List of Tamil-language writers
Some of the Tamil language writers.
- A. Dakshinamurthy
- A. Muttulingam
- Aravindan Neelakandan
- Brammarajan
- Ambai
- Charu Nivedita
- Cho Dharman
- Dhamayanthi
- Devan
- Era Natarasan
- Imayam
- Indira Parthasarathy
- Indira Soundarajan
- Jeyamohan
- Joe D'Cruz
- Ki. Rajanarayanan
- Leena Manimekalai
- M. V. Venkatram
- Maharishi
- Meena Kandasamy
- Nandagopal
- Nanjil Nadan
- Neela Padmanabhan
- Pa. Raghavan
- Perumal Murugan
- Pon Arunachalam
- Ponneelan
- Poomani
- Ramanichandran
- S. Ramakrishnan
- Sa. Kandasamy
- Sivasankari
- Subha
- Thamarai
- Thangam Krishnamurthy
- Vaasanthi
- Vairamuthu
- Vannadhasan
- Vikraman
- Vittal Rao
Dead writers
- Aadhavan
- Anuradha Ramanan
- Asokamithran
- A. S. Gnanasambandan
- B. S. Ramiah
- Balakumaran
- Bharathidasan
- Dhanushkodi Ramasamy
- Jayakanthan
- Kalki Krishnamurthy
- Ka. Naa. Subramanyam
- Karichan Kunju
- Ku. Alagirisami
- La Sa Ra
- Lakshmi
- Melanmai Ponnusamy
- Mu. Varadarajan
- Nakulan
- N. Pichamoorthi
- P. Sri Acharya
- Pudhumaipithan
- Rajam Krishnan
- Ra. Ki. Rangarajan
- R. P. Sethu Pillai
- Sandilyan
- Sujatha
- Sundara Ramaswamy
- Tamilvanan
- Thi. Janakiraman
- Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran
- Vallikannan
- Vembu Vikiraman