Founded in 2001, the Tamil Literary Garden is a Toronto-based organization committed to promoting the development of literature in Tamil internationally. Its mandate includes creative writing, translations, book releases, awards, conferences, and workshops.

கனடிய தமிழ் இலக்கியத் தோட்டம், கல்வியாளர்கள், எழுத்தாளர்கள், வாசகர்கள், விமர்சகர்கள், கொடையாளர்களின் ஆதரவுடன் 2001ம் ஆண்டு ரொறொன்ரோவில் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டது. இந்த இயக்கத்தின் பொதுவான நோக்கம் உலகமெங்கும் பரந்திருக்கும் தமிழை வளர்ப்பதாகும். தமிழ், ஆங்கில நூல்களின் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு, அரிய தமிழ் நூல்களை மீள் பதிப்பு செய்வது, தமிழ் பட்டறைகள் நடத்துவது, நூலகங்களுக்கு இலவசமாக தமிழ் நூல்கள் அளிப்பது, தமிழ் சேவையாளர்களுக்கு விருதுகள் வழங்குவது போன்றவை இதனுள் அடங்கும்.

Starting in 2008, a scholarship will be given to an outstanding essay submitted by an undergraduate enrolled in a Tamil studies program.The topic for  year 2010 is: Canadian Multiculturalism - A Tamil Perspective.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Tamil Literary Garden Lifetime Achievement Award ( Iyal Virudhu 2009) function will be held on Saturday, 17 July 2010.

Venue: Seeley Hall, University Of Toronto

Time : 5.00 - 9.00 PM 

JUDGES FOR 2009

Chelva Kanaganayagam - Professor, University of Toronto - Canada

Ambai (Dr.C.S.Lakshmi)- Writer - India

Thamizhavan (Carlos Sabarimuthu) - Head , Department of Tamil,    Dravidian University - India

L.Murugapoopathy - Writer - Australia

P.Ahilan, University of Jaffna - Sri Lanka


Comments

"I would like to congratulate the Tamil Literary Garden on its work. It is critically important that scholars, writers, artists and computing professionals who work for Tamil be recognized by an objective and well-known international body. I can testify that the recognition given to me by the Tamil Literary Garden has not only been personally gratifying, but has significantly improved the status and position of Tamil at Berkeley. Tamil, with its extraordinarily rich and long heritage, is little known outside of Tamil Nadu and other Tamil-speaking areas. For the language and its literature to attain the status it deserves all over the world, the efforts of such organizations as the Tamil Literary Garden are essential. I commend the organizers of the Tamil Literary Garden for their hard work and their much appreciated service."

- George L. Hart, Professor of Tamil, University of California, Berkeley

"I was so pleased to be able to attend the Tamil Literary Garden function! What a wonderful gathering of writers and readers who appreciate Tamil literature.
I look forward to seeing what the Garden does next."

- Vasugi Ganeshananthan, writer and author of novel Love Marriage.