Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati (1892 - 1921)

Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati (Tamil: சின்னசுவாமி சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி) was an Indian writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and social reformer from Tamil Nadu, India. Popularly known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar (Tamil: மகாகவி பாரதியார்), he is a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry.