Open AccessThe seeds of creativity and the soil of poet Kannadasan
Author(s) -
O Somasundaram
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.75545
Subject(s) - creativity , tamil , genius , insanity , psychology , psychopathology , literature , art , psychoanalysis , psychiatry , social psychology
The links betweencreative genius and insanity have been studied by numerous experts and famous writers. Recent studies by several psychiatrists have revealed an increase in psychopathology in creative artists, especially writers and poets. The cyclothymic temperamental traits of a Tamil poet, Kannadasan, are studied here.