Pulavar Kuzhanthai

Pulavar Kuzhanthai (1 July 1906 – 22 September 1972) was an Indian poet and writer in the Tamil language. He has written many Tamil books in prose and poetry form. Kuzhanthai was inspired by the Dravidian movement, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and Annadurai C N.

Pulavar Kuzhanthai
Picture of Pulavar Kuzhanthai in 1946
Born	(1906-07-01)1 July 1906 Erode
Died	22 September 1972(1972-09-22) (aged 66)
Occupation	Poet, writer
Alma mater	Madras University
Period	1934
Literary movement	Dravidian movement
Spouse	Muthammai
Children	Samathuvam, Samarasam

Ravana Kaaviyam

His epic, Ravana Kaaviyam (1946) is a panegyric on Ravana. The book is made of 3100 poetic stanzas in which Ravana is the protagonist. The book was banned by the then ruling Congress government. The ban was lifted only in 1971 by M. Karunanidhi, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.^[1][2]

Nationalisation of works

In 2006, the Government of Tamil Nadu gave ₹. 500,000 to Kuzhanthai's heir and nationalised his literary works, meaning they are now in public domain.^[3]