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 KAVIKO (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.  In 1999, his poetry collection Aalapanai won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil.  In 2009, he was made the chairman of the Wakf board of Tamil Nadu.  He was also a member of the Tamil Language Promotion Board of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil. 

Awards and recognitions

Kalaigner award (1997)
Kalaimamani award (1989)
Bharathidasan award (1989)
Sahitya Akademi Award
Kamban Kazhagam's Kambar award (2007)
Podhigai TV's Pothigai award (2007)
S. P. Adithanar Literary award (2007)
Umaru Pulavar award (2008)

References

Category:1937 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Writers from Madurai
Category:Poets from Tamil Nadu
Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil
Category:Tamil writers
Category:Indian Tamil people
Category:20th-century Indian poets
Category:21st-century Indian poets