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((Short description|Indian writer (1940–2020)))
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[[File:Sa kandasamy.jpg|thumb|Sa. Kandasamy]]
'''Sa. Kandasamy ''' (23 July 1940<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=Sa.+Kandasamy+b.+23.7.1940&pg=PA561|title = Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|isbn = 9788126008735|last1 = Dutt|first1 = Kartik Chandra|year = 1999| publisher=Sahitya Akademi ))</ref> – 31 July 2020)<ref name="TOI">((cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sa-kandasamy-tamil-writer-and-documentary-filmmaker-dies-in-chennai/articleshow/77277465.cms | title=Sa Kandasamy, Tamil writer and documentary filmmaker, dies | work=[[Times of India]] | date=31 July 2020 | accessdate=31 July 2020))</ref> was a [[novelist]] and documentary film-maker from [[Mayiladuthurai]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil for his novel, ''Vicharanai Commission'' in 1998.<ref name="TOI" />

== Life ==
Kandasamy was born on 23 July 1940 in [[Mayiladuthurai]], in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=":0">((Cite web|last=TNM Staff|date=31 July 2020|title=Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi winner Sa Kandasamy passes away at 80|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tamil-writer-and-sahitya-akademi-winner-sa-kandasamy-passes-away-80-129817|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-22|website=The News Minute))</ref> After studying at the Singaram Pillai School, he worked at the Chennai Port Trust and the [[Food Corporation of India]].<ref name=":1">((Cite web|last=Panneerselvan|first=A. S.|title=Sa. Kandasamy: Profound yet simple|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/profound-yet-simple/article32253539.ece|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Frontline|date=August 2020 |language=en))</ref><ref name=":2">((Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2020-07-31|title=Writer 'Chayavanam' Kandasamy is no more|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/writer-chayavanam-kandasamy-is-no-more/article32244228.ece|access-date=2020-08-22|issn=0971-751X))</ref>

Kandasamy later moved to Chennai, and joined a writers' group that included writer [[S. Ramakrishnan]] and artist R.B. Baskaran. They briefly published a literary magazine, ''Ka Sa Da Tha Pa Ra.''<ref name=":1" />

He died at the age of 80, after experiencing a heart attack.<ref>((Cite web|title=Sahitya Akademi winner Sa Kandasamy no more|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/aug/01/sahitya-akademi-winner-sa-kandasamy-no-more-2177573.html|access-date=2020-08-22|website=The New Indian Express))</ref>

== Literary career ==
Kandasamy's first novel was ''Saayavanam Puthinam,'' published in 1968. It was well-received and was later included by the National Book Trust as one of Indian literature's modern masterpieces.<ref name=":0" /> ''Saayavanam'' is one of the earliest examples of literature focusing on ecological concerns in India, and focuses on forest clearances and industrial development in Tamil Nadu.<ref name=":1" /> Kandasamy based on the novel on his own experiences in rural Tamil Nadu, and named the novel after a village that he had lived in with his family, as a child.<ref name=":1" />

His novel, ''Vicharanai Commission,'' which dealt with custodial violence and the police, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 1998.<ref name=":2" />

He has published seven novels and several collection of short stories, in [[Tamil language|Tamil]].  One of Kandasamy's novels, ''Tholaindhu ponavargal'' was adapted for television.<ref name="TOI" />

In addition to fiction, Kandasamy wrote several pieces of criticism, focusing on visual arts and writing in Tamil Nadu, as well as introducing a series of Tamil biographies published by the Sahitya Akademi.<ref name=":1" />

== Film Making ==
Kandasamy's documentary film, ''Kaval Deivangal'', documented history and techniques relating to traditional terracotta art in South India.<ref name=":1" /> It won the first prize at the Angino Film Festival, in Cyprus, in 1989.<ref>((Cite web|author=M. T. Saju|date=1 August 2020|title=Sa Kandasamy: Tamil writer who spoke for the marginalised|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sa-kandasamy-tamil-writer-who-spoke-for-the-marginalised/articleshow/77295173.cms|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-22|website=The Times of India|language=en))</ref> In addition, Kandasamy also directed several other documentaries, primarily on popular Tamil writers and artists, including the sculptor S. Dhanapal, and writers [[Jayakanthan]] and [[Ashokamitran]].<ref name=":2" />

== Publications ==

=== Novels ===

* ''Saayavanam Puthinam''
* ''Suriya Vamsam''
* ''Visaranai Commission''
* ''Avan Aanathu''
* ''Tholaindhu Ponavargal'' (''Those Who Are Lost'')
* ''Perum Mazhai Natkal'' 
* ''Neelavan''

== Awards and honors ==

* (1998) [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] - for his novel, ''Vicharanai Commission''<ref name="TOI" />
* (1995) [[Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship]] - for contributions to literature<ref name="TOI" />

==References==
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==External links==
*((cite web |title=Tamil Literature Writers |url=http://www.seasonsindia.com/art_culture/lit_tamil_sea.htm#sa |website=SeasonsIndia |accessdate=9 August 2014))

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