Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai (1826-1889), also known as Mayavaram Vedanayagam Pillai, was an Indian civil servant, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker who is remembered for the authorship of Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram (1879), recognized as the "first modern Tamil novel".
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Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai (1826-1889), also known as Mayavaram Vedanayagam Pillai, was an Indian civil servant, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker who is remembered for the authorship of Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram (1879), recognized as the "first modern Tamil novel". Vedanayagam's ideals of women's liberation and education are reflected in the novel.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1826 to 1889 · aged 62
Written about in
5 languages
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