Vasantha surya biography

Vasantha Surya’s writing spans more than 50 years.

She has written two books of poetry, with individual poems having been published in different forums.

Her first volume of poetry “The Stalk of Time” was shortlisted for the Commonwealth poetry prize in 1985.

Vasantha surya biography in hindi

“A Word between Us” is her second volume of poetry.

She has written more than 300 articles and reviews on social justice, gender and education for major Indian newspapers and magazines, as well as a full-length investigative report on the creation and dismantling of the Method of Science Exhibition for UNESCO’s ICSU (International Council of Scientific Unions).

A translator of Tamil fiction and poetry, she has translated six novels for Macmillan, New Horizons, Katha, Oxford University Press, and Zubaan, as well as several short stories and poems. Some of her translations of poetry and prose are included in “Tamil Dalit Writing” (OUP), He