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| name | | name = Arundhathi Subramaniam | ||
| birth_name | | birth_name = Arundhathi | ||
| image | | image = Arundhathi Subramaniam bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 4208 January 27, 2018.jpg | ||
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| birth_date | | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}} | ||
| birth_place = India | | birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamilnadu]], India | ||
| alma_mater | | alma_mater = JB Petit High School, [[St. Xavier's College]], Mumbai, [[University of Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Karmakar |first1=Goutam |title=Interview: Arundhathi Subramaniam |url=https://www.setumag.com/2017/10/interview-arundhathi-subramaniam.html |magazine=Setu Magazine |date=October 2017 |access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
| occupation | | occupation = Poet, writer | ||
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] | | awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Arundhathi Subramaniam''' is an Indian poet, | '''Arundhathi Subramaniam''' is an Indian poet and author, who has written about culture and spirituality.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://penguin.co.in/author/arundhathi-subramaniam/|title=Arundhathi Subramaniam|access-date=27 August 2019|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829063630/https://penguin.co.in/author/arundhathi-subramaniam/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/12079/Arundhathi-Subramaniam/en/nocache|title=Arundhathi Subramaniam |access-date=1 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/always-and-forever-love-without-a-storyarundhathi-subramaniam-5795327/|title=Arundhathi Subramaniam's new volume of poetry is unpredictable and utterly compelling|first=Keki|last= Daruwalla|newspaper=The Indian Express |language=en |date=June 23, 2019|access-date=23 June 2019}}</ref> She was born in [[Coimbatore]], Tamilnadu, South India. | ||
== Life and career == | == Life and career == | ||
Subramaniam is a poet and writer based in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arundhathi Subramaniam |url=https://www.poetryinternational.com/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-12079_Subramaniam |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.poetryinternational.com |language=nl}}</ref> She is the author of 13 books of poetry and prose.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-17 |title=Arundhathi Subramaniam - JLF Houston |url=https://jlflitfest.org/houston/speaker/arundhathi-subramaniam-2438 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=jlflitfest.org/ |language=en}}</ref> | |||
She | She has received the Raza Award for Poetry,<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Arundhathi Subramaniam {{!}} The Raza Foundation |url=https://www.therazafoundation.in/awards-Arundhathi-Subramaniam |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Arundhathi Subramaniam - The Raza Foundation |language=en-us}}</ref> the Zee Women's Award for Literature, the International Piero Bigongiari Prize in Italy, the Charles Wallace, Visiting Arts and Homi Bhabha Fellowships.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} | ||
Her volume of poetry, ''When God Is a Traveller'' was the Season Choice of the Poetry Book Society,{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} was shortlisted for the [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] in 2015,<ref name="TheHindu-Nov07">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/journeys-with-god/article6574672.ece |title=Journeys with God|newspaper= The Hindu|date= 7 November 2014|first=Parshathy J. |last=Nath}}</ref> and won the Sahitya Akademi Award<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-14 |title=Arundhathi Subramaniam, Anamika, M Veerappa Moily win Sahitya Akademi Award |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/arundhathi-subramaniam-anamika-m-veerappa-moily-win-sahitya-akademi-award/articleshow/81493294.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-10-19 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> for the year 2020. | |||
Her poetry has been published in ''Reasons for Belonging: Fourteen Contemporary Poets'' (Penguin India); ''Sixty Indian Poets'' (Penguin India), ''Both Sides of the Sky'' (National Book Trust, India), ''We Speak in Changing Languages'' (Sahitya Akademi), ''Fulcrum No 4: An Annual of Poetry and Aesthetics'' (Fulcrum Poetry Press, US), ''The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets'' (Bloodaxe, UK), ''Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry''<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry |url=http://bigbridge.org/BB17/poetry/indianpoetryanthology/Arundhathi_Subramaniam.html |access-date=9 June 2016 |publisher=BigBridge.Org}}</ref> (United States), ''[[The Dance of the Peacock]]: An Anthology of English Poetry from India'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grove|first1=Richard|title=The Dance of the Peacock:An Anthology of English Poetry from India|url=http://hiddenbrookpress.com/Book-Indo-EnglishPoetry.html|access-date=5 January 2015|issue=current|publisher=Hidden Brook Press, Canada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929050126/http://hiddenbrookpress.com/Book-Indo-EnglishPoetry.html|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=dead}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893567847 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893405019 cite #5 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> featuring 151 Indian English poets, edited by Vivekanand Jha and published by Hidden Brook Press,<ref>{{cite web |title=Hidden Brook Press |url=http://hiddenbrookpress.com |access-date=5 January 2015 |publisher=Hidden Brook Press}}</ref> Canada, and ''Atlas: New Writing'' (Crossword/ Aark Arts). | |||
She has worked as Head of Dance and Chauraha (an inter-arts forum) at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, and has been Editor of the India domain of the Poetry International Web.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} | |||
She has worked as Head of Dance and Chauraha (an inter-arts forum) at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, and has been Editor of the India domain of the Poetry International Web. | |||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
On 25 January 2015, Subramaniam won the first [[Khushwant Singh]] Memorial Prize for her Poetry work 'When God Is a Traveller'.<ref name="TheHindu-Jan25">{{cite news|first=Aarti |last=Dhar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arundhathi-subramaniam-wins-poetry-prize-at-jaipur-lit-fest/article6819441.ece |title=Arundhathi Subramaniam wins poetry prize|newspaper=The Hindu|date= 25 January 2015}}</ref> | |||
On 22 December 2017, Subramaniam won the first Mystic Kalinga Literary Award, announced during the Kalinga Literary Festival.<ref name="TheTimesof India">[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/arundhathi-subramaniam-nabaneeta-sen-soubhagya-mishra-honoured-with-first-mystic-kalinga-literary-awards/articleshow/62219009.cms Arundhathi Subramaniam honoured with first Mystic Kalinga Literary Awards], ''The Times of India'', 23 December 2017.</ref> | |||
She won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for English|Sahitya Akademi Award for English]] in 2020 for ''When God Is a Traveller''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/veerappa-moily-arundhathi-subramania-among-others-to-receive-sahitya-akademi-award-2020-7225734/lite/|title=Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramania among others to receive Sahitya Akademi Award-2020|work=Indian Express|date=12 March 2021}}</ref> | |||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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=== | === Poetry === | ||
*''Love Without a Story''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/arundhathi-subramaniams-latest-book-is-on-love/article29100575.ece2019.|title=Arundhathi Subramaniam's latest book is on Love |newspaper=The Hindu|first=Geetha|last= Venkataramanan|language=en |date=15 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-9388689458}} | |||
*''When God Is a Traveller''.{{ISBN|978-9388689458}},<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-when-god-is-a-traveller-2020235|title=Book Review: When God is a Traveller |newspaper=The DNA|language=en|first=Vivek |last=Tandon|date=5 December 2017|access-date=24 September 2014}}</ref> | |||
*''Where I Live: New & Selected Poems''. [[Bloodaxe Books]] [[UK]], 2009. | |||
*''Where I Live'' (Poetry in English). Allied Publishers [[India]], 2005. | |||
*''On Cleaning Bookshelves'' (Poetry in English). Allied Publishers [[India]], 2001. | |||
* [[The Gallery of Upside Down Women]] | |||
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=== Prose === | |||
*''[https://www.speakingtigerbooks.com/women-who-wear-only-themselves Women Who Wear Only Themselves]'', Speaking Tiger, 2021 | *''[https://www.speakingtigerbooks.com/women-who-wear-only-themselves Women Who Wear Only Themselves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026211833/https://www.speakingtigerbooks.com/women-who-wear-only-themselves |date=26 October 2021 }}'', Speaking Tiger, 2021 | ||
*''Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga'' ''(co-author with Sadhguru)'' Harper Element, 2017, {{ISBN|978-9352643929}} | *''Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga'' ''(co-author with Sadhguru)'' Harper Element, 2017, {{ISBN|978-9352643929}} | ||
*''Sadhguru: More Than A Life'', biography, Penguin Ananda, 2010 (third reprint) | *''Sadhguru: More Than A Life'', biography, Penguin Ananda, 2010 (third reprint) | ||
*''The Book of Buddha'', Penguin, 2005 (reprinted several times) | *''The Book of Buddha'', Penguin, 2005 (reprinted several times) | ||
=== As editor === | |||
*'' | *''Pilgrim's India (An Anthology of Essays and Poems on Sacred Journeys)'', Penguin, 2011 | ||
*''Confronting Love'' (An Anthology of Contemporary Indian Love Poems) ( | *''Confronting Love'' (An Anthology of Contemporary Indian Love Poems) (co-edited with [[Jerry Pinto]]), Penguin, 2005 | ||
* ''Eating God: A Book of Bhakti Poetry'', Penguin, 2014 | * ''Eating God: A Book of Bhakti Poetry'', Penguin, 2014 | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [https://arundhathisubramaniam.com Official website] | * [https://arundhathisubramaniam.com Official website] | ||
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| Born | Arundhathi 1973 (age 52–53) Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India |
| Occupation | Poet, writer |
| Alma mater | JB Petit High School, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, University of Mumbai[1] |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
Arundhathi Subramaniam is an Indian poet and author, who has written about culture and spirituality.[2][3][4] She was born in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, South India.
Life and career[edit | edit source]
Subramaniam is a poet and writer based in Mumbai.[5] She is the author of 13 books of poetry and prose.[6]
She has received the Raza Award for Poetry,[7] the Zee Women's Award for Literature, the International Piero Bigongiari Prize in Italy, the Charles Wallace, Visiting Arts and Homi Bhabha Fellowships.[citation needed]
Her volume of poetry, When God Is a Traveller was the Season Choice of the Poetry Book Society,[citation needed] was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2015,[8] and won the Sahitya Akademi Award[9] for the year 2020.
Her poetry has been published in Reasons for Belonging: Fourteen Contemporary Poets (Penguin India); Sixty Indian Poets (Penguin India), Both Sides of the Sky (National Book Trust, India), We Speak in Changing Languages (Sahitya Akademi), Fulcrum No 4: An Annual of Poetry and Aesthetics (Fulcrum Poetry Press, US), The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets (Bloodaxe, UK), Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry[10] (United States), The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India,[11] featuring 151 Indian English poets, edited by Vivekanand Jha and published by Hidden Brook Press,[12] Canada, and Atlas: New Writing (Crossword/ Aark Arts).
She has worked as Head of Dance and Chauraha (an inter-arts forum) at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, and has been Editor of the India domain of the Poetry International Web.[citation needed]
Awards[edit | edit source]
On 25 January 2015, Subramaniam won the first Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for her Poetry work 'When God Is a Traveller'.[13]
On 22 December 2017, Subramaniam won the first Mystic Kalinga Literary Award, announced during the Kalinga Literary Festival.[14]
She won the Sahitya Akademi Award for English in 2020 for When God Is a Traveller.[15]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
Poetry[edit | edit source]
- Love Without a Story[16] ISBN 978-9388689458
- When God Is a Traveller.ISBN 978-9388689458,[17]
- Where I Live: New & Selected Poems. Bloodaxe Books UK, 2009.
- Where I Live (Poetry in English). Allied Publishers India, 2005.
- On Cleaning Bookshelves (Poetry in English). Allied Publishers India, 2001.
Prose[edit | edit source]
- Women Who Wear Only Themselves Archived 26 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Speaking Tiger, 2021
- Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga (co-author with Sadhguru) Harper Element, 2017, ISBN 978-9352643929
- Sadhguru: More Than A Life, biography, Penguin Ananda, 2010 (third reprint)
- The Book of Buddha, Penguin, 2005 (reprinted several times)
As editor[edit | edit source]
- Pilgrim's India (An Anthology of Essays and Poems on Sacred Journeys), Penguin, 2011
- Confronting Love (An Anthology of Contemporary Indian Love Poems) (co-edited with Jerry Pinto), Penguin, 2005
- Eating God: A Book of Bhakti Poetry, Penguin, 2014
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Karmakar, Goutam (October 2017). "Interview: Arundhathi Subramaniam". Setu Magazine. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ "Arundhathi Subramaniam". Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ↑ "Arundhathi Subramaniam". Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ↑ Daruwalla, Keki (23 June 2019). "Arundhathi Subramaniam's new volume of poetry is unpredictable and utterly compelling". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ↑ "Arundhathi Subramaniam". www.poetryinternational.com (in Nederlands). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ↑ "Arundhathi Subramaniam - JLF Houston". jlflitfest.org/. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ↑ admin. "Arundhathi Subramaniam | The Raza Foundation". Arundhathi Subramaniam - The Raza Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ Nath, Parshathy J. (7 November 2014). "Journeys with God". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Arundhathi Subramaniam, Anamika, M Veerappa Moily win Sahitya Akademi Award". The Times of India. 14 March 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ "Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry". BigBridge.Org. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ↑ Grove, Richard. "The Dance of the Peacock:An Anthology of English Poetry from India". No. current. Hidden Brook Press, Canada. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2015. [verification needed]
- ↑ "Hidden Brook Press". Hidden Brook Press. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ↑ Dhar, Aarti (25 January 2015). "Arundhathi Subramaniam wins poetry prize". The Hindu.
- ↑ Arundhathi Subramaniam honoured with first Mystic Kalinga Literary Awards, The Times of India, 23 December 2017.
- ↑ "Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramania among others to receive Sahitya Akademi Award-2020". Indian Express. 12 March 2021.
- ↑ Venkataramanan, Geetha (15 August 2019). "Arundhathi Subramaniam's latest book is on Love". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ↑ Tandon, Vivek (5 December 2017). "Book Review: When God is a Traveller". The DNA. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
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