Puviarasu
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Puviarasu or Puviyarasu is a Tamil
poet and translator from Tamil Nadu
, India
.
. He obtained his intermediate degree from Government Arts College, Coimbatore and his Tamil Vidwan
degree from Perur
Tamil College. He worked as a Tamil teacher for more than thirty years. He first started publishing in 1952. He is a Marxist by political orientation and is an opponent of Dravidian parties
. He was imprisoned for his participation in agitations for making Tamil the administrative language of Tamil Nadu and the border agitations
. He was one of the founders of the short-lived Vanambadi literary movement. In his literary career he has published more than 80 books. He has also translated the works of Shakespeare, Khalil Gibran
, Omar Khayyam
, Osho
, Dostoevsky and Rabindranath Tagore
into Tamil. Some of his poems have been translated into English, Russian, Hungarian, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Sinhalese. In 2007 he won the Sahitya Akademi Award
for translation for his poem Puratchikaaran - translation of Kazi Nazrul Islam
's The Revolutionary. In 2010, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his poetry collection Kaioppam (lit. The Signature). The charitable trust Puviyarasu Tamil Valarchi Mayyam (started for training Tamil teachers properly) has been named after him. He currently lives in Coimbatore.
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
poet and translator from Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Biography
Puviyarasu was born in a village near Udumalpet. His birth name was S. Jagannathan. Puviyarasu is the Tamil translation of the Sanskritic "Jagannathan". His family moved to and settled in CoimbatoreCoimbatore
Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....
. He obtained his intermediate degree from Government Arts College, Coimbatore and his Tamil Vidwan
Vidwan
A vidwan is a person who has vidya of a particular science or art. This term is usually used for Indian Classical Musicians to denote their scholarship and experience in performing classical music concerts. Vidwan may also be referred to as a doctorate in layman's terms....
degree from Perur
Perur
Perur is located on western side of Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It has famous Siva Temple, Patteeswarar .- Geography :Perur is situated about 7 km from Coimbatore Railway station. The area is mostly agricultural. Predominantly Cash crops like coconut, banana are grown in Perur .-...
Tamil College. He worked as a Tamil teacher for more than thirty years. He first started publishing in 1952. He is a Marxist by political orientation and is an opponent of Dravidian parties
Dravidian parties
Dravidian parties include an array of regional political parties in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, which trace their origins and ideologies either directly or indirectly to the Dravidian movement of Periyar E. V...
. He was imprisoned for his participation in agitations for making Tamil the administrative language of Tamil Nadu and the border agitations
Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act
Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act, enacted in 1959 by the Parliament of India under the provisions of article 3 of the constitution, went into with effect from April 1, 1960...
. He was one of the founders of the short-lived Vanambadi literary movement. In his literary career he has published more than 80 books. He has also translated the works of Shakespeare, Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān,Jibrān Khalīl Jibrān, or Jibrān Xalīl Jibrān; Arabic , January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) also known as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer...
, Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyám
Omar Khayyám was aPersian polymath: philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music, climatology and theology....
, Osho
Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)
Osho , born Chandra Mohan Jain , and also known as Acharya Rajneesh from the 1960s onwards, as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh during the 1970s and 1980s and as Osho from 1989, was an Indian mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher who garnered an international following.A professor of philosophy, he travelled...
, Dostoevsky and Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
into Tamil. Some of his poems have been translated into English, Russian, Hungarian, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Sinhalese. In 2007 he won the Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
for translation for his poem Puratchikaaran - translation of Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam , sobriquet Bidrohi Kobi, was a Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary who pioneered poetic works espousing intense spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression. His poetry and nationalist activism earned him the popular title of Bidrohi Kobi...
's The Revolutionary. In 2010, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his poetry collection Kaioppam (lit. The Signature). The charitable trust Puviyarasu Tamil Valarchi Mayyam (started for training Tamil teachers properly) has been named after him. He currently lives in Coimbatore.
Poetry
- Kaioppam
- Ettu thisai kaarru
- Kavithaikenna Kelvi
- Meendum zen kavithaikal
- Idu dhan
Translations
- The Book of Mirdad by Mikha'il Na'imaMikha'il Na'imaMikha'il Na'ima was a Lebanese author and poet of the New York Pen League.-Biography:...
- The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880...
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - HamletHamletThe Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
- OthelloOthelloThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
- Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
Awards and recognitions
- Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation (2007)
- Kalaignar Porkizhi Award (2008)
- Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil (2009)
- Sahitya Puraskar Award from Kerala Cultural Centre