Subramania Bharati was a great writer and a freedom fighter that is regarded as the father of the modern Tamil style. Known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar, which means Great Poet of Tamil, Subramania Bharati was born on December 11th, 1882. Subramania Bharati moved to Madras, present day Chennai, where he translated English into Tamil for various magazines. Later, he worked for the Tamil newspaper, Swadesamitran. He wrote essays and poems which were immensely popular at the time.
Bharati is famous for ‘Kannan pattu’, ‘Panchali sapatham’ and ‘Kuyil pattu’.
Many of his English works were collected in ‘Agni and Other Poems’ and ‘Translations’ and ‘Essays and Other Prose Fragments’.
Subramania Bharati passed away on September 12th, 1921.