December 23, 2024

Era Murukan conferred with Vishnupuram Literary Award

Writer Era Murukan (Centre) was presented with the Vishnupuram Literary Award for the year 2024 at a function held in the city on Sunday.
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Writer Era Murukan was conferred with the Vishnupuram Literary Award for the year 2024 along with a prize of ₹5 lakh and a memento at a ceremony in Coimbatore on Sunday.

Era Murukan is known as one of the pioneers of modern Tamil literature and has earned a special place through the novel `Arasur Vamsam’.

A documentary film titled “A Garden of Shadows” was screened, and a book ‘Muppattaikannadiyinulagam’ was released. Kannada writer Vivek Shanbag participated as the special guest at the function. Writers Jeyamohan, M. Gopalakrishnan and Ramya offered felicitations.

Published – December 23, 2024 05:18 pm IST

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