Kalaignar Porkizhi Award or Kalaignar Mu. Karunanidhi Porkizhi Award is an annual literature award bestowed for Tamil and other language writers at book fair organized by the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) since 2008. Each award consists of 1 lakh rupee and the fund is managed by donation of 1 crore Rupee in 2007 by M. Karunanidhi.
Recipients Tamil Writer Tamizhannal 2011 Dr RM. Periakaruppan 2011
Poetry S. Abdul Rahman 2011 Puviarasu 2008
Drama Prof S.Ramanujam 2011
Fiction C.S.Lakshmi ( Ambai )2011 Poomani 2014
Other Literature Girish Karnad, (Kannada) 2009 Arjun Dangle (Marathi) 2011 Prof. K. Chellappan (English) 2011
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