Eelattu Poothanthevanar

Eelattu Poothanthevanar

Eelattu Poothanthevanar was one of the earliest known classical Sri Lankan poets. His poems were included in the Tamil sangam or Cankam poetry anthologies compiled in Tamilakam before 250 AD. [ [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568352_4/Sri_Lanka.html "Sri Lanka - Literature" Encarta article] reads: "The earliest known Sri Lankan Tamil poet was Eelattu Poothanthevanar, whose poems were included in the Tamil cankam (sangam) poetry anthologies compiled in southern India before 250 AD."]

A distinctly Sri Lankan Tamil literary tradition first developed in the 1940s with the works of the 'marumalarchi' or renaissance writers Mahakavi, A. Kandasamy, and Varadar. The poetry of Mahakavi, in particular, helped distinguish the literature of Sri Lankan Tamils from that of Tamils in southern India.

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* [http://www.onlanka.com/srilanka/clife.htm Sri Lankan article on culture, art and literature]


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