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Oct 07, 1938 Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India Died on 28 Jul 2016 (aged 77)
Tamil Poet
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About Gnanakoothan
- R.
- Ranganathan (7 October 1938 – 27 July 2016), known professionally as Gnanakoothan, was an Indian poet.
- Writing in Tamil, he was the author of Anru veru kizhamai ("That was another day"), Suriyanukku Pinpakkam ("The rear side of Sun"), Kadarkaraiyil Sila Marankal ("Few trees in the seashore"), Meendum Avarkal ("Them again"), and Pencil Padangal ("Pencil pictures").
- He was one of the modern Tamil poet in Tamil literature, and a regular contributor to topical columns in Tamil periodicals such as Kalki, Kalachuvadu and Uyirmai.
- He was one of the founder-editors of the little magazine Kacatathapara along with N.
- Krishnamurthy, Sa.
- Kandasamy, and N.
- Muthusamy.
- He started and ran Gavanam for a brief period.
- He was also one of the editors of Zha, along with Atmanam and R.
- Rajagopalan.
- He contributed to several little magazines including Maiyam, Vrutcham (now Naveena Vrutcham), and Kanaiyazhi.
- His works also appeared in little magazines like Illakkiya Vattam of Ka.
- Na.
- Subramaniam and C.
- Mani's Nadai, in which his poems appeared first.
- His works are known for its social satire.
- He died on July 27, 2016 at the age of 78.
