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| birth_place = Valangaiman, Thanjavur district, Tamilnadu
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'''Ka. Naa. Subramanyam''' க.நா.சுப்பிரமணியம் (31 January 1912&nbsp;– 18 December 1988)<ref>{{cite web|title=எழுத்துக் கவிஞர்கள்|url=http://thamizhstudio.com/kavignargal.htm|work=Thamizhstudio|accessdate=4 August 2010|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928142204/http://www.thamizhstudio.com/kavignargal.htm|archive-date=28 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer and critic from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. He is also popularly known by his Tamil initials as '''Ka. Naa. Su'''.

==Biography==
Subramaniam was born in [[Valangaiman]] in [[Thanjavur District]]. His first noted published work was the novel ''Poithevu'' (1946). He also wrote poems using the pseudonym ''Mayan''. He published many literary journals like ''Ilakkiya vattam'', ''Sooravali'' and ''Chandraodayam''. He became a literary critic in the 1950s. His reviews first appeared in the magazines ''Swadesamitran'' and ''Saraswathi''. He was a friend and contemporary of fellow literary critic [[C. S. Chellappa]] with whom he was involved in a long literary feud. He was considered as a rightwinger and [[Anti-Marxist]] by left leaning Tamil writers. In 1965, he moved to [[New Delhi]] and started writing articles for English language newspapers. For the next twenty years he lived in Delhi and moved back to Chennai only in 1985. In 1986, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his literary criticism ''Ilakkiyathukku oru Iyakkam'' (lit. A Movement for Literature). After his return to Chennai, he started writing for Tamil magazines like ''[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]]'', ''Mutharam'', [[Dina Mani|Dina mani Kathir]] and ''[[Thuglak]]''. [[Pondicherry University]] made him an honorary professor. He died in 1988. The [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] nationalised his works in 2006.<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |date=2010-01-24 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref><ref name="mohan">{{cite book|last=Mohan|first=C|title=நடைவழிக் குறிப்புகள் .|publisher= அகரம் வெளியீடு.|url=http://azhiyasudargal.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_1345.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ka. Naa. Su Profile|url=http://www.tamilauthors.com/writers/india/Ka.Naa.Su.html|work=Tamil Authors.com|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= க.நா. சுப்ரமணியம்(1912-1988) |url=http://encyclopediatamilcriticism.com/subira.php|work=Encyclopedia of Tamil criticism|publisher=University of Kerala|accessdate=5 August 2010|language=Tamil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Literary feuds |url=http://www.andhimazhai.com/news/viewmore.php?id=2320 |work=Andhimazhai |accessdate=5 August 2010 |language=Tamil |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707141519/http://www.andhimazhai.com/news/viewmore.php?id=2320 |archivedate= 7 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=க.நா.சு. உருவாக்கிய புரட்சி  |url=http://www.uyirmmai.com/uyirosai/ContentDetails.aspx?cid=1606|work=Uyirmmai|accessdate=5 August 2010|language=Tamil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=நாட்டுடமையான 3 தமிழறிஞர் படைப்புகள்|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/art-culture/essays/2006/books1.html|work=OneIndia|date=2 February 2006|accessdate=11 November 2018|language=Tamil}}</ref>

==Awards and recognitions==
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Ilakkiyathukku oru Iyakkam	(Literary criticism)(1986)
*[[Government of Tamil Nadu]] award for the short story ''Kodhai Sirithaal''
*[[Kumaran Asan]] award

==Partial bibliography==

===Novels===
*''Sarmavin uyil''
*''Pasi''
*''Vaazhvum thaazhvum''
*''Sakthi vilasam''
*''Ezhu per''
*''Oru naal''
*''Puzhithi ther''
*''Maalthedi''
*''Nadutheru''
*''Gopuravaasal''
*''Poithevu''
*''Asurakanam''
*''Pithappoo''
*''Kothai Sirithall''

===Short story collections===
*''Manikoondu''
*''Adarangu''
*''Karugadha mottu''

===Literary criticism===
*''Vimarsana kalai''
*''Padithirukireergala''
*''Ulagathu sirandha novelgal''
*''Ilakkiya Visaaram''

===Translations===
*''Anbuvazhi''
*''Thabaal kaaran''
*''Madhaguru''
*''Nilavalam''
*''Vilangupannai'' ([[Animal Farm]])
*''Devamalar''
*''kaali''

===English books===
*''Tiruvalluvar'' and his ''Tirukkural''<ref>{{cite book |last=Subramanyam |first=Ka. Naa. |title=Tiruvalluvar and his Tirukkural |edition=1 |year=1987 |publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

==References==
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