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K.
Chellappan, former director, State Institute of English and K.
Ganesh, head, Department of English, Madras Christian College, also spoke. Describing it as an honour to be recognised during his lifetime, Mr.
Tamilanban thanked those who contributed towards launching the compilations. Citing various poems of Mr.
Tamilanban, she said the anthology dealt with various topics from daily life to social issues such as the status of education system. S.
Armstrong, professor and head, Department of English, University of Madras, received the first copy of the books. ‘The Essential Erode Tamilanban’ and ‘Still a Few More Questions’ — two compilations of his poems translated into English and other languages — were launched at an event organised by Departments of Tamil Literature, Tamil Language and English, University of Madras..