Sukirtharani 
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விடுதலையின் பதாகை tamilščina

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இரவு மிருகம் tamilščina

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[My room needs no calendar] tamilščina

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[Portrait of my village] tamilščina

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[Nature’s fountainhead] tamilščina

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[Infant language] tamilščina

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[My body] tamilščina

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Sukirtharani 
Author

Foto © Goethe-Institut / Roy Sinai
* 07.04.1972, Lalapet / Vellore District, Tamil Nadu State, Indija
živi v: Lalapet / Vellore District, Tamil Nadu State, Indija

Sukirtharani is a Dalit poet and teacher with five publications to her credit, including kaip pattri yen kanavu kel, iravu mirugam, Kamatthipoo, Theendapadaatha Muttham and Avalai Mozhipeyarthal. Through her poems, she has taken up the cause of the caste system and the plight of women who are oppressed by it. She has won many awards, including the Thevamagal Kavithoovi Award, the Puthumaipitthan Memorial Award and the women’s Achiever Award by the Pengal Munnani (Women’s Front). In addition, many of her poems are part of syllabi in collage across the State.

 Foto © Goethe-Institut / Roy Sinai
Sukirtharani has completed her Masters in Economics and Tamil Literature. She lives in Ranipettai district of Vellore and teaches Tamil at the Government Girls High School. She is an active feminist and social activist. She is currently writing a novel on Dalit life.

Objave
  • Kaippatri en Kanavu kel

    Vandivasi: Poonkuyil Pathippagam, 2002

  • Iravu Mirugam (Night Beast)

    Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Publications, 2004

  • Avalai mozhipeyartthal

    Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Publications, 2006

  • Tiindapadaada Muttham

    Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Publications, 2010

  • Kamatheepu

    Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Publications, 2012

  • Wild Girls, Wicked Words

    a bilingual anthology of Tamil poetry by Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi and Sukirtharani

    Translated into English and with an Introduction by Lakshmi Holmström

    Nagercoil: Sangam House/Kalachuvadu Publications, 2012

  • Ippadikku evaal

    Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Publications, 2016

Nagrade
  • Thevamagal Kavithoovi Award

  • Puthumaipitthan Memorial Award

  • Women’s Achiever Award der Pengal Munnani (Women’s Front)