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Poornachandran
Born
1949 (age 74–75) Arcot, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation
Writer, critic, translator, professor
Language
Tamil
Subjects
Literature, translation, criticism
Notable awards
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2016)
Anantha Vikatan Award (2011 & 2016)
Spouse
Selvanayagi
Website
poornachandran.com
Poornachandran is a Tamil writer from India. He was born in Arcot in 1949, worked as a Tamil professor in Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli and an emeritus professor in Pondicherry University. He is currently living in Chennai. He has written many books on the subjects of Tamil literary criticism and has translated several books from English to Tamil. He won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2016 for his translation of the fiction Serious Men by Manu Joseph into Tamil as "Poruppumikka Manidargal" (பொறுப்புமிக்க மனிதர்கள்).[1] He is also a recipient of Anantha Vikatan awards for translation in 2011 and 2016.[2] He has written 11 books, majorly based on literary criticism and western contemporary theories, and has translated 37 books on variety of subjects and genres from English to Tamil. He has also published 4 books and has written a lot of essays in the little magazines such as Kalachuvadu (காலச்சுவடு), Nigazh (நிகழ்), Tamil Neyam (தமிழ் நேயம்). He is one of the first persons to conduct Badal Sircar Theatrical Workshop in Tiruchirappalli in 1989. He had been an influential person in Tiruchi Cine-forum and Tiruchi Readers-forum and had developed an interest on art films and serious book reading in many of his students. He is actively writing essays and articles in his website www.poornachandran.com which shall help the students on their academics and the others to think on the contemporary issues faced by the society on various fields. He is also running an endowment on his name through which he has been conducting regular workshops for the students on the subjects of literature and criticism.
^Kolappan, B (2 March 2017). "Retired Tamil teacher from Tiruchi gets it for his translation of Manu Joseph's Serious Men". The Hindu.
^Reporter, Anantha Vikatan (29 March 2017). "AnandaVikatanNambikkaiAwards". Vikatan.
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