Manushyaputhiran


Manushya Puthiran is a poet and also a DMK supporter in Tamil Nadu. He was born as S. Abdul Hameed in Thuvarankurichi, the Tiruchirappalli district. He began his literary career in early 80's and at a very young age of 16, his first poem got published. In 2002, he was awarded the Sanskriti National Award for his outstanding contribution to Tamil literature as a young writer.
Over the past two decades, several of his poems got published in popular Tamil Magazines like Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam, Kalki and Kalachuvadu. His political and topical columns are regular in Tamil periodicals such as Kungumam, Nakeeran and Tamil popular daily Dinamalar.
He is known for his progressive views on various socio-political issues like capital punishment abolition, caste system annihilation, women liberation etc.
Now he lives in Chennai He is running Uyirmmai publication and Uyirmmai magazine.
On 19 Aug 2015, he joined leading political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam of Tamil Nadu.

Early life and education

Manushya Puthiran born as the second of four children on 15 March 1968, in Thuvarankurichi, Tiruchirappalli District. He started his schooling at the age of 7 and he describes his early life:
Completed his schooling in private, continued his first year degree in Bachelor of Arts through Distance Learning Programs, Annamalai University. Just not to miss the fun and experience of campus, from 2nd year onwards he started attending college. Later he did dual master's degree one in Mass Communication and other in History.

Controversies

Manushyaputhiran faced wrath of women activists for his derogatory use of women's period related words against Hindu Gods. His poor choice of words like menstrual fluid to mock Kerala flood tragedy, reflected his poor choice of words and intolerance towards faiths he is not part of

List of books

Poetry

Sujatha Awards for Literary Excellence

In the year 2010 Uyirmmai Padhippagam and The Sujatha Trust together organized a commemorative function at the New Woodlands Hotel in Chennai on Saturday, 27 February, the second death anniversary of Tamil literature icon Sujatha.
At the function, it was announced that the Sujatha Awards for excellence in literature would be given away every year in memory of the great writer. The awards will be given away in 6 categories, namely Best compilation of
The awards ceremony will be held on 27 Feb every year. The award will consist of a cash prize of Rs. 10000 and a citation.
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Awards