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'''Abraham Eraly''' (15 August | '''Abraham Eraly''' (15 August 1934 — 8 April 2015) was an Indian writer of history, a teacher, and the founder of [[Chennai]]-based magazine ''[[Aside (magazine)|Aside]]''. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Abraham Eraly was born in the village of [[Ayyampalli]] in [[Ernakulam district]], [[Kerala]] on 15 August 1934.<ref name=newsminute/> He studied | Abraham Eraly was born in the village of [[Ayyampalli]] in [[Ernakulam district]], [[Kerala]] on 15 August 1934.<ref name=newsminute/> He studied history at a college in [[Ernakulam]] and followed it up with a postgraduate degree in the same subject at [[Madras Christian College]] in Chennai.<ref name=newsminute/> He became a professor of history at MCC in 1971.<ref name=newsminute/> | ||
Bored with the monotony of teaching,<ref name=muthiah>{{cite news|title=An author who deserved better|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/an-author-who-deserved-better/article7119913.ece|last=Muthiah|first=S.|authorlink=S. Muthiah|work=The Hindu|date=20 April 2015|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> Eraly resigned his professorship in 1977 and founded the [[Chennai]]-based magazine ''Aside'', India's first English-language city magazine. Following financial difficulties, it closed in 1997.<ref name="Lakshmi2004">{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Lakshmi|editor-first=C. S.|encyclopedia=The Unhurried City: Writings on Chennai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LnflUVu0w2QC&pg=PA41|title=A Voice from Aside|last=Venkatraman|first=Janaki|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303026-3|page=41}}</ref> | Bored with the monotony of teaching,<ref name=muthiah>{{cite news|title=An author who deserved better|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/an-author-who-deserved-better/article7119913.ece|last=Muthiah|first=S.|authorlink=S. Muthiah|work=The Hindu|date=20 April 2015|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> Eraly resigned his professorship in 1977 and founded the [[Chennai]]-based magazine ''Aside'', India's first English-language city magazine. Following financial difficulties, it closed in 1997.<ref name="Lakshmi2004">{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Lakshmi|editor-first=C. S.|encyclopedia=The Unhurried City: Writings on Chennai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LnflUVu0w2QC&pg=PA41|title=A Voice from Aside|last=Venkatraman|first=Janaki|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303026-3|page=41}}</ref> | ||
==Literary career== | ==Literary career== | ||
Eraly's earliest publications were poems and short stories.<ref name=hindu2001>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|last=Varma|first=Shreekumar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/05/17/stories/13171291.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150417224204/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/05/17/stories/13171291.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2015|date=17 May 2001|title=Pages from his story}}</ref> His historical writing career started while at Madras Christian College.<ref name=newsminute/> Dissatisfied with the material he used to teach history, he began to write a series of books on Indian history.<ref name=hindu2001/> The ''Gem in the Lotus'' covered its earliest period, while ''The Last Spring'' continued the narration to the end of the [[Mughal Empire]]. Eraly's style of historical story-telling made him particularly approachable for non-historians but could also be used as a reliable source on the Mughal period in India.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Imtiaz |first1=Ahmad |title=Sectional President's Address: Cultural Interests and Contributions of the Mughal Nobility |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2010 |volume=71 |pages=192–212}}</ref> | Eraly's earliest publications were poems and short stories.<ref name=hindu2001>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|last=Varma|first=Shreekumar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/05/17/stories/13171291.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150417224204/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/05/17/stories/13171291.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2015|date=17 May 2001|title=Pages from his story}}</ref> | ||
Abraham Early in an interview with journalist and author, talks to Shreekumar Varma says: | |||
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History is about life. You can't invent even the minutest fact, but there is scope for visualising what had happened.<ref name=hindu2001/>}} | |||
His historical writing career started while at Madras Christian College.<ref name=newsminute/> Dissatisfied with the material he used to teach history, he began to write a series of books on Indian history.<ref name=hindu2001/> The ''Gem in the Lotus'' covered its earliest period, while ''The Last Spring'' continued the narration to the end of the [[Mughal Empire]]. Eraly's style of historical story-telling made him particularly approachable for non-historians but could also be used as a reliable source on the Mughal period in India.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Imtiaz |first1=Ahmad |title=Sectional President's Address: Cultural Interests and Contributions of the Mughal Nobility |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2010 |volume=71 |pages=192–212}}</ref> | |||
==Later life== | ==Later life== | ||
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===Non-fiction=== | ===Non-fiction=== | ||
* ''[https:// | * ''[https://www.bookchor.com/book/9780143422266/Age-of-Wrath The Age of Wrath: A History of the Delhi Sultanate]'', 2014, Penguin UK, {{ISBN|935118658X}} | ||
* ''[https:// | * ''[https://www.bookchor.com/book/9780143424574/The-First-Spring-Part-I:-Life-in-the-Golden-Age-of-India The First Spring: The Golden Age of India]'', 2011, Penguin Books India, {{ISBN|0670084786}} | ||
* ''[https:// | * ''[https://www.bookchor.com/book/9780143424567/Gem-In-the-Lotus:-The-Seeding-of-Indian-Civilization Gem In The Lotus: The Seeding Of Indian Civilisation]'', 2002, Penguin UK, {{ISBN|935118014X}} | ||
* ''[https:// | * ''[https://www.bookchor.com/book/9780143424543/The-Last-Spring-Part-I:-The-Saga-of-the-Great-Mughals The Last Spring: The Lives and Times of Great Mughals]'', 2000, Penguin UK, {{ISBN|9351181286}} | ||
**''[https:// | **''[https://www.bookchor.com/book/9780143424543/The-Last-Spring-Part-I:-The-Saga-of-the-Great-Mughals The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors]'', 2004, Phoenix {{ISBN|9780753817582}} | ||
**''[https://www. | **''[https://www.bookchor.com/book/9780143424550/The-Last-Spring-Part-II:-Life-in-Indias-Last-Golden-Age The Mughal world : life in India's last golden age]'', 2007, Penguin Books, {{ISBN|9780143102625}} | ||
Many of his books were divided and re-published under different names leading to multiple titles. ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/587302.The_Last_Spring The Last Spring: The Lives and Times of Great Mughals]'' was re-published in two parts: ''[https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/680349-mughal-throne-the-saga-of-india-s-great-emperors The Last Spring Part I]'' (alternatively known as ''[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/694024.The_Mughal_Throne The Mughal Throne]'' and ''[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/155153.Emperors_Of_The_Peacock_Throne Emperors Of The Peacock Throne]'') and ''[https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/47288217-the-mughal-world The Last Spring Part II]'' (alternatively known as ''[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2676313-the-mughal-world The Mughal World]''). | Many of his books were divided and re-published under different names leading to multiple titles. ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/587302.The_Last_Spring The Last Spring: The Lives and Times of Great Mughals]'' was re-published in two parts: ''[https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/680349-mughal-throne-the-saga-of-india-s-great-emperors The Last Spring Part I]'' (alternatively known as ''[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/694024.The_Mughal_Throne The Mughal Throne]'' and ''[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/155153.Emperors_Of_The_Peacock_Throne Emperors Of The Peacock Throne]'') and ''[https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/47288217-the-mughal-world The Last Spring Part II]'' (alternatively known as ''[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2676313-the-mughal-world The Mughal World]''). | ||
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Abraham Eraly | |
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| Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abraham Eraly | |
| Native name | അബ്രഹാം എരളി |
| Born | 15 August 1934[1] Ayyampalli, Kerala |
| Died | 8 April 2015 (aged 80) Pondicherry |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Madras Christian College[2] |
| Genres | History, Fiction |
| Subject | Indian history |
| Notable works | The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors |
| Spouse | Sita Eraly[2] |
| Children | Satish Eraly[2] |
| Website | |
| Penguin India | |
Abraham Eraly (15 August 1934 — 8 April 2015) was an Indian writer of history, a teacher, and the founder of Chennai-based magazine Aside.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Abraham Eraly was born in the village of Ayyampalli in Ernakulam district, Kerala on 15 August 1934.[1] He studied history at a college in Ernakulam and followed it up with a postgraduate degree in the same subject at Madras Christian College in Chennai.[1] He became a professor of history at MCC in 1971.[1]
Bored with the monotony of teaching,[3] Eraly resigned his professorship in 1977 and founded the Chennai-based magazine Aside, India's first English-language city magazine. Following financial difficulties, it closed in 1997.[4]
Literary career[edit | edit source]
Eraly's earliest publications were poems and short stories.[5]
Abraham Early in an interview with journalist and author, talks to Shreekumar Varma says:
History is about life. You can't invent even the minutest fact, but there is scope for visualising what had happened.[5]
His historical writing career started while at Madras Christian College.[1] Dissatisfied with the material he used to teach history, he began to write a series of books on Indian history.[5] The Gem in the Lotus covered its earliest period, while The Last Spring continued the narration to the end of the Mughal Empire. Eraly's style of historical story-telling made him particularly approachable for non-historians but could also be used as a reliable source on the Mughal period in India.[6]
Later life[edit | edit source]
In 2011, Eraly moved to Pondicherry, where he lived in Sarathambal Nagar.[1]
Abraham Eraly died at the JIPMER hospital on 8 April 2015, following a paralytic attack.[1]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
Non-fiction[edit | edit source]
- The Age of Wrath: A History of the Delhi Sultanate, 2014, Penguin UK, ISBN 935118658X
- The First Spring: The Golden Age of India, 2011, Penguin Books India, ISBN 0670084786
- Gem In The Lotus: The Seeding Of Indian Civilisation, 2002, Penguin UK, ISBN 935118014X
- The Last Spring: The Lives and Times of Great Mughals, 2000, Penguin UK, ISBN 9351181286
- The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors, 2004, Phoenix ISBN 9780753817582
- The Mughal world : life in India's last golden age, 2007, Penguin Books, ISBN 9780143102625
Many of his books were divided and re-published under different names leading to multiple titles. The Last Spring: The Lives and Times of Great Mughals was re-published in two parts: The Last Spring Part I (alternatively known as The Mughal Throne and Emperors Of The Peacock Throne) and The Last Spring Part II (alternatively known as The Mughal World).
Fiction[edit | edit source]
- Night of the Dark Tree: A Novel, 2006, Penguin Books India, ISBN 0143061836
- Tales Once Told: Legends of Kerala, 2006, Penguin Books India, ISBN 014309968X
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 S., Ramanathan (14 April 2015). "An Incomplete Spring: The Life and Death of Abraham Eraly". The News Minute.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Abraham Eraly dead". The Hindu. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ Muthiah, S. (20 April 2015). "An author who deserved better". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Venkatraman, Janaki (1 January 2004). "A Voice from Aside". In Lakshmi, C. S. (ed.). The Unhurried City: Writings on Chennai. Penguin Books India. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-14-303026-3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Varma, Shreekumar (17 May 2001). "Pages from his story". The Hindu.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Imtiaz, Ahmad (2010). "Sectional President's Address: Cultural Interests and Contributions of the Mughal Nobility". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 71: 192–212.
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