Sirpi Balasubramaniam Explained
Sirpi Balasubramaniam (born 29 July 1936) is a Tamil poet, critic, scholar and professor from Tamil Nadu, India.
Biography
Balasubramaniam was born in Aaththupollachi village in Pollachi Coimbatore District. He obtained his MA from Annamalai University and PhD from Madras University. He worked as a lecturer in NGM college, Pollachi. He then became a Professor at the Tamil department of Bharathiar University. He eventually became the head of the Department. He was a founding member of the Vanambadi literary movement in the 1970s. He edited the movement's flagship journal of the same name and also another literary magazine called Annam vidu thoothu. He has published more than a dozen works of poetry and literary criticism in his literary career. In 2003, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his poetry collection Oru Giraamattu Nadhi (lit. River in a Hamlet). He had earlier won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2001 for his translation of Lalithambika Antharjanam's Agnisakshi into Tamil. He is the current convener of the Akademi's Tamil advisory board.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The English translation of his poem collection Poojiyangalin Sangili is published by Jayanthasri Balakrishnan as The Chain of Absolutes.[8]
Awards and recognitions
- Bharathidasan award (1987)
- Government of Tamil Nadu award
- Tamil University award
- Sahitya Akademi Award for translation (2001)
- Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil (2003)
- Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar Birthday Commemoration Award (2006)
- Lifetime Literature Achievement Award - (Puthiyathalaimurai Tamilan Awards 2018)
- Padmashri Award (Government of India)(2022)[9]
Partial bibliography
Poetry
- ilanthamizhae(1963)
- Nilakokru (1963)
- Siritha muthukkal (1968)
- Sarapa Yagam (1976)
- Mounamayakkangal (1982)
- Sooriya nizhal (1990)
- Irahu (1996)
- Margazhip paavai (2010)
- Poojayangalin Sangili
- Bharathi Kaithi En 203
Literary criticism
- Ilakkiya chinthanai (1989)
- A Comparative study of Bharathi and Vallathol
- Sirpiyin katturaikal (1996)
- Ramalinga vallalirin arutpa thirattu (2001)
References
- Translating the pains of Endosulfan Victims B.Meenakshi Sundaram https://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/2035204
- Lifetime Literature Achievement Award(Puthiyathalaimurai Tamilan Awards 2018) - http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/news/special-news/50385-puthiyathalaimurai-tamilan-awards-2018.html
Notes and References
- http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007
- Book: Dutt, Kartik Chandra . Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. 1999. Sahitya Akademi. 978-81-260-0873-5. 92.
- News: Award for Sirpi Balasubramaniam . https://web.archive.org/web/20080511220101/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/02/stories/2006080219150200.htm. dead. 11 May 2008. 21 June 2010. The Hindu. 2 August 2006.
- News: Award for Sirpi Balasubramaniam . https://web.archive.org/web/20071127140601/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/06/stories/2006080616480600.htm. dead. 27 November 2007. 21 June 2010. . 6 August 2006.
- News: Sangam classics . 21 June 2010. The Hindu. 26 January 2010.
- News: Bharathi's works being translated into English . https://web.archive.org/web/20100327072055/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/21/stories/2010032160350200.htm. dead. 27 March 2010. 21 June 2010. . 21 May 2010.
- News: Treading Bharati's path . https://web.archive.org/web/20030831235626/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/26/stories/2003052601270100.htm. dead. 31 August 2003. 21 June 2010. . 26 May 2003.
- Web site: the chain of absolutes. 2017-04-20.
- Web site: Padma Awards 2022: Full list of 128 recipients named for civilian honours . 2022-01-25 . Hindustan Times . en . 2022-01-25.
