Kanagasabai Subbu (29 Gregorian calendar month 1891 – twenty one Gregorian calendar month 1964), popularly known as Bharathidasan, was a 20th-century Tamil author and author rationalist whose literary works handled principally socio-political problems. He was deeply influenced by the Tamil author Subramania Bharati and named himself as Bharathidasan. His writings served as a catalyst for the expansion of the Dravidian movement in Madras. additionally to poetry, his views found expression in different forms like plays, film scripts, short stories and essays. the govt. of Puducherry union territory has adopted the song of Invocation to Mother Tamil, written by Bharathidasan because the state song of Puducherry. Bharathidasan was given with the title of "Puratchi Kavingyar" (meaning the "Revolutionary Poet") by Periyar. He won the Golden Parrot Prize in 1946 for his play Amaithi-Oomai (Peace and Dumbness). He was given the Sahitya laurels, posthumously in 1970 for his play Pisiranthaiyar. He died in 1964 however he got this award when he died.

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