All India Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1998) Winner
K. Srilata
ケイ・スリラタ
K. Srilata
Aliases:
Srilata Krishnan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Ranchi
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- English, Tamil
- Residence History
- Chennai, India
Career
- Occupations
- Academic, Poet, Author, Translator
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (former Professor), Shiv Nadar University Chennai (Distinguished Visiting Professor), Chennai Mathematical Institute (Adjunct Professor)
- Nominations
- Man Asian Literary Prize 2009 longlist (Table for Four)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hyderabad | — | Literature | PhD | — | India |
University of Hyderabad
Literature
Degree:
PhD
Country:
India
Holds masters and PhD in Literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | All India Poetry Competition First Prize | In Santa Cruz, Diagnosed Home Sick | — | British Council / The Poetry Society (India) | winner |
| 2007 | Unisun British Council Poetry Award | — | — | Unisun / British Council | winner |
All India Poetry Competition First Prize
1998
Work:
In Santa Cruz, Diagnosed Home Sick
Organization:
British Council / The Poetry Society (India)
Result:
winner
Unisun British Council Poetry Award
2007
Organization:
Unisun / British Council
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Footnotes to the Mahabharata
2025 Poetry collectionComposed of five poetic sequences exploring the interior lives of Alli, Hidimbi, Draupadi, Gandhari, and Kunti from the Mahabharata.
FeminismMahabharataWomen's perspectivesLossEndurance
Adaptations
- [Theatre]
Table for Four
2011 NovelStory of graduate students Maya, Sandra, and Derek at UC Santa Cruz preparing dinner with house-owner Uncle Prithvi, ruminating on secrets, betrayals, loss, and tragedies.
SecretsBetrayalsLossFamily
This Kind of Child: The ‘Disability’ Story
2022 Non-fictionFirst-person accounts, interviews, and short fiction exploring the experiential worlds of persons with disabilities and those close to them.
DisabilityFamilyEmotions
Three Women in a Single-Room House
2023 Poetry collectionPoems tracing the bitter-sweet shape of family and female lineage.
FamilyFemale lineageLoss
Bibliography
- Footnotes to the Mahabharata
- Three Women in a Single-Room House
- The Unmistakable Presence of Absent Humans
- Table for Four
- This Kind of Child: The ‘Disability’ Story
- Seablue Child
- Arriving Shortly
Adaptations
- Footnotes to the Mahabharata inspired a performative reading by Madras Players
Translations by Author
- Rapids of a Great River: The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry
- Once There Was a Girl
- The Scent of Happiness
- Salma: Selected Poems
Translations of Works
- Poems translated into Tamil, Hindi, and Korean
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Intimate and personal voiceFeminist perspectivesMythic retellings
- Recurring Motifs
- Women's experiencesLoss and enduranceFamily and lineageDisability
Legacy
Contemporary Indian poet, fiction writer, translator, and academic known for feminist retellings of the Mahabharata and stories of disability.
Trivia
- Won first prize in the 1998 All India Poetry Competition.
- Based in Chennai.