Rajam Krishnan

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Rajam Krishnan ( Tamil ராஜம் கிருஷ்ணன் ; * 1924 or 1925 in Musiri , Tiruchirappalli District , Madras Presidency , British India ; † October 20, 2014 ) was a Tamil Indian feminist writer and translator.

Life

Rajam Krishnan was born in Musiri in the Tiruchirappalli district of the Madras presidency at the time. She received no significant formal education and was largely self-taught.

She started writing in her twenties. In her novels, she described characters rarely found in modern Tamil literature: poor farmers, salt pan workers, petty criminals, robbers, prisoners on trial, and female farmers. In total, she wrote more than 80 works, including 40 novels, 20 plays, two biographies and several short stories. She also translated books from Malayalam into Tamil . According to Susie J. Tharu and K. Lalita, Rajam Krishnan "set a new direction in Tamil literature" by examining and assessing the social background of the characters in their works.

In 1973, Rajam Krishnan received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for her novel Verukku Neer . In 2009, their works were nationalized by the Tamil Nadu government with compensation of Rs 300,000. This was an exception because, as a rule, only the works of dead authors are nationalized in Tamil Nadu.

In the last years of her life, the impoverished Rajam Krishnan was taken into a nursing home. She died on October 20, 2014.

Works (selection)

  • Uthara Kaandam - உத்தர காண்டம்
  • Kurinji Then - குறிஞ்சித்தேன் (also published in Kannada and Malayalam )
  • Valaikaram - வளைக்கரம்
  • Verukku Neer - வேருக்கு நீர் (also published on Kannada)
  • Malargal - மலர்கள்
  • Mullum Malarndhadhu - முள்ளும் மலர்ந்தது
  • Paadaiyil Padinda Adigal - பாதையில் பதிந்த அடிகள்
  • Alaivaai Karayile - அலைவாய் கரையிலே
  • Karippu Manigal - கரிப்பு மணிகள்
  • Mannakattu puntulikal - மண்ணகத்துப் பூந்துளிகள்
  • Sathiya Velvi - சத்திய வேள்வி
  • Suzhalil Mithakkum Deepangal (1987)

Awards

  • 1950: New York Herald Tribune International Award for Short Story
  • 1953: Kalaimagal Prize
  • 1973: Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for Verukku Neer
  • 1958: Ananda Vikatan Novel Prize for Malargal
  • 1975: Soviet Land Nehru Award for Vailaikkaram

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c B. Kolappan: Writer Rajam Krishnan dead. In: The Hindu . October 22, 2014, accessed February 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Susie Tharu (ed.): Women Writing in India: The Twentieth Century . Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993, ISBN 978-1-55861-029-3 , pp. 205-207 (English).
  3. ↑ Open to life and art. In: The Hindu . January 4, 2004, accessed May 23, 2010 .
  4. ^ A b Susie Tharu, K. Lalita: Women Writing in India: The Twentieth Century . Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993, ISBN 978-1-55861-029-3 , pp. 203-206 (English).
  5. ^ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007. (No longer available online.) Sahitya Akademi , archived from the original on January 24, 2010 ; accessed on February 3, 2020 (English).
  6. ^ Works of writer Rajam Krishnan to be nationalized. In: Times of India . March 31, 2009, accessed May 23, 2010 .
  7. ↑ CS Lakshmi : Metaphor for a generation. In: The Hindu . January 4, 2004, accessed May 23, 2010 .
  8. ^ Sampath Kumar: India rights campaign for infanticide mothers. In: BBC News . July 17, 2003, accessed May 23, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Krishnan, Rajam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tamil Indian writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1924 or 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Musiri , Tiruchirappalli District , Madras Presidency , British India
DATE OF DEATH 20th October 2014