Gowri Kirubanandan is a Tamil writer known for her Telugu - Tamil translation works. She won

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in 2015 for her translation of Telugu novel ''Vimuktha'', by Volka into Tamil, titled ''Meetchi''.

Early life

Kirubanandan was born in

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to Krishnamoorthy and Rajalakshmi. She was raised and graduated in

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. After her marriage, she came back to Tamil Nadu in 1976.

Works

So far she has translated 70

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novels and 50

short stories into Tamil, including

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's novel ''Antharmukam''. She also translated works of well known writers like

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, Thoppil Mohamed Meeran,

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and

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from

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. She translated Prapanchan’s ''Vaanam Vasappadum'' and Ku. Alagirisami’s ''Anbalippu'' from Tamil to Telugu.

Awards

* 2015

* 2016 Sparrow Literary Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirubanandan, Gowri Living people Tamil-language writers Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil 1956 births