<page_title> List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil </page_title> <section_title> List of recipients </section_title> <table> <cell> 2000 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran <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> Vimarsanangal Mathippuraikal Pettikal <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> 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> <col_header> No award </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 2000, Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his literary criticism Vimarsanangal Mathippuraikal Pettikal.