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 Pioneer
of surrealism in Tamil poetry, Abdul Rahman is the author
of around two-dozen books. He is also the 1999 Sahitya
Akademi Award winner for his collection of poems 'Aalapanai'.
It is after three decades that a Tamil poetic work has been
chosen for this award. For several years, he taught as the
Head of the Tamil Department at Islamiah College in
Vaniyambadi. Among his noted works are 'Paal Veedi', 'Neyar
Viruppam', 'Muttai Vaasigal', 'Suttu Viral', 'Karaigale
Nadiyavadillai' and 'Indriravu Pagalil'. Several of his
works have been serialised in popular periodicals. His
adaptation of the Japanese poetic form of Haiku and the
Urdu Ghazal has helped enrich Tamil poetry today. Among the
first to make contemporary the Hindu myths, this modern
poet is a doctorate-holder for his dissertation on
symbolism in modern Tamil verse.
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