S. Abdul Rahman

S. Abdul Rahman (Tamil: அப்துல் ரகுமான், born. 1937), is a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India. He is known by the title Kaviko (lit. Emperor among poets). He was Ex- chairman of Waqf board of Tamil Nadu.

Biography

Abdul Rahman was born in Madurai in 1937. He was a professor of Tamil for 29 years at Islamiah College, Vaniambadi. He belonged to the Vanambadi literary movement.In 1999, his poetry collection Aalapanai won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil. In 2009, he was made the chairman of the Wakf board of Tamil Nadu. He is also a member of the Tamil Language Promotion Board of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Awards and recognitions

• Kalaigner award (1997)
• Kalaimamani award (1989)
• Bharathidasan award (1989)
• Sahitya Akademi Award
• Kamban Kazhagam’s Kambar award (2007),
• Podhigai TV's Pothigai award (2007),
• S. P. Adithanar Literary award (2007)
• Umaru Pulavar award (2008)

Partial bibliography

Poetry collections

• Aalapanai
• Paal veedhi
• Neyar viruppam
• Pithan
• Suttu viral
• velangugal illa kavithaigal

References

1. Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Sahitya Akademi Official website.
2. "Sunday Celebrity: ‘Kaviko’ Abdul Rahman, from literary sphere to community development". Asian Tribune. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
3. Sivasankari (1998). Knit India Through Literature: The South. Eastwest Books. pp. xi. ISBN 978-81-86852-11-8.
4. "Tamil Language Promotion Board". Centre of Excellence for Classical Tamil. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
5. "In tune with tradition". Frontline. 28 February 2004. Retrieved 28 June 2010.