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S. Abdul Rahman
Syed Abdul Rahman (9 November 1937 – 2 June 2017) was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India. He was known by the title Kavikko (lit. Emperor among poets). He was ex-chairman of Waqf board of Tamil Nadu.
Biography
Syed Abdul Rahman was born in Madurai in 1937 and died on 2 June 2017. He was a professor of Tamil for 29 years at Islamiah College, Vaniyambadi. He belonged to the Vanambadi literary movement. He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1999 under Tamil language category for his Poetry Aalaapanai. In 2009, he was made the chairman of the Waqf board of Tamil Nadu. He was also a member of the Tamil Language Promotion Board of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil.
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