Sharanya Manivannan

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. ^ a b "Excavating a Personal History: An Interview with Sharanya Manivannan – Michigan Quarterly Review". sites.lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Sharanya Manivannan". The New Indian Express. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ HLF Online with Savie Karnel and Sharanya Manivannan. Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ a b "Four poems by Sharanya Manivannan | Superstition Review". superstitionreview.asu.edu. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Sharanya Manivannan's First Novel On A 9th Century Poet Is About Love and Loneliness". HuffPost. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. ^ Santhanam, Radhika (21 March 2020). "In conversation with Sharanya Manivannan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Sharanya Manivannan". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "The Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan - Purple Pencil Project". 30 September 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  10. ^ "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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