Sharanya Manivannan (born 1985) is an Indian author, columnist and poet.[1][2]
Early life
Manivannan was born in India. She lived in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and from 2007 she is residing in Chennai, India.[3][1] She received the Lavanya Sankaran Fellowship for 2008–2009. She writes a column, the 'Venus Flytrap' in the New Indian Express.[4]
Her 2018 book The Queen of Jasmine County is a fictionalised account of the 9th century Tamil Hindu poet Andal.[5] She combined prose with poetry in her lyrical novel where she imagines a young Kodhai transforming into poet goddess Andal.[6]
Selected works
Some of her books are:[7]
- Incantations Over Water (graphic novel, 2021)
- Mermaids In The Moonlight (picturebook, 2021)[8]
- The Queen of Jasmine Country (novel, 2018)[5][9]
- The Altar of the Only World (poetry, 2017)[10]
- The High Priestess Never Marries (short fiction, 2016)
- The Ammuchi Puchi (picturebook, 2016) and
- Witchcraft (poetry, 2008).
Awards
Her book The High Priestess Never Marries received the 2016 South Asia Laadli award.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Excavating a Personal History: An Interview with Sharanya Manivannan – Michigan Quarterly Review". sites.lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ "Sharanya Manivannan". The New Indian Express. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ HLF Online with Savie Karnel and Sharanya Manivannan. Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Four poems by Sharanya Manivannan | Superstition Review". superstitionreview.asu.edu. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sharanya Manivannan's First Novel On A 9th Century Poet Is About Love and Loneliness". HuffPost. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ Santhanam, Radhika (21 March 2020). "In conversation with Sharanya Manivannan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ↑ "Sharanya Manivannan". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ Manivannan, Sharanya (3 March 2024). "Writer Sharanya Manivannan on her picture book being translated into Tamil, her mother tongue". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ "The Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan - Purple Pencil Project". 30 September 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ "The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News, News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture". thewire.in. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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