<page_title> List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil </page_title> <section_title> List of recipients </section_title> <table> <cell> 2008 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Melanmai Ponnusamy <col_header> Recipient </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> </cell> <cell> Minsarapoo <col_header> Work </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> </cell> <cell> Short story <col_header> Notes </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> <col_header> No award </col_header> </cell> </table>
Melanmai Ponnusamy was awarded the 2008 Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his short story Minsarapoo.