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	Priya A. S. was born on May 28, 1967 at [[Eramalloor]], near [[Cherthala]], in [[Alappuzha district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to a teacher couple, K. R. Sadashivan Nair and Anandavalli.<ref name="About Author Priya A S">{{Cite web \|url=https://keralabookstore.com/about-author/priya-a-s/1710/ \|title=About Author Priya A S \|date=2019-03-28 \|website=keralabookstore.com \|language=en \|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>		Priya A. S. was born on May 28, 1967, at [[Eramalloor]], near [[Cherthala]], in [[Alappuzha district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to a teacher couple, K. R. Sadashivan Nair and Anandavalli.<ref name="About Author Priya A S">{{Cite web \|url=https://keralabookstore.com/about-author/priya-a-s/1710/ \|title=About Author Priya A S \|date=2019-03-28 \|website=keralabookstore.com \|language=en \|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>
	She had a difficult childhood due to various diseases,<ref name="Spainadanam">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/memoir/2016/sep/19/222341 \|title=Spainadanam \|website=Madhyamam \|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref><ref name="Priya A S - Interview">{{Cite web \|url=https://video.webindia123.com/p_interviews/literary%20stalwarts/priyaas/interview/index.htm \|title=Priya A S - Interview \|date=January 27, 2014 \|website=Webindia123.com \|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> and after schooling, she graduated in English literature from [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]] before securing a master's degree by private education.<ref name="അക്ഷരത്തിന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യവും തലയെടുപ്പും">{{Cite web \|url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/priya-a-s-remembers-writer-poet-and-teacher-b-sujathadevi/ \|title=അക്ഷരത്തിന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യവും തലയെടുപ്പും \|date=2018-06-27 \|website=Indian Express Malayalam \|language=ml \|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> She has served at [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala\|Mahatma Gandhi University]] and is a senior grade assistant at [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]].		She had a difficult childhood due to various diseases,<ref name="Spainadanam">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/memoir/2016/sep/19/222341 \|title=Spainadanam \|website=Madhyamam \|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref><ref name="Priya A S - Interview">{{Cite web \|url=https://video.webindia123.com/p_interviews/literary%20stalwarts/priyaas/interview/index.htm \|title=Priya A S - Interview \|date=January 27, 2014 \|website=Webindia123.com \|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> and after schooling, she graduated in English literature from [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]] before securing a master's degree by private education.<ref name="അക്ഷരത്തിന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യവും തലയെടുപ്പും">{{Cite web \|url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/priya-a-s-remembers-writer-poet-and-teacher-b-sujathadevi/ \|title=അക്ഷരത്തിന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യവും തലയെടുപ്പും \|date=2018-06-27 \|website=Indian Express Malayalam \|language=ml \|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> She has served at [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala\|Mahatma Gandhi University]] and is a senior grade assistant at [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]].

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'''Priya A. S.''' is an Indian writer of [[Malayalam literature]]. Hers oeuvre consists of short stories, children's literature, translations and memoirs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/mb4eves/online/malayalam/kerala/women/articles/features-article-314715|title=പ്രിയലോകം|author=A. S. Jibina|newspaper=Mathrubhumi|access-date=20 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106071623/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/mb4eves/online/malayalam/kerala/women/articles/features-article-314715|archive-date=6 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has translated [[Arundhati Roy]]'s ''[[The God of Small Things]]'' into Malayalam under the title ''[[Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran]]'' of which Roy herself has said that although there have been translations in several languages, no other translation is as important to her as this, as it is the language of the novel's central characters.<ref name="Estha, Rahel now speak Malayalam">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/estha-rahel-now-speak-malayalam/article1156883.ece |title=Estha, Rahel now speak Malayalam |last=K. P. M. Basheer |date=3 January 2012 |work=The Hindu |access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Priya A. S. was born on May 28, 1967 at [[Eramalloor]], near [[Cherthala]], in [[Alappuzha district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to a teacher couple, K. R. Sadashivan Nair and Anandavalli.<ref name="About Author Priya A S">{{Cite web |url=https://keralabookstore.com/about-author/priya-a-s/1710/ |title=About Author Priya A S |date=2019-03-28 |website=keralabookstore.com |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>
She had a difficult childhood due to various diseases,<ref name="Spainadanam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/memoir/2016/sep/19/222341 |title=Spainadanam |website=Madhyamam |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref><ref name="Priya A S - Interview">{{Cite web |url=https://video.webindia123.com/p_interviews/literary%20stalwarts/priyaas/interview/index.htm |title=Priya A S - Interview |date=January 27, 2014 |website=Webindia123.com |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> and after schooling, she graduated in English literature from [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]] before securing a master's degree by private education.<ref name="അക്ഷരത്തിന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യവും തലയെടുപ്പും">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/priya-a-s-remembers-writer-poet-and-teacher-b-sujathadevi/ |title=അക്ഷരത്തിന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യവും തലയെടുപ്പും |date=2018-06-27 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> She has served at [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]] and is a senior grade assistant at [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]].

Priya is married to Unni and they have a son, Tanmoy alias Kunjunni.<ref name="Asundharakandam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/literature-articles/2016/jul/27/211530 |title=Asundharakandam |website=Madhyamam |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
===Short story anthologies ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/pookkathirikkan-enikkavathille/ |title=Pookkathirikkan Enikkavathille |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Saikatham Books |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212426 |title=Ororo Thirivukal |last=Priya. A. S. |date=1994 |publisher=Kottayam Current books |location=Kottayam Current books}}
* {{Cite book |title=Manjamarangal Chuttilum |last=Priya A. S. |date=2002 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8126405190 |location=Kottayam |oclc=53097477}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/priya-a-s-nte-kathakal/ |title=Priya A. S.-inte Kathakal |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Poorna Publications |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/violet-poochakalkku-shoo-veykkan-thonnumbol/ |title=Violet Poochakalku Soo Vaikaan Thonnumpol |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Mathrubhumi |language=ml}}
* {{cite book|author=Priya A S|title=Enthuppatti Ente Neelappoovinu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uMclYZtaD8IC|year=2008|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-1930-2}}
* {{cite book|author=Priya A S|title=Moha Jwala|url=https://www.amazon.in/Mohajwala-Priya-S/dp/B007E4W5OO/ref=sr_1_70?qid=1553845912&refinements=p_27%3APRIYA+A+S&s=books&sr=1-70|year=2004|publisher=Green Books|asin=B007E4W5OO}}
* {{cite book|author=Priya A S|title=Ormmayanu Njan|year=2016|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-8126466894}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/jagarooka/6291/ |title=Jagarooka |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=2015 |isbn=9788130016931 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/parippu-jeevitham/7932/ |title=Parippu Jeevitham |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Kelkkam Audio Books |year=2016 |isbn=9780000104830 |language=en |quote=(audio book)}}

===Translations===
* {{cite book|author1=Arundhati Roy|author2=Priya A. S. (translator)|title=Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOqvDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|series=translation of [[The God of Small Things]]|date=2 April 2011|publisher=DC Books|language=ml|isbn=978-81-264-3816-7|pages=5–}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Janmanthara-Vagdanangal-Priya-Jayashree-Mishra/dp/B007E4W7L0/ref=sr_1_41?qid=1553845857&refinements=p_27%3APRIYA+A+S&s=books&sr=1-41 |title=Janmantharavagdangal |last=Jaishree Misra |last2=Priya A. S. (translator) |publisher=DC Books |year=2012 |asin=B007E4W7L0 |quote=translation of '"Ancient Promises"}}

===Children's literature===
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* {{cite book|author=Priya A S|title=Chithrasalabhangalude Veedu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zs9MPgAACAAJ|date=1 July 2008|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-0994-5}}
* ''Kathakatha Painkili''
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/ammemkunjunneem-kunjunneemammem-90/ |title=Ammem Kunjunnim Kunjunnim Ammem |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Mathrubhumi |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/ammemkunjunneem-mookurummi-mookurummi/ |title=Ammem Kunjunnim Mookkurummi Mookkurummi |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Mathrubhumi |isbn=978-81-8266-754-9 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |title=Perumazhayathe Kunjithalukal |last=Priya A. S. |last2=K. Sreekumar (editor) |date=2018 |publisher=Poorna Publications |isbn=978-8130021171 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/perumazhayathe-kunjithalukal/12570/ |title=Perumazhayathe Kunjithalukal |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=2018 |isbn=9788130021171 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/tha-enna-aniyathikutty/10172/ |title=Tha Enna Aniyathikutty |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=2017 |isbn=9788130019529 |language=ml}}
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===Memoirs===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Ozhukkil-Orila-Priya-S/dp/B007E5F4F0/ref=sr_1_69?qid=1553845912&refinements=p_27%3APRIYA+A+S&s=books&sr=1-69 |title=Ozhukkil Orila |last=Priya A. S. |date=2003 |publisher=DC Books |asin=B007E5F4F0 |location=Kottayam }}
* {{Cite book |title=Katha Bakki |last=Priya A. S. |date=2007 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8126415557 |location=Kottayam |oclc=180690159}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=43321&query_desc=au%253A%2522Priya%252C%2520A%2520S%2522 |title=Maayakkaazhchakal |last=Priya |first=A. S |date=2006 |isbn=9788126408108 |location=Kottayam, D C Books}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/thanmayam/ |title=Thanmayam |last=Priya A. S. |publisher=Mathrubhumi |language=ml}}
* {{cite book|author=Priya A. S.|title=Fantas Minta|year=2017|publisher=Green Books|isbn=978-9386440815}}
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==Awards==
''Manjamarangal Chuttilum'', a short story anthology, fetched Priya her first major award, [[List of Malayalam literary awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalithambika Anterjanam Award]] for the best young woman writer in 2003.<ref name="MT Vasudevan chosen for Lalithambika Award">{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-03-31/thiruvananthapuram/27270707_1_malayalam-literature-cash-prize-memento |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126130406/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-03-31/thiruvananthapuram/27270707_1_malayalam-literature-cash-prize-memento |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=MT Vasudevan chosen for Lalithambika Award |date=31 March 2003 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref> [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] selected ''Jagarooka'', another of her short story anthology, for their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story|annual award for story]] in 2004<ref name="Sahitya Akademi awards announced">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/05/25/stories/2005052513930400.htm |title=Sahitya Akademi awards announced |date=25 May 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 July 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and a decade later, the academy honoured her again with the 2014 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Translation for ''Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran'', the translation of [[The God of Small Things]];<ref name="Sahitya Akademi Translation Award - 2014">{{Cite web |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/Press_Release_(English)_SATA_2014.pdf |title=Sahitya Akademi Translation Award - 2014 |date=9 March 2015 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref> in between she received the Siddhartha Literary Award in 2012 for her work for children, ''Ammem Kunjunneem Kunjunneem Ammem''. She has received another award from Kerala Sahitya Akademi, the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Endowment for Children's Literature for ''Chithrasalabhangalude Veedu'' and a host of other honours such as State Bank of India Literray Award, V. K. Unnikrishnan Award for Translation, Grihalakshmi Award, Ankanam Sahitya Award and Ramu Kariat Award.<ref name="Priya A S - Interview" /> She was awarded [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature|2020 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature]] for her work Perumazhayathe Kunjithalukal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced, Sethu and Sreedharan honoured with fellowships|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2021/aug/17/kerala-sahitya-akademi-awards-announced-sethu-and-sreedharan-honoured-with-fellowships-2345971.html|access-date=2021-08-18|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|author=Sreedevi K. Nair|title=Ten Women Writers of Kerala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJri-J4wgnsC&pg=PR20|year=2012|publisher=SSS Publications|isbn=978-81-902282-6-8|pages=20–}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/2019/01/05/fantas-minta-book-by-priya-as.html |title=ഫന്റാസ് മിന്റ: സ്വപ്നങ്ങളുടെ നീർക്കുമിളകൾ |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml |access-date=2019-03-29}}

==External links==
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* {{Cite web |url=http://womenwritersofkerala.com/author.php?author_id=417&lang=en |title=Women Writers of Kerala - Priya A S |date=2019-03-29 |website=womenwritersofkerala.com |access-date=2019-03-29}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhqf863Bbs0 |title=Priya A.S at DC Books International Book Fair |last=DC Books |date=2011-01-05 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-29}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKZ-3Vp_DeM |title=Life And Science Astonishing Me - Priya S |last=Kerala Freethinkers Forum - kftf |date=2016-11-03 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-29}}

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