Priya A. S.

Priya A. S. is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. Hers oeuvre consists of short stories, children's literature, translations and memoirs.[1] She has translated Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things into Malayalam under the title Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran of which Roy herself has said that although there have been translations in several languages, no other translation is as important to her as this, as it is the language of the novel's central characters.[2]

Priya A. S.
Born (1967-05-28) 28 May 1967
Eramalloor, Cherthala, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter
LanguageMalayalam
NationalityIndian
Alma materE.C.E.K Union High School, Kuthiyathodu
Maharaja's College, Ernakulam
GenreShort story, memoirs, children's literature, translations
Literary movementPost-modern
Notable works
  • Pookkathirikkan Enikkavathille
  • Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran
  • Chithrasalabhangalude Veedu
Notable awards
SpouseUnni
ChildrenKunjunni
Relatives
  • Anandavalli(Mother)
  • Sadashivan Nair(Father)

Biography

Priya A. S. was born on May 28, 1967 at Eramalloor, near Cherthala, in Alappuzha district of the south Indian state of Kerala to a teacher couple, K. R. Sadashivan Nair and Anandavalli.[3] She had a difficult childhood due to various diseases,[4][5] and after schooling, she graduated in English literature from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam before securing a master's degree by private education.[6] She has served at Mahatma Gandhi University and is a senior grade assistant at Cochin University of Science and Technology.

Priya is married to Unni and they have a son, Tanmoy alias Kunjunni.[7]

Bibliography

Short story anthologies
  • Priya A. S. Pookkathirikkan Enikkavathille (in Malayalam). Saikatham Books.
  • Priya. A. S. (1994). Ororo Thirivukal. Kottayam Current books: Kottayam Current books.
  • Priya A. S. (2002). Manjamarangal Chuttilum. Kottayam: DC Books. ISBN 978-8126405190. OCLC 53097477.
  • Priya A. S. Priya A. S.-inte Kathakal (in Malayalam). Poorna Publications.
  • Priya A. S. Violet Poochakalku Soo Vaikaan Thonnumpol (in Malayalam). Mathrubhumi.
  • Priya A S (2008). Enthuppatti Ente Neelappoovinu. DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-1930-2.
  • Priya A S (2004). Moha Jwala. Green Books. ASIN B007E4W5OO.
  • Priya A S (2016). Ormmayanu Njan. DC Books. ISBN 978-8126466894.
  • Priya A. S. (2015). Jagarooka (in Malayalam). Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788130016931.
  • Priya A. S. (2016). Parippu Jeevitham. Kelkkam Audio Books. ISBN 9780000104830. (audio book)

Translations

Children's literature

Memoirs
  • Priya A. S. (2003). Ozhukkil Orila. Kottayam: DC Books. ASIN B007E5F4F0.
  • Priya A. S. (2007). Katha Bakki. Kottayam: DC Books. ISBN 978-8126415557. OCLC 180690159.
  • Priya, A. S (2006). Maayakkaazhchakal. Kottayam, D C Books. ISBN 9788126408108.
  • Priya A. S. Thanmayam (in Malayalam). Mathrubhumi.
  • Priya A. S. (2017). Fantas Minta. Green Books. ISBN 978-9386440815.

Awards

Manjamarangal Chuttilum, a short story anthology, fetched Priya her first major award, Lalithambika Anterjanam Award for the best young woman writer in 2003.[8] Kerala Sahitya Akademi selected Jagarooka, another of her short story anthology, for their annual award for story in 2004[9] and a decade later, the academy honoured her again with the 2014 Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation for Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran, the translation of The God of Small Things;[10] in between she received the Siddhartha Literary Award in 2012 for her work for children, Ammem Kunjunneem Kunjunneem Ammem. She has received another award from Kerala Sahitya Akademi, the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Endowment for Children's Literature for Chithrasalabhangalude Veedu and a host of other honours such as State Bank of India Literray Award, V. K. Unnikrishnan Award for Translation, Grihalakshmi Award, Ankanam Sahitya Award and Ramu Kariat Award[5]

See also

References
  1. A. S. Jibina. "പ്രിയലോകം". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. K. P. M. Basheer (3 January 2012). "Estha, Rahel now speak Malayalam". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. "About Author Priya A S". keralabookstore.com. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. "Spainadanam". Madhyamam. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  5. "Priya A S - Interview". Webindia123.com. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  6. "അക്ഷരത്തിന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യവും തലയെടുപ്പും". Indian Express Malayalam (in Malayalam). 27 June 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  7. "Asundharakandam". Madhyamam. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  8. "MT Vasudevan chosen for Lalithambika Award". The Times of India. 31 March 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  9. "Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Hindu. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  10. "Sahitya Akademi Translation Award - 2014" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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