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==Biography==
==Biography==
Rajam Krishnan was born in [[Musiri]], [[Tiruchirapalli district]]. She had very little formal education and appears to have been largely an autodidact.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Women Writing in India: The Twentieth Century|last = Tharu, (ed)|first = Susie|publisher = Feminist Press at CUNY|year = 1993|isbn = 9781558610293|location = |pages = 205-207}}</ref>
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Rajam Krishnan was born in [[Musiri]], [[Tiruchirapalli district]]. 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 novels.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lr/2004/01/04/stories/2004010400350600.htm|title=Open to life and art|date=4 January 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 May 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> 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<ref>Susie Tharu and K Lalita, ''Women Writing In India'' Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993) 203-206</ref>. 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.<ref>Susie Tharu and K Lalita, ''Women Writing In India'' Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993) 203-206</ref>


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<nowiki> </nowiki>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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lr/2004/01/04/stories/2004010400350600.htm|title=Open to life and art|date=4 January 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 May 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> 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.<ref>Susie Tharu and K Lalita, ''Women Writing In India'' Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993) 203-206</ref> 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.<ref>Susie Tharu and K Lalita, ''Women Writing In India'' Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993) 203-206</ref>
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In 1973, she was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for her novel ''Verukku Neer''.<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007] [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref> In 2009, her works were nationalised by the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]], for a compensation of three lakh Rupees. It was a rare occurrence as only works of dead writers are usually nationalised in Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-31/chennai/28183081_1_sahitya-akademi-award-nationalisation-works|title=Works of writer Rajam Krishnan to be nationalised|date=31 March 2009|work=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=23 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lr/2004/01/04/stories/2004010400380600.htm|title=Metaphor for a generation|last=[[C. S. Lakshmi]]|date=4 January 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 May 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3071747.stm|title=India rights campaign for infanticide mothers|date=17 July 2003|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=23 May 2010|first=Sampath|last=Kumar}}</ref>

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In 1973, she was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for her novel ''Verukku Neer''.<ref name="sahitya">[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007] [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-31/chennai/28183081_1_sahitya-akademi-award-nationalisation-works|title=Works of writer Rajam Krishnan to be nationalised|date=31 March 2009|work=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=23 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lr/2004/01/04/stories/2004010400380600.htm|title=Metaphor for a generation|last=[[C. S. Lakshmi]]|date=4 January 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 May 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3071747.stm|title=India rights campaign for infanticide mothers|date=17 July 2003|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=23 May 2010|first=Sampath|last=Kumar}}</ref>


==Partial bibliography==
==Partial bibliography==

Revision as of 11:48, 20 November 2014

Rajam Krishnan (Tamil: ராஜம் கிருஷ்ணன்; 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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] 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]

Partial bibliography

  • Uthara Kaandam - (உத்தர காண்டம்)
  • Kurinji Then - (குறிஞ்சித்தேன்)
  • Valaikaram - (வளைக்கரம்)
  • Verukku Neer - (வேருக்கு நீர்)
  • 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)

Awards and recognitions

  • New York Herald Tribune International Award for a short story (1950)
  • Kalaimagal award (1953)(நாவல் 'பெண் குரல்')
  • Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for Verukku Neer (Water for the Roots) (1973)
  • Thiru. Vi. Ka award (1991)
  • 'Malargal' (Flowers) Ananda Vikatan Novel Prize Winner(1958)('மலர்கள்' ஆனந்த விகடன் பரிசு நாவல் 1958)
  • Soviet Land Nehru Award (1975) for Vailaikkaram (Wrist with Bangles)[9]

References

  1. ^ Tharu, (ed), Susie (1993). Women Writing in India: The Twentieth Century. Feminist Press at CUNY. pp. 205–207. ISBN 9781558610293. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Open to life and art". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 4 January 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  3. ^ Susie Tharu and K Lalita, Women Writing In India Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993) 203-206
  4. ^ Susie Tharu and K Lalita, Women Writing In India Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993) 203-206
  5. ^ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Sahitya Akademi Official website.
  6. ^ "Works of writer Rajam Krishnan to be nationalised". Times of India. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  7. ^ C. S. Lakshmi (4 January 2004). "Metaphor for a generation". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  8. ^ Kumar, Sampath (17 July 2003). "India rights campaign for infanticide mothers". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  9. ^ Susie Tharu and K Lalita, Women Writing In India (Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993) 203-206

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