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Rajam Krishnan (1924[1] or 1925 – 20 October 2014), was a feminist Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.

Rajam Krishnan
Born	Rajam Krishnan 1924 or 1925 Musiri, Tiruchirapalli district
Died	20 October 2014

Biography

Rajam Krishnan was born in brahmin family[2] at Musiri, Tiruchirapalli district. She had very little formal education and appears to have been largely an autodidact.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[5]

In 1973, she was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for her novel Verukku Neer.[6] 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.[7][8][9]

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

This section does not cite any sources. (September 2022)

• 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)[10]

References

External links

• Library of Congress page for Rajam Krishnan
• Nationalized books of Rajam Krishnan

На других языках

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[de] Rajam Krishnan

Rajam Krishnan (Tamil ராஜம் கிருஷ்ணன்; * 1924[1] oder 1925 in Musiri, Distrikt Tiruchirappalli, Präsidentschaft Madras, Britisch-Indien; † 20. Oktober 2014) war eine tamilische indische feministische Schriftstellerin und Übersetzerin.

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- [en] Rajam Krishnan

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