Rajam Krishnan
Rajam Krishnan | |
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Born | Rajam Krishnan 1924 or 1925 Musiri, Tiruchirapalli district |
Died | 20 October 2014 |
Rajam Krishnan (1924[1] or 1925 – 20 October 2014), was a feminist Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.
Biography
Rajam Krishnan was born in Musiri, Tiruchirapalli district. She had very little formal education and appears to have been largely an autodidact.[2]
She started publishing in her twenties. She is known for writing well researched social novels on the lives of people usually not depicted in modern Tamil literature - poor farmers, salt pan workers, small-time criminals, jungle dacoits, under-trial prisoners and female labourers. She has written more than 80 books.[3] Her works include forty novels, twenty plays, two biographies and several short stories. In addition to her own writing, she was a translator of literature from Malayalam to Tamil.[4] In their anthology of Women's Writing in India in the 19th and 20th Century, Susie J Tharu and K Lalita credit Krishnan with "having set a new trend in Tamil literature," referring to the extensive research that Krishnan did in evaluating social conditions as background for her writing.[4]
In 1973, she was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for her novel Verukku Neer.[5] In 2009, her works were nationalised by the Government of Tamil Nadu, for a compensation of Rs. 300,000. It was a rare occurrence as only works of dead writers are usually nationalised in Tamil Nadu.[6][7][8]
Death
Rajam was left poor and destitute in her later years and had to be admitted to an old age home.[1] She died on 20 October 2014.[1]
Bibliography
- Uthara Kaandam - (உத்தர காண்டம்)
- Kurinji Then - (குறிஞ்சித்தேன்)Kannada & Malayalam Translations are published
- Valaikaram - (வளைக்கரம்)
- Verukku Neer - (வேருக்கு நீர்)Kannada Translation available
- 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 (Lamps in the Whirlpool)(1987)
Awards and recognitions
- New York Herald Tribune International Award for a short story (1950)[citation needed]
- Kalaimagal award (1953)(நாவல் 'பெண் குரல்')[citation needed]
- Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for Verukku Neer (Water for the Roots) (1973)[citation needed]
- Thiru. Vi. Ka award (1991)[citation needed]
- 'Malargal' (Flowers) Ananda Vikatan Novel Prize Winner(1958)('மலர்கள்' ஆனந்த விகடன் பரிசு நாவல் 1958)[citation needed]
- Soviet Land Nehru Award (1975) for Vailaikkaram (Wrist with Bangles)[9]
References
- ^ a b c Kolappan, B. (22 October 2014). "Writer Rajam Krishnan dead". The Hindu.
- ^ Tharu, (ed), Susie (1993). Women Writing in India: The Twentieth Century. Feminist Press at CUNY. pp. 205–207. ISBN 9781558610293.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Open to life and art". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 4 January 2004. Archived from the original on 11 March 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ a b Susie Tharu and K Lalita, Women Writing In India Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993) 203-206
- ^ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.
- ^ "Works of writer Rajam Krishnan to be nationalised". The Times of India. 31 March 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ C. S. Lakshmi (4 January 2004). "Metaphor for a generation". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ Kumar, Sampath (17 July 2003). "India rights campaign for infanticide mothers". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ Susie Tharu and K Lalita, Women Writing In India (Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993) 203-206
External links
- Library of Congress page for Rajam Krishnan
- Nationalized books of Rajam Krishnan
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- R. P. Sethu Pillai (1955)
- Kalki Krishnamurthy (1956)
- C. Rajagopalachari (1958)
- Mu. Varadarajan (1961)
- Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (1962)
- Akilan (1963)
- P. Sri Acharya (1965)
- M. P. Sivagnanam (1966)
- K. V. Jagannathan (1967)
- A. Srinivasa Raghavan (1968)
- Bharatidasan (1969)
- Ku. Alagirisami (1970)
- Na. Parthasarathy (1971)
- D. Jayakanthan (1972)
- Rajam Krishnan (1973)
- K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (1974)
- R. Dhandayudham (1975)
- Indira Parthasarathy (1977)
- Vallikannan (1978)
- Thi. Janakiraman (1979)
- Kannadasan (1980)
- M. Ramalingam (1981)
- B. S. Ramiah (1982)
- T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan (1983)
- Lakshmi (1984)
- A. S. Gnanasambandan (1985)
- Ka. Naa. Subramanyam (1986)
- Aadhavan Sundaram (1987)
- V. C. Kulandaiswamy (1988)
- La Sa Ra (1989)
- Su. Samuthiram (1990)
- Ki. Rajanarayanan (1991)
- Kovi. Manisekaran (1992)
- M. V. Venkatram (1993)
- Ponneelan (1994)
- Prapanchan (1995)
- Ashokamitran (1996)
- Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (1997)
- Sa. Kandasamy (1998)
- S. Abdul Rahman (1999)
- Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran (2000)
- C. S. Chellappa (2001)
- Sirpi Balasubramaniam (2002)
- Vairamuthu (2003)
- Tamilanban (2004)
- G. Thilakavathi (2005)
- Mu. Metha (2006)
- Neela Padmanabhan (2007)
- Melanmai Ponnusamy (2008)
- Puviarasu (2009)
- Nanjil Nadan (2010)
- S. Venkatesan (2011)
- D. Selvaraj (2012)
- Joe D'Cruz (2013)
- Poomani (2014)
- A. Madhavan (2015)
- Vannadasan (2016)
- Inkulab (2017)
- S. Ramakrishnan (2018)
- Cho Dharman (2019)
- Imayam (2020)
- C. S. Lakshmi (2021)
- M. Rajendran (2022)
- Rajasekaran (Devibharathi) (2023)