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.
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]
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]
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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.
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]
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]
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