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  2. Sangam literature - Wikipedia

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    This collection contains 2381 poems in Tamil composed by 473 poets, some 102 anonymous. [13] [14] Of these, 16 poets account for about 50% of the known Sangam literature, [13] with Kapilar – the most prolific poet – alone contributing just little less than 10% of the entire corpus. [15] These poems vary between 3 and 782 lines long. [12]

  3. Subramania Bharati - Wikipedia

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    Subramania Bharati. C. Subramania Bharati[a] (IPA: / ˌsuˈbrəˌmənˈjʌ ˈbɑːˌrʌθi /; born C. Subramaniyan 11 December 1882 – 12 September 1921) was an Indian writer, poet, journalist, teacher, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. He was bestowed the title Bharati for his poetry and was a pioneer of modern Tamil ...

  4. Avvaiyar (Sangam poet) - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Avvaiyar is considered to be contemporary to poets Paranar, [5] Kabilar and Thiruvalluvar. [6] She is attributed as the author of 7 verses in Naṟṟiṇai, 15 in Kuṟuntokai, 4 in Akanaṉūṟu and 33 in Puṟanāṉūṟu. [5] Legend states that she was a court poet of the rulers of the Tamil country. She travelled from one part ...

  5. Bharathidasan - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Bharathidasan[1] (IPA: / ˈbɑːˌrʌðiˈðɑːˌsʌn /; born K. Subburathinam[1] 29 April 1891 – 21 April 1964), was a 20th-century [2] Tamil poet and rationalist writer whose literary works handled mostly socio-political issues. He was deeply influenced by the Tamil poet Subramania Bharathi and named himself "Bharathi dasan ...

  6. Thiruvalluvar - Wikipedia

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    Common ethics and morality. Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was an Indian poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of Tamil literature. [7]

  7. Avvaiyar (12th-century poet) - Wikipedia

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    Avvaiyar (12th-century poet) Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was a Tamil poet who lived during the period of Kambar and Ottakoothar during the reign of the Chola dynasty in the twelfth century. [1] She is often imagined as an old and intelligent lady by Tamil people. Many poems and the Avvai Kural, comprising 310 kurals in 31 chapters ...

  8. List of Sangam poets - Wikipedia

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    Several scholars attribute all the poems in the later anthology Kalithokai to one poet, possibly Nallanthuvanār, and believe that they were erroneously assigned to five poets (Pālai to Pālai Pādiya Perunkadunkō, Kurinji to Kapilar, Marutham to Maruthan Ilanākanār, Mullai to Chōlan Nalluruthiran, and Neythal to Nallanthuvanār) due to ...

  9. Umaru Pulavar - Wikipedia

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    Ettayapuram, Carnatic Sultanate (now in Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, India) Known for. Poetry. Umaru Pulavar (4 December 1642 – 28 July 1703) was a Tamil Muslim poet from Tamil Nadu, India. Umaru Pulavar was born in 1642 in the town of Ettayapuram in Thoothukudi district. He is celebrated as one of the greatest Islamic poets of India.