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M. Balakrishnan

エム・バラクリシュナン

M. Balakrishnan

Pen Names: Ma IlangkannanPopular pen name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938-09-18 (Singapore)
Nationality
Singaporean
Languages
Tamil
Residence History
Singapore → Tamil Nadu, India

Career

Occupations
author, storeman, typist
Active Years
1957-1997
Affiliations
Translation department, Ministry of Culture

Education

Kalaimagal Tamil School
Period: 幼少期
Country: Singapore
Education disrupted due to family relocations

Awards

S.E.A. Write Award
1982
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Legacy

Singaporean Tamil author, first Tamil writer to receive the S.E.A. Write Award in 1982.

Trivia

  • Moved to Tamil Nadu, India with family at age 2, where he learned to read and write Tamil.
  • Returned to Singapore after World War II.
  • Worked as a storeman for British military from 1957, later as a typist in the Ministry of Culture's translation department until 1997.