<page_title> List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil </page_title> <section_title> List of recipients </section_title> <table> <cell> 1974 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> K. D. Thirunavukkarasu <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> </cell> <cell> Thirukkural Needhi Illakkiyam <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> </cell> <cell> A literary criticism <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> </cell> </table>
In 1974, K. D. Thirunavukkarasu was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his literary criticism Thirukkural Needhi Illakkiyam.