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    Modern Tamil Literature

    Topic started by R. Raman (@ spider-wm051.proxy.aol.com) on Wed Jun 13 15:52:43 .


    Can anyone tell me the year the first modern Tamil novel was published. I vaguely remember a title " -------- Charitham". Was it 1857 or 1870 or 1877?




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    [tscii] Øöþ×ö ‹¿ã‘ (@ 63.6*) on: Wed Jun 13 16:30






    »Ì°‘º ðÓÆ‘Ñ œÍ°Å ?






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    JayBee (@ 210.*) on: Wed Jun 13 18:47:21




    'Piradhaaba Mudhaliyar Chariththiram' by Maayavaram Munsif Vedha Naayagam PiLLai was the first modern novel.
    It was closely followed by 'KamalaambaaL Chariththiram' by Paridhi MaaR Kalaignar @ Suriya Naaraayana SaastrigaL.

    Incidentally, they were the first paper backs in Tamil. Cost - Rs.1





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    thaanaa (@ tcac*) on: Wed Jun 13 22:15:13




    Dear friends
    I guess it was 1857.(vethanaygam pillai published ¦ÀñÒò¾¢Á¡¨Ä in 1869. so 1870 & 1877 r not acceptable.)

    According to the handbook of tamil cuture & heritage, 'KamalaambaaL Chariththiram' was written by rajam iyer ( AKA Paridhi MaaR Kalaignar ???).





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    JayBee (@ 210.*) on: Thu Jun 14 09:08:55




    Rajam Aiyer wrote the 'KamalaambaaL Chariththiram'.

    I stand corrected by Sivagnaanam.

    Paridhi = Suuriyan
    Maal = NaaraayaNan
    Kalaignar = Saasthri

    ParidhiMaaRKalaignar is SuuriyaNaaraayaNaSaasthriyaar.





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    thaanaa (@ ac9e*) on: Thu Jun 14 17:21:04





    My guess is wrong.(1857)
    According to the Handbook of tamil culture & Heritage,
    vedanayagam pillai wrote 'Piradhaaba Mudhaliyar Chariththiram' in 1876.
    ¦ÀñÒò¾¢Á¡¨Ä(¦ÀñÁ¾¢Á¡¨Ä) is a poetic work.
    --¾¡É¡

    PS: Dear Dr.JayBee
    I am not Sivagnaanam.






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    era.murugan (@ dial*) on: Thu Jun 14 19:34:28







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    thaanaa (@ ac91*) on: Thu Jun 14 20:16:23





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    mu (@ dial*) on: Thu Jun 14 21:41:27




    Thanks Thaanaa.

    There are interesting references to vEdanAyagam PiLLai in U.vE.sA's 'en charitham'.

    More on the subject later...





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    ramanitharan,k. (@ 129.*) on: Thu Jun 14 21:50:50




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