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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian poet (born 1962)}}<br />
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| pseudonym = Sakthi Arulanandam<br />
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'''Arulmozhi''' (born 1962) known under the [[pen name]] of '''Sakthi Arulanandam''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last1=Srilata|first1=K.|last2=Rangarajan|first2=Swarnalatha|date=4 January 2019|title=We have become incapable of holding the trust of birds, says this 'green' writer|url=https://scroll.in/article/907966/we-have-become-incapable-of-holding-the-trust-of-birds-says-this-green-writer|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[Scroll.in]]|language=en-US}}</ref> is an Indian [[ecofeminist]] poet, author and artist from the state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sriram|first=Abhirami Girija|date=30 August 2019|title=Mapping herstories|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/article29062219.ece|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Akila|date=23 December 2017|title=நவீன கவிதைகளில் பெண்ணியம்|url=http://www.keetru.com/index.php/2014-03-08-04-35-27/2014-03-08-12-20-13/34354-2017-12-23-01-16-58|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Keetru|language=ta-in}}</ref> She has been the recipient of the Tanjai Prakash Award, the Sikaram Award and the Tiruppur Arima Sakthi Award for her poetry.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Velayuthan|first=Kasu|date=31 August 2019|title=எலெக்ட்ரிகல் கடையில் இலக்கியப் பெண்மணி!|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/mag/kamadenu-08-09-19/olir/513688-sakthi-alunandham.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]]|language=ta}}</ref> Arulanandam is also described as a successful artists whose paintings have featured in a number of small magazines.<ref name=":0" /> According to ''[[The Hindu]]'', her working-class background, dignity for labour and a passion for art and a world of ideas has left an influential mark in her contributions to [[Tamil literature]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mangai|first=A.|date=2019-06-22|title=Lifescapes — Interviews with Contemporary Women Writers from Tamil Nadu: Giving voice to silences|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/lifescapes-interviews-with-contemporary-women-writers-from-tamil-nadu-giving-voice-to-silences/article28098688.ece|access-date=2020-11-18|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
She was born in the village of Sevvaipettai in the [[Salem district]] of Tamil Nadu and became an electrical repair worker for a living while remaining unmarried.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In her testimony, she states that after her mother died when she was in 9th grade, she had to quit school to help in household chores and that she decided to remain unmarried because she didn't want to follow the same old path of serving a man. She had continued to read the works of Tamil writers such as [[Jayakanthan]] and [[Akilan]] and cleared her 10th grade ([[secondary education]]) at a later date for a typewriting job. At the same time she began working as an assistant at an electrical repair shop and eventually learned how to do repairs herself, deciding to stick to it as there were no fixed working hours at such shops and she could dedicate some of her time to reading, writing and drawing. Her first poems were published when she was 17–18 years old which was published in the ''[[Maalai Malar]].''<ref name=":0" /> As of January 2019, Arulanandam has three published anthologies of her poems and twenty five short stories.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Selected works ==<br />
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* ''Irunmaiyilirunthu'' (''From Darkness'')<br />
* ''Paravaikal Purakkanitha Nagaram'' (''The City Deserted by Birds'')<br />
* ''Thoduvanamattra Kadal'' (''The Horizonless Ocean'')<br />
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