Autor/-in: Perumal Murugan

Perumal Murugan. is the star of contemporary Tamil literature. An award-winning writer, poet and scholar, he has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success for his vast array of work. His novels have been translated into English to immense acclaim, including Current Show, Pyre, Seasons of the Palm. , which was shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize in 2005, and One Part Woman. , his best-known work, which was shortlisted for the Crossword Award, longlisted for the inaugural National Book Award for Translation and won the prestigious ILF Samanvay Bhasha Samman. Pyre. was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023 and Fire Bird. won the JCB Prize for Literature 2023, while A Lonely Harvest. and Trial by Silence. -his two ingenious parallel sequels to One Part Woman. -were shortlisted for the JCB Prize in 2019. A Lonely Harvest. was also longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019. Songs of a Coward. is a collection of his poetry written in exile. His debut novel was published in English as Rising Heat. in 2020, nearly three decades after it was first published in Tamil. Janani Kannan. is a US-based architect, translator, singer and marathon runner. She enjoys translating Tamil novels and short stories and most recently translated Rising Heat. , Perumal Murugan's very first novel. Her interests also include collecting and chronicling anecdotes, recipes and architectural nuggets from Tamil culture.