# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pudhumaipithan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:28:28.500Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pudhumaipithan"
name: "Pudhumaipithan"
slug: "pudhumaipithan"
description: "C. Viruthachalam, better known by the pseudonym Pudhumaipithan, was one of the most influential and revolutionary writers of Tamil fiction. His works were characterized by social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions. Contemporary writers and critics found it difficult to accept his views and his works were received with extreme hostility. He as an individual and his works have been extensively reviewed and debated for over sixty years since his death. His influence has been accepted and appreciated by the present day writers and critics of Tamil fiction. In 2002, the Government of Tamil Nadu nationalised the works of Pudumaippithan."
tagline: "Tamil writer (1906–1948)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1906-04-25"
deathDate: "1948-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.09
  momentum:             0.9302325581395349
  historical:           6.42196
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  227
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Pudhumaipithan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pudhumaipithan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "പുതുമൈ പിത്തൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "पुतुमैप्पित्तऩ् (सन् १९९८या संकिपा)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پدھومی پیتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "புதுமைப்பித்தன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%AF%DA%BE%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "پدھومی پیتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump