Neela Padmanabhan Explained

Neela Padmanabhan
Birth Date:1938 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Nagercoil, Kanyakumari district
Nationality:Indian
Known For:Sahitya Akademi award winner
Occupation:Writer

Neela Padmanabhan (Tamil: நீல பத்பநாபன்; born 26 April 1938), is a Tamil writer from Nagercoil, India. He also writes in Malayalam.

Biography

Neela Padmanabhan was born in Kanyakumari District. He obtained a B. Sc in Physics and a degree in Electrical Engineering from Kerala University. He worked in the Kerala State Electricity Board till his retirement in 1993. His first noted work was the novel Thalaimuraigal (lit. Generations). He has written 20 novels, 10 short story collections, 4 volumes of poetry and 7 essay collections in Tamil. In Malayalam, he has published a novel, four short story collections and a single essay collection. Besides Tamil and Malayalam, he also has a few English works to his credit. During 1985-89 he was the Tamil editor at Sahitya Akademi and was the convener of the Akademi's Tamil advisory board during 1998-2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his novel Ilai uthir kaalam (lit. Autumn). He had earlier won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2003 for his translation of Ayyappa Paniker's works into Tamil. In 2010, his novel Thalaimuraigal was made into a Tamil film titled Magizhchi (lit. Happiness). His most noted work is his novel Pallikondapuram.(lit. Where the Lord sleeps). He currently lives in Thiruvananthapuram.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Partial bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007
  2. Web site: NEELA PADMANABHAN, A WRITER NON-PAREIL. Neela Padmanabhan. 18 June 2010. 21 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131021145940/http://neelapadmanabhan.com/AboutTheAuthor.html. dead.
  3. News: Indira Parthasarathy. Creative writing as a social act . 18 June 2010. The Hindu. 8 December 2009.
  4. Web site: Gauthaman to debut in Magizchi. https://archive.today/20120718082719/http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14917470. dead. 18 July 2012. IndiaGlitz. 18 June 2010.
  5. News: Soul of Thiruvananthapuram . https://web.archive.org/web/20080307025910/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2008/03/02/stories/2008030250240600.htm. dead. 7 March 2008. 18 June 2010. . 2 March 2008.
  6. News: Creative modern writer . 18 June 2010. The Hindu. 26 March 2002.

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