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Project Number | NF/PG/2016/0002 | Grant Agency / Donors | Noolaham Foundation | Project Owner | Kopinath Thillainathan | |
Project Mentor | Kopinath Thillainathan | Project Locations | Jaffna | Project Period | 2016 | |
Stakeholders | Varathar Family, Staff of Noolaham Foundation |
Shanmugam Varatharasan (1924.07.01 - 2006.12.21), popularly known as Varathar, was a writer hailing from Ponnalai in Jaffna. His father’s name was Shanmugam. His mother’s name was Sinnathangam. He received his education from Ponnalai American Mission Tamil School, Moolai Saivapragasa Vidyalaya and Karainagar Subramaniya Vidyalaya. Starting his writing career at the age of 15 under the pseudonym Varathar, he left his mark in the genres of short story, modern poetry, novella, and in areas such as journalism and publishing. He was called a Renaissance writer in Eelam Literature.