Chennai

Tamil writer Sabari Nathan has won the Yuva Puraskar award for his poetry collection 'Vaal' (Tail). The Yuva Puraskar award is awarded by the Sahitya Akademi to encourage the young writers of India.

The award was introduced in the year 2011. The eligibility to contest for the award is that the writer should be below 35 and should have written in 24 important languages of India, that includes classical languages like Tamil, Sanskrit and also esoteric languages like the Bodo.

The winners are felicitated with a copper plaque and a cash ward of Rs 50,000. Suneel Krishnan won the award among Tamil contingents last year for his short stories in 'Ambu Padukkai' (Bed of arrows).

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