CPI (M) MP and Sahitya Akademi winner Su. Venkatesan has been selected for the Iyal award-2019 of the Canada-based Tamil Literary Garden, an organisation dedicated to the promotion of Tamil internationally.
“I deem it a great honour to my literary journey,” said Mr. Venkatesan, who was elected from the Madurai Lok Sabha constituency.
His first novel Kaaval Kottam , tracing an unique security system that prevailed in Madurai six hundred years ago, won the Sahitya Akademi award in 2011. A sub-plot of the novel was made into a film Aravaan .
His second novel Velpaari was serialised in the Tamil weekly Anandavikatan. and It depicted the story of the philanthropist Tamil chieftain Pari.
A announcement by the Tamil Literary Garden said the award ceremony will would be held in Toronto in June.
