Thananya biography definition in tamil
It is usually written by someone who lived in the times of the personality or someone who lived in the latter years. If the personality writes about his own life, it is called Autobiography. In English, Biographies were introduced during the 16th Century. But such writings were not accepted as literary works until the 18th Century.
In Tamil diwali is called
Any material that reminds about the said person such as, writings, diary entries, letters, memento etc. Vedasagaayakumar mentions in his book "Ilakiya Thiranaaivu Kalanjiyam" that in the current times an objective approach towards a personality is strongly recommended for a Biography. In Tamil Nadu, Biographies were introduced in literary formats only from the 20th Century.
But just as in English, a biography of monks was published in Tamil during the 16th Century. This book also happened to be the second book to be printed in Tamil. This book was the Tamil translation of a Portuguese book. In Tamil, U. Saaminaadhaiyar was a person who gave emphasis to the depiction of the context of time.
Vedasagaayakumar mentions that Saminadhaiyar was a person who concentrated on the believability of history. In Tamil, Bharati and Va. The book "Maghakavi Bharathiyar" was written by V. Raamasaamy Iyengar also known as Va.