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| name = A. Madhavan<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|02|07}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|05|1934|02|07}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
| awards = 2015 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
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'''A. Madhavan''' (7 February 1934 – 5 January 2021<ref>[https://www.twentyfournews.com/2021/01/05/a-madhavan-passes-away.html ആ മാധവൻ അന്തരിച്ചു] {{in lang|ml}}</ref>) was a [[Tamils|Tamil]] writer who won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his collection of essays ''Ilakkiya Chuvadukal (Traces of Literature)''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/tamil-writer-a-madhavan-wins-sahitya-akademi-award/article8000565.ece |title=Tamil writer A. Madhavan wins Sahitya Akademi award |date=17 December 2015 |work=The Hindu |access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref> He supported the [[Dravidian movement]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Madhavan was born in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] to Chellammal and Avudainayagam. He had a small business in the main bazaar of Chalai, Thiruvananthapuram. He had one son and two daughters and was living with his elder daughter until his death. He died on 5 January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kalachuvadu.in/contemporary-fiction-a-madhavan/|title=Contemporary Fiction – A Madhavan – Kalachuvadu Publications {{!}} A Leader and a Trendsetter in Tamil Publishing|language=en-US|access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2021-01-06|title=Sahitya Akademi winner A. Madhavan passes away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sahitya-akademi-winner-a-madhavan-passes-away/article33505624.ece|access-date=2021-06-01|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Selected works ==<br />
* ''Punalum Manalum (On a River’s Bank)''<br />
* ''Krishna Parunthu (Brahmini Kite)''<br />
* ''Thoovaanam (Drizzle)''<br />
* ''Kaalai (Bull)''<br />
* ''Ettavathu Naal (Eighth Day)''<br />
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Translations from Malayalam to Tamil: <br />
* [[Malayatoor Ramakrishnan]]'s ''Yakshi'' (A Mythical Being)''<br />
* [[P.K. Balakrishnan]]’s ''Ini Gnan Urangatte (''And Now, Let Me sleep)''<br />
* [[Karur Neelakanta Pillai]]’s ''Sammaanam'' (Reward)''<br />
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