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'''Cinnamanur Subramaniam Chellappa''' ({{langx|ta|சி. சு. செல்லப்பா}}) (29 September 1912 – 18 December 1998) was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer, journalist and [[Indian independence movement]] activist.<ref name="Rediff1">{{cite news|title=He is old, hungry and poor, but believes spring cannot be far behind|url=http://www.rediff.com/freedom/04chella.htm|work=[[Rediff]]|accessdate=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="hindu1">{{cite news|title=Short Stories Collection|url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2009/06/23/stories/2009062350781500.htm|date=23 June 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|last=Ashokamitran|accessdate=4 February 2010}}</ref> He belonged to the "Manikodi" literary movement along with [[Pudhumaipithan]], [[K. P. Rajagopalan|Ku Pa Ra]], Va. Ramasamy, [[N. Pichamoorthi]] and A. N. Sivaraman. He also founded ''Ezhuthu'', a [[literary magazine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/26/stories/0426401z.htm|title=Lone survivor looks back|last=Sundararajan|first=P. G|date=26 August 2001|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=4 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606110511/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/26/stories/0426401z.htm|archive-date=6 June 2011|url-status=usurped}}</ref> His novel ''Suthanthira Thagam'' won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil |title=Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil writers |work=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |accessdate=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |archivedate=24 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uyirmmai.com/contentdetails.aspx?cid=29|title=C. S. Chellappa|last=Ramakrishnan|first=S|work=Uyirmmai|accessdate=4 February 2010|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006205453/http://www.uyirmmai.com/contentdetails.aspx?cid=29|archive-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="thinnai1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=20903051&format=print|title=Little known Tamil scholars 4 - C. S. Chellappa|last=Narasimman|first=S|date=3 May 2009|work=Thinnai|accessdate=4 February 2010|language=Tamil}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Chellappa was born in Batlagundu in the year1912 to Subramanian, a government employee and nationalist. Chellappa did his schooling in [[Tuticorin]] and obtained a degree in [[economics]]. However, he failed to obtain a degree in English literature.<br />
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In the early years of his life, Chellappa was influenced by [[Bhagat Singh]] but later he adopted [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s creed of non-violence. Chellappa participated in the [[Batlagundu]] satyagraha and was arrested on 10 January 1941. He spent six months in jail and on his return, established a paper manufacturing industry. Chellappa began writing in 1934 when he published his first story ''Margazhi Malar''.<br />
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By the time of his death in 1998, Chellappa had written over 109 short stories and 50 articles.<ref name="Rediff1"/><ref name="hindu1"/><br />
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==Partial bibliography==<br />
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===Novels===<br />
*''Vaadivasal'' (1958) <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/in-chellappasarena/article5075458.ece|title=In Chellappa's arena|newspaper=The Hindu |date=31 August 2013|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
*''Jeevanamsam''<br />
*''Suthanthira Thagam''<br />
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===Plays===<br />
*''Muraipenn''<br />
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===Literary criticism===<br />
*''Ramaiyyavin sirukathai kalam''<br />
*''Oothupathi pul''<br />
*''Mayathachan''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian literary critics]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]<br />
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