Kannadasan was a celebrated lyricist, poet and an author in Tamil He was a recipient of Sahitya Akademi award and Government of Tamilnadu honored him with the title of Poet Laureate of the state
An academy named after him in Coimbatore is honouring eminent Tamil writers every year on his birthday with an award I was honoured with that coveted award in the year 2018 in a function held at Coimbatore
