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'''Sara Aboobacker''' ({{lang-kn|ಸಾರಾ ಅಬೂಬಕ್ಕರ್}}) (born 30 June 1936) is an Indian [[Kannada]] writer of novels and short stories,<ref name="loc">{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/saraaboobacker.html |title=Sara Aboobacker, 1936-|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref> also active as a translator.<ref name="th">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/a-votary-of-womens-cause/article1883142.ece |title=A votary of women's cause|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|first=Maleeha |last=Raghaviah |date=1 August 2007|access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref>

{{Infobox writer
| name = Sara Aboobacker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|06|30}}
| occupation = Writer and translator
| language = Kannada
| notable_works =
| birth_place = [[Kasargod]], [[South Canara]], [[Madras Presidency]] {{small|(now in [[Kerala]])}}
| years_active =
}}

== Early life and education ==
Sara was born in Kasargod, Kerala on 30 June 1936, to<ref name="loc" /> Pudiyapuri Ahmad and Zainabi Ahmad. She has four brothers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Sahitya Akademi|date=2011|title=Sara Aboobacker - Meet the Author|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/library/meettheauthor/sarah_aboobacker.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=25 June 2020|website=Sahitya Akademi}}</ref> She was one of the first girls in her community of Muslim families in Kasargod to be educated, graduating from a local Kannada school. She was married after school, and went on to have four sons. Aboobacker has stated that her desire to further her education was constrained by community norms that restricted female access to higher education, and that she was only able to obtain a library membership in 1963.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==

=== As a writer ===

==== Writing Style and Themes ====
Aboobacker's books largely focus on the lives of Muslim women living in the [[Kasaragod]] region, bordering the Indian states of [[Kerala]] and [[Karnataka]]. She focuses on issues of equality and injustice within her community, critiquing patriarchal systems within religious and familial groups.<ref name="loc" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Kurian|first=Anna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsAPXz5ByLYC&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=Sara+Aboobacker&source=bl&ots=WjwO0hsn-W&sig=ACfU3U0eXxwXW0LsHTNwpRY87j-LL9ZAUA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2gKC3q5_qAhWBhOAKHdydBcUQ6AEwGHoECCMQAQ#v=onepage&q=Sara%20Aboobacker&f=false|title=Texts And Their Worlds - I Literature Of India An Introduction|date=2006-10-05|publisher=Foundation Books|isbn=978-81-7596-300-9|pages=236|language=en}}</ref> Her writing style is direct and simple, and she has stated that she prefers a realist approach to literature, prioritizing the expression of social concerns over stylistic embellishments.<ref name=":1" /> Her books have dealt with complex subjects such as marital rape, communal and religious violence, and individual autonomy.

==== Published works and adaptations ====
In 1981, Aboobacker published her first article, an editorial on communal harmony, in a local monthly Kannada-language magazine, ''Lankesh Patrike.''<ref name=":0" /> Following this she began writing stories and novels, focusing on her own community, the [[Beary]] people, a Muslim community living across parts of the Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala.

Aboobacker is most well-known for her first novel, ''Chandragiriya Theeradalli'' (1981), which was later translated into English by Vanamala Vishwanatha as ''Breaking Ties''.<ref name="th" /><ref name=":1" /> and into [[Marathi language|Marathi]] by [[Shivarama Padikkal]] in 1991. The novel was initially published in serialised form in a local monthly magazine, ''Lankesh Patrike'', and later republished as a novel.<ref name=":1" /> It focuses on the life of Nadira, a young Muslim woman attempting to assert independence first from her father, and later, from her husband.<ref name=":1" /> ''Chandragiriya Theeradalli'' has been adapted for the theatre, with a script written by Roopa Koteshwar being produced in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Karnoor|first=Maithreyi|date=2016-06-16|title=By the banks of Chandragiri|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/By-the-banks-of-Chandragiri/article14425940.ece|access-date=2020-06-27|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2019, a district court ruled in favour of Aboobacker in a suit she had filed for copyright infringement against the makers of the film ''Byari.''<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-07-02|title=Writer Sarah Aboobacker wins plagiarism case against makers of 2011 National Award-winning film 'Byari'|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/writer-sarah-aboobacker-wins-plagiarism-case-against-makers-of-2011-national-award-winning-film-byari/articleshow/70039534.cms|access-date=2020-06-26}}</ref> The film had won the Swarna Kamal Award at the 59th National Film Festival in 2011. The District Court found that it was based primarily on Aboobacker's book, , ''Chandragiriya Theeradalli'' and that the producers had not obtained her permission to adapt the book for their film.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-01|title=Infringement case: Court bans screening of ‘Byari’ film|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mangaluru/infringement-case-court-bans-screening-of-byari-film-744169.html|access-date=2020-06-26|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

Her novel, ''Vrajagalu'' (1988) is currently being made into a film produced by [[Devendra Reddy]], titled ''Saaravajra''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=It was challenging to switch to different moods and age groups, says Anu Prabhakar Mukherjee|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/mar/07/it-was-challenging-to-switch-to-different-moods-and-age-groups-says-anu-prabhakar-mukherjee-2113334.html|access-date=2020-06-26|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The film stars actress [[Anu Prabhakar Mukherjee]] as the protagonist, Nafisa, and traces her life from childhood to old age, as she navigates marriage, and divorce within the Muslim community in Kasargod.<ref name=":2" />

From 1994, Aboobacker has been publishing her works under her own publication company, Chandragiri Prakashan.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-01-26|title=Sarah Aboobacker|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/sarah-aboobacker/article4344206.ece|access-date=2020-06-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

=== As a translator ===
Aboobaker has translated into Kannada books by [[T. V. Eachara Warrier]], [[Kamala Das]] and [[B. M. Suhara]].<ref name="th" />

== Awards and Honours ==
Aboobacker has received a number of awards for her contributions to literature.

* In 1984, she received the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award.<ref name="loc" />
* In 1987, she received the Anupama Nirajan Award.<ref name="loc" />
* From 1990 to 1994, she served as president of a local writers' association, the Karavali Lekhakiyara mattu Vachakiyara Sangha.<ref name=":0" />
* In 1995, she received the Kannada Rajyotsava Award.<ref name=":0" />
* In 1996, she received the Rathnamma Heggade Mahila Sahitya Award.<ref name="loc" />
* [[Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award]] in 2001 by [[Government of Karnataka]]
* In 2006, she received the Nadoja Award from [[Hampi University]] for her contributions to literature.
* In 2008, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Mangalore University.<ref name=":0" />

== Literary works ==

=== Novels ===

* 1981 - ''Candragiri Tiradalli'' (Bengaluru: Patrike Prakasana, 1981. This was translated into English by Vanamala Vishwanatha as ''Breaking Ties'' (1982)<ref name=":1" />
* 1985 - ''Sahana'' (Bengaluru: Chandragiri Prakashana)
* 1988 - ''Vajragalu'' (Bengaluru: Navakarnataka Prakasana)
* 1991 - ''Kadaana Viramma''
* 1994 - ''Suliyalli Sikkavaru'' (Bengaluru: Chandragiri Prakashana, 2013)
* 1997 - ''Tala Odeda Doniyali'' (Directorate Of Kannada And Culture)
* 2004 - ''Panjara''

=== Short Story Collections ===

* 1989 - ''Chappaligalu'' (Bengaluru: Chandragiri Prakashana)
* 1992 - ''Payana''
* 1996 - ''Ardha Ratriyalli Huttida Kusu''
* 1999 - ''Kheddah''
* 2004 - ''Sumayya''
* 2007 - ''Gaganasakhi''

=== Translations (from Malayalam to Kannada) ===

* 1992 ''- Manomi'' by Kamala Das
* 1998 ''- Bale'' by B.M. Sohara
* 2000 ''- Naninnu Nidrisuve'' by P. K. Balakrishnan
* 2009 ''- Dharmada Hesarinalli'' by R.B. Srikumar

=== Non-Fiction ===

* 2010 - ''Hottu Kanthuva Munna'' (an autobiography)

== References ==
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