Sharanya Manivannan (born 1985) is an Indian author, columnist and poet.[1][2]
Early life edit
Manivannan was born in India. She lived in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and from 2007 she is residing in Chennai, India.[3][1] She received the Lavanya Sankaran Fellowship for 2008–2009. She writes a column, the 'Venus Flytrap' in the New Indian Express.[4]
Her 2018 book The Queen of Jasmine County is a fictionalised account of the 9th century Tamil Hindu poet Andal.[5]
Selected works edit
Some of her books are:[6]
- Incantations Over Water (graphic novel, 2021)
- Mermaids In The Moonlight (picturebook, 2021)[7]
- The Queen of Jasmine Country (novel, 2018)[5][8]
- The Altar of the Only World (poetry, 2017)[9]
- The High Priestess Never Marries (short fiction, 2016)
- The Ammuchi Puchi (picturebook, 2016) and
- Witchcraft (poetry, 2008).
Awards edit
Her book The High Priestess Never Marries received the 2016 South Asia Laadli award.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Excavating a Personal History: An Interview with Sharanya Manivannan – Michigan Quarterly Review". sites.lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Sharanya Manivannan". The New Indian Express. 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ HLF Online with Savie Karnel and Sharanya Manivannan. Retrieved 2024-04-06 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ a b "Four poems by Sharanya Manivannan | Superstition Review". superstitionreview.asu.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ a b "Sharanya Manivannan's First Novel On A 9th Century Poet Is About Love and Loneliness". HuffPost. 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Sharanya Manivannan". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ Manivannan, Sharanya (2024-03-03). "Writer Sharanya Manivannan on her picture book being translated into Tamil, her mother tongue". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "The Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan - Purple Pencil Project". 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture". thewire.in. Retrieved 2024-04-06.