Daniel Selvaraj

Lawyer, Person

1938 –

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Who is Daniel Selvaraj?

D. Selvaraj is a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India. He is the author of a number of novels, short stories, and plays in Tamil. He is a lawyer by profession and is involved in various Communist and left leaning writers' organisations like Democratic Writers Association India and the Progressive writers association of Tamil Nadu. He is currently in the executive committee member of the TNPWA. He received the Tamil Nadu Government's literary award for the best Novel for 2011 for his work on tannery workers of Southern Tamil Nadu titled "Thol". He did the field work for Thol for a decade before writing it. The novel was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award for Tamil in 2012.

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Born
Jan 14, 1938
Chennai
Also known as
  • D. Selvaraj
Nationality
  • India
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on July 23, 2013

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