Title
Cultural Medallion Award of M Balakrishnan (Ma Illangkannan)
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 3.6 x 3.6 x 90.3 cm
Accession No.
2020-00020
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of M. Balakrishnan (Ma. Illangkannan)
M Balakrishnan is a prominent Tamil-language author popularly known by his pen name Ma Ilangkannan. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 2005. A prolific writer, Balakrishnan has published more than 60 short stories, five collections of short stories, three novels and three novellas. His short stories have been broadcast over radio, scripted into a television drama (Ilahitchiyankalin Oonankall), included in a number of anthologies and translated into English and Malay.
