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'''Sukirtharani''' is an Indian [[feminist]]<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sukirtharani|url=http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/lp/prj/ptp/ged/en15132597.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Poets translating Poets|publisher=[[Goethe Institut]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gumpenapalli|first=Sanjeev|date=2018-01-10|title=5 Dalit Women Poets Who Remind Us That Caste And Patriarchy Are Not Exclusive|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/01/11/5-dalit-women-poets/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Feminism In India|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Muralidharan|first=Kavitha|date=2013-08-31|title=Forward, in the past|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/forward-in-the-past/article5075501.ece|url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-18|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> poet who is widely acclaimed for her contribution to contemporary [[Dalit literature|Dalit]] and [[Tamil literature]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|last=Kartikeyan|first=Divya|date=16 July 2017|title=Interview: A Dalit Poet's Explorations Into Discrimination and the Female Body|url=https://thewire.in/caste/dalit-poet-discrimination-female-body-poetry|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]}}</ref> <br />
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Sukirtharani is also a Tamil teacher at the Government Girls High School in [[Vellore]], and has a [[master's degree]] in [[economics]] and Tamil literature.<ref name=":12" /> Her works include six published collection of poems.<ref name=":02" /> The works themselves have been described as celebratory towards the female body and a chastisement of the oppressive [[caste system]] which encapsulate a dual experience of being born both a female and a dalit.<ref name=":2" /> Her works have also been noted have an [[eco-feminist]] approach to them.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sriram|first=Abhirami Girija|date=30 August 2019|title=Mapping herstories|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/article29062219.ece|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|language=en}}</ref> She has featured alongside the poets [[Kutti Revathi]], [[Malathi Maithri]] and [[Salma (writer)|Salma]] in [[Lakshmi Holmström]]'s translated compilation ''Wild Girls Wicked Words.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Swami|first=Sridala|date=2013-03-16|title=Book Review {{!}} Wild Girls Wicked Words|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/BpFGmZOrwdKyaAeyVmALHM/Book-Review--Wild-Girls-Wicked-Words.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[Livemint]]|language=en}}</ref> Holmström in her anthology describes Sukirtharani as one who seeks "an infant language with all the rough and physical reality of new birth, sticky with blood".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chabria|first=Priya Sarukkai|date=16 May 2019|title=Fafnir’s heart: A legend from Norse mythology inspires an anthology of poetry from across the world|url=https://scroll.in/article/919791/fafnirs-heart-a-legend-from-norse-mythology-inspires-an-anthology-of-poetry-from-across-the-world|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[Scroll.in]]|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
She has received a number of awards such as the Thevamagal Kavithoovi Award, the Pengal Munnani Achiever Award and the Puthumaipitthan Memorial Award.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":02" /> <br />
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== Selected works ==<br />
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=== Collections ===<br />
* ''Kaipattri Yen Kanavu Kel''<br />
* ''Iravu Mirugam''<br />
* ''Kaamatthipoo''<br />
* ''Theendapadaatha Muttham''<br />
* ''Avalai Mozhipeyarthal''<br />
* ''Ippadikku Yeval''<br />
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