]] |language=ta}}</ref>

In 2004, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his poetry collection ''Vanakkam Valluva '' (lit. Greetings, [[Thiruvalluvar|Valluvar]]). He also worked as a newsreader for [[Doordarshan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=தூரங்கள் என்பன... தமிழன்பன் சிறப்புப் பேட்டி|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/art-culture/essays/2006/tamilanban.html|access-date=27 July 2010|newspaper=Oneindia|year=2006|language=Tamil|archive-date=24 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724024037/http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/art-culture/essays/2006/tamilanban.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sahitya">[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil |date=24 January 2010}} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref> He was a board member of the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nadaga Mandram.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:jR1cKVhsxM0J:www.tn.gov.in/rti/proactive/inftour/handbook_IyalIsaiNatakaManram.pdf+erode+tamilanban&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgbjuH-7o7HUG4Ammdjl1DaqOgDlevwlMm3s6cb-Y-irLtmxDPLxHuL3pSow9dGHY6Oa2yPnha4V3CzwxX2xeojUDL-6tnBIKfgm3KzMGUp4iB5Akmpsh9YIectRaxu2beBEw4c&sig=AHIEtbTI6PgQNSQ_zUKkIbi5518AjsvWiw|work=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|accessdate=27 July 2010}}</ref> He died on 22 November 2025, at the age of 92.<ref name=":0" />

==Awards and recognitions== * [[S. P. Adithanar Senior Tamil Scholar Award]] (2017)<ref>{{cite news |title=‘Move beyond politics, make media content people-centric’ |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/nov/07/move-beyond-politics-make-media-content-people-centric-1694109.html |access-date=21 January 2019 |agency=New Indian Express}}</ref> * [[Kalaimamani]] award by [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] * Sahitya Akademi award (2004) * Kokkarako award (1969)

==Selected works== #''Silirppugal'' – Paari Nilayam (1970) #''Andha nandanai eritha neruppin micham'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (1982) #''Thirumbi vandha thervalam'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (1985) #''Kannukku veliyae sila kanaakkal'' – Narmada padippakam (1990) #''En veetukku ethirae oru erukkan chedi'' – Pablo bharathi padippakam (1995) #''Nadai marandha nadhiyum thisai mariya odayum'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (1998) #''Anaikkava endra America'' — Poompuhar padhippakam (1999) #''Un veetukku naan vandhirundhen'' – Pablo bharathi padippakam (1999) #''Bharathidasanodu pathandugal'' – vizhigal padippakam (2000) #''Vanakkam Valluva!'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (2000) #''Sennimalai cleopatrakkal'' – Pablo bharathi padippakam (2002) #''Vaarthaikal ketta varam'' – vizhigal padippakam (2002) #''Madhippedugal'' — Marudha (2002) #''Ivargalodum ivarrodum'' – vizhigal padippakam (2003) #''Kanakaanum vinaakkal'' – vizhigal padippakam (2004) #''Minnal urangum podhu'' – Sri Durga padippakam (2004) #''Kadhavai thattiya pazhaya kadhali'' – vizhigal padippakam (2005) #''Vidiyal vizhudugal'' – Poompuhar padhippakam (2005) #''Kavin kuru nooru'' – Pablo bharathi padippakam (2005) #''Pablo Neruda paarvaiyil India'' – Pablo Neruda Spanish Latin America Research Institute (2007) #''Idugurip peyarallai Islam'' – Rahmat arakattalai (2008) #''Olaichuvadiyum kurunthagadum'' – Vidivelli veliyeedu (2008) #''Solla vandadhu'' – Muthamizh padippagam (2008) #''Poems of questions'' – Translation by Gregory James. Arimaa Nokku (2018) #''Glow-worm woods'' – Translation by Gregory James. Arimaa Nokku (2019)

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