Sharanya Manivannan Explained

Sharanya Manivannan (born 1985) is an Indian author, columnist and poet.^[1]

Early life

Manivannan was born in India. She lived in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and from 2007 she is residing in Chennai, India.^{[2] [3]} 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.

Selected works

Some of her books are:^[5]

• Incantations Over Water (graphic novel, 2021)
• Mermaids In The Moonlight (picturebook, 2021)^[6]
• The Queen of Jasmine Country (novel, 2018)^{[7] [8]}
• The Altar of the Only World (poetry, 2017)^[9]
• 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.

External links

• Her personal website.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-03-21 . Sharanya Manivannan . 2024-04-06 . The New Indian Express . en.
2. HLF Online with Savie Karnel and Sharanya Manivannan . en . 2024-04-06 . www.youtube.com.
3. Web site: Excavating a Personal History: An Interview with Sharanya Manivannan – Michigan Quarterly Review . 2024-04-06 . sites.lsa.umich.edu.
4. Web site: Four poems by Sharanya Manivannan Superstition Review . 2024-04-06 . superstitionreview.asu.edu.
5. Web site: Sharanya Manivannan . 2024-04-06 . www.goodreads.com.
6. Web site: Manivannan . Sharanya . 2024-03-03 . Writer Sharanya Manivannan on her picture book being translated into Tamil, her mother tongue . 2024-04-06 . Scroll.in . en-US.
7. Web site: 2018-12-21 . Sharanya Manivannan’s First Novel On A 9th Century Poet Is About Love and Loneliness . 2024-04-06 . HuffPost . en.
8. Web site: 2019-09-30 . The Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan - Purple Pencil Project . 2024-04-06 . en-US.
9. Web site: The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture . 2024-04-06 . thewire.in.