In 2003, Pruiksma received a Fulbright scholarship that allowed him to come to Tamil ... Sangam poet Avvaiyar. Pruiksma translated 60 of his favourite poems and published it as a book named ...

Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma credits Avvaiyar for bringing his desire ... While she got a ‘Learn Tamil by Yourself’ book, she realised that it was very different from spoken Tamil.

Avvaiyar was the title of more than one female poet who were active during different periods of Tamil literature. They were some of the most famous and important female poets of the Tamil canon.

In 2003, Pruiksma received a Fulbright scholarship that allowed him to come to Tamil ... Sangam poet Avvaiyar. Pruiksma translated 60 of his favourite poems and published it as a book named ...