R._Dhandayudham Knowpia

R. Dhandayudham (b. 1939 – d. ?)^[1] was a Tamil scholar, writer, critic and translator from Tamil Nadu, India.^[2]

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Dhandyudham was a senior lecturer in the Indology department of University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has published a number of critical and research works on Tamil literature and a few works of fiction as well. His critical works are in the curriculum of Tamil Virtual University and Bharathidasan University. In 1975, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his literary criticism Tharkaala Tamil Illakkiyam (lit. Modern Tamil literature).^[3] A literary organisation (Doctor Dhandayudham Ilakkiya Peravai) has been established in his memory in Malaysia.

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Tharkaala Tamil Illakkiyam
Malaysia Tamil ilakkiya varalaaru
A study of the sociological novels in Tamil
Aalaya vazhipattil Tamil
A survey of modern Tamil literature,

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Malarum Malar
Poyyana nyayangal

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^ A study of the sociological novels in Tamil, R. Dhandayudham Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today
^ Malarum Malar, R. Dhandayudham, Central Institute of Indian languages^{[dead link]}
^ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.

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