P. Sathyavathi

Broschiertes Buch

Here I Am and Other Stories

Short Stories

Beschreibung

Sathyavathi's stories are powerful, deeply sensitive and widely varied in their themes, most of her writings concern women - their lives and living, dreams and disappointments, losses and achievements. She is a keen observer and shares her anguish about today's human life and living with us through her stories in urban and rural settings.

Autor

P. SATHYAVATHI became well known with her prize-winning story 'Glasu Pagilindi' in 1977. Illalakagaane (Quest for Identity), a volume of stories, won her the Chaso award and established her as a leading feminist writer in Telugu. Later, she received the Rangavalli award and Telugu University award, among many other prestigious awards. With four novels, five anthologies of short stories and a volume of essays to her credit, she ran a regular column on the early women writers in Bhumika. She has translated into Telugu, to much acclaim, Karen Armstrong's Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet, Ismat Chugtai's stories, A. Revathi's The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story and Y.B. Satyanarayana's My Father Baliah; and is now translating Paula Richman's Many Ramayanas into Telugu. She is presently co-editing an anthology of contemporary Telugu women writers' stories translated into English and to be published by the Sahitya Akademi.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ratna Sagar
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9789352907540
• ISBN-10: 935290754X
• Artikelnr.: 60005186