# Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai

> Indian novelist, poet, civil servant, and author of the first modern Tamil novel (1826–1889)

**Wikidata**: [Q11020530](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11020530)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Vedanayagam_Pillai)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/samuel-vedanayagam-pillai


## References

1. IdRef
2. Virtual International Authority File