Vairamuthu wins Jnanpith Award, third Tamil writer to receive honour

Lyricist and writer Vairamuthu has been selected for the Jnanpith Award, the nation’s highest literate honour. He is the 3rd Tamil literate fig to person the award, aft a spread of 20 years. Earlier recipients see the precocious writers Akilan and Jayakanthan.

Mr. Vairamuthu won the Sahitya Akademi Award successful 2003 for Kallikattu Ithikasam.

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin congratulated Mr. Vairamuthu connected Saturday (March 14, 2026), saying that the grant had truthful acold been won lone by Akilan and Jayakanthan, and that Vairamuthu, who has excelled successful some classical and modern verse, has present joined them. “It makes america happy,” Mr. Stalin said successful a societal media message.

The Chief Minister said helium met Mr. Vairamuthu connected Saturday greeting and was conversing with him earlier the quality arrived. “Moments later, this saccharine quality arrived, doubling the delight of that meeting,” helium said.