Subramanian Krishnamoorthy

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Subramanian Krishnamoorthy
Born1929
Nagpur University
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi
1991 Translation

S. Krishnamoorthy or S. Krishnamurthy (Subramanian Krishnamoorthy, 1929 – 7 September 2014)[1] has been writing short stories and articles in English and Tamil for over four decades. He was also the winner of prestigious Sahitya Akademi prize for translation.

Life

He was born on 1929 in Pudukkotttai,

Indian Audits and Accounts Service in 1987.[citation needed]. He died in Chennai on 7 September 2014 due to illness.[citation needed
]

Literary contributions

He has written Tamil short story collections namely "Nandriku oru vilai" & "Manitham" and two English short story collections namely "The Peasant and other stories" & "Modern Aesop Fables". Comprehensive Tamil biographies of

Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar have also been penned by him.[2]

Awards

His Nazrul biography was awarded the Ilakkia Chintanai Prize (Madras) and the Rabindra Smirti Puraskar of the government of Bengal. The biographies of

Silappatikaram in Bengali, which are the most important work of his career.[2] He is closely associated with Bharathi Tamil sangam, Kolkata.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "அஞ்சலி : சு கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி | எழுத்தாளர் ஜெயமோகன்". 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Track record of a translator". The Hindu. December 2011.
  3. ^ "Akademi Translation Awards Information".
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  5. ^ "Novel on class struggle Information".

External links

  1. Regional Language Books
  2. The Asiatic Society of Mumbai Literary Club's three-day Tagore festival