Sharanya Manivannan (born 1985) is an Indian author, columnist and poet.
Early life
Manivannan was born in India. She lived in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and from 2007 she is residing in Chennai, India. She received the Lavanya Sankaran Fellowship for 2008–2009. She writes a column, the 'Venus Flytrap' in the New Indian Express.
Her 2018 book The Queen of Jasmine County is a fictionalised account of the 9th century Tamil Hindu poet Andal.
Selected works
Some of her books are:
- Incantations Over Water (graphic novel, 2021)
- Mermaids In The Moonlight (picturebook, 2021)
- The Queen of Jasmine Country (novel, 2018)
- The Altar of the Only World (poetry, 2017)
- The High Priestess Never Marries (short fiction, 2016)
- The Ammuchi Puchi (picturebook, 2016) and
- Witchcraft (poetry, 2008).
Awards
Her book The High Priestess Never Marries received the 2016 South Asia Laadli award.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Four poems by Sharanya Manivannan | Superstition Review". superstitionreview.asu.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "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.