![]() Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. ![]() The next year, it got him the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award on the following year. In 2010, his historical novel Kaval Kottam received the Fiction Award from The Tamil Literary Garden, Canada. Venkatesan joined the communist party CPI(M) and is a Member of Parliament from Madurai. He was elected to the Lok Sabha with a margin of 1.39 Lakhs of votes. Venkatesan contested as CPI(M) candidate in the 2019 Indian general election from Madurai. He is the general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association. His second novel Veera Yuga Nayagan Velpari was serialised in Tamil popular magazine Ananda Vikatan. His debutant novel Kavalkottam published in 2008 was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 2011. Venkatesan is a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India and Tamil Nadu State Committee member of CPI(M).
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