Award for translation for the year 1998. (This is the Tamil translation of the Malayalam novel ‘Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil’ by Sri M. Mukundan)
ADUTHA VEEDU
(collection of Telugu short-stories translated into Tamil) and ANAL KAATRU (Tamil translation of Dr. C. Narayana Reddy’s poetry ‘Mantalu Manavudu’) have been awarded prizes by the Government of India for translation.