Puviyarasu, Tamil Poet and Translator, Dies

Exam-focused facts from the 4 July 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Puviyarasu, a renowned Tamil poet, translator, screenwriter, and actor, died at the age of 96 in Coimbatore.
He was among the few Indian litterateurs to win the Sahitya Akademi Award twice, for translation and poetry.
In 2006, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for translating the Bengali poem 'Bidrohi' by Kazi Nazrul Islam into Tamil as 'Puratchikaran'.
In 2009, he won his second Sahitya Akademi Award for the poetry collection 'Kaiyoppam'.
He was a founding member of Vaanampaadi, a movement that popularised Tamil free verse.