Saraswati Samman
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Edition 9 (1999) Winner
Indira Parthasarathy
いんでぃら・ぱるとさらてぃ
Indirā Pārtacārati
Aliases:
R. Parthasarathy / Ee. Paa. / Ee-Paa
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1930-07-10 （Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India）
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- Tamil
- Religion
- Hinduism (Iyengar)
- Residence History
- Chennai → Delhi → Srirangam, Tamil Nadu
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Playwright
- Active Years
- 1970-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Sahitya Akademi Award | Kuruthi Punal | — | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award | — | — | Sangeet Natak Akademi | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Saraswati Samman | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Padma Shri | — | 文学 | Government of India | 受賞 |
Sahitya Akademi Award
1977
Work:
Kuruthi Punal
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
2004
Organization:
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Result:
受賞
Saraswati Samman
1999
Result:
受賞
Padma Shri
2010
Category:
文学
Organization:
Government of India
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kuruthi Punal
1971 NovelA novel intermingling settings in Delhi and Srirangam.
Urban intellectualsOpen dialogueDeep analysis
Uchchi Veyyil
PlayA play adapted into film.
Adaptations
- [Film] Marupakkam / K.S. Sethu Madhavan (1991)
Bibliography
- Thiraigalukku Appaal
- Kuruthi Punal
- Aakasa Thamarai
- Helicoptergal Keezhe Irangi Vittana
- Mayaman Vettai
- Theevukal
- Yesuvin Thozhargal
- Suthanthira Bhoomi
- Krishna Krishna
- Aurangzeb
- Nandan Kathai
- Ramanujar
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Open and analytical dialoguePortrayal of urban intellectuals
- Recurring Motifs
- Settings in Delhi and SrirangamIntellectual conversations
Legacy
Carved a niche in Tamil literature; only Tamil writer to receive both Sahitya Akademi and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards.
Trivia
- The only Tamil writer to receive both the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
- Born into a traditional Iyengar family.