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{{Short description|Tamil poet, critic, scholar and professor}}
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| name = Sirpi Balasubramaniam
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|7|29}}
| birth_place = Aathupollachi, Coimbatore district, Tamilnadu
| birth_place = Athupollachi,<br/>[[Coimbatore district]],<br/>[[Madras Province]], [[British India]] (now [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])
| occupation = poet, critic
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'''Sirpi Balasubramaniam''' ({{lang-ta|சிற்பி பாலசுப்ரமணியம்}}; born 29 July 1936) is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poet, critic, scholar and professor from [[Tamil Nadu]], India.
'''Sirpi Balasubramaniam''' (born 29 July 1936) is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poet, critic, scholar and professor from [[Tamil Nadu]], India.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Balasubramaniam was born in Aaththupollachi village in [[Coimbatore District]]. He obtained his MA from [[Annamalai University]] and PhD from [[Madras University]]. He worked as a lecturer in NGM college, [[Pollachi]]. He then became a Professor at the Tamil department of [[Bharathiar University]]. He eventually became the head of the Department. He was a founder member of the Vanambadi literary movement in the 1970s. He edited the movement's flagship journal of the same name and also another literary magazine called ''Annam vidu thoothu''. He has published more than a dozen works of poetry and literary criticism in his literary career. In 2003, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his poetry collection ''Oru Giraamattu Nadhi '' (lit. River in a Hamlet ). He had earlier won the [[Sahitya Akademi]]'s award for translators in 2001 for his translation of [[Lalithambika Antharjanam]]'s ''Agnisakshi'' into Tamil. He is the current convener of the Akademi's Tamil advisory board.<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |date=2010-01-24 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dutt|first=Kartik Chandra |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|pages=92|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA92}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Award for Sirpi Balasubramaniam |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/02/stories/2006080219150200.htm|accessdate=21 June 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Award for Sirpi Balasubramaniam |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/06/stories/2006080616480600.htm|accessdate=21 June 2010|newspaper=The Hindu|date=6 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Sangam classics |url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2010/01/26/stories/2010012650051301.htm|accessdate=21 June 2010|newspaper=The Hindu|date=26 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Bharathi's works being translated into English |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/21/stories/2010032160350200.htm|accessdate=21 June 2010|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Treading Bharati's path |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/26/stories/2003052601270100.htm|accessdate=21 June 2010|newspaper=The Hindu|date=26 May 2003}}</ref>
Balasubramaniam was born in Aaththupollachi village in Pollachi [[Coimbatore District]]. He obtained his MA from [[Annamalai University]] and PhD from [[Madras University]]. He worked as a lecturer in NGM college, [[Pollachi]]. He then became a Professor at the Tamil department of [[Bharathiar University]]. He eventually became the head of the Department. He was a founding member of the Vanambadi literary movement in the 1970s. He edited the movement's flagship journal of the same name and also another literary magazine called ''Annam vidu thoothu''. He has published more than a dozen works of poetry and literary criticism in his literary career. In 2003, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his poetry collection ''Oru Giraamattu Nadhi '' (lit. River in a Hamlet ). He had earlier won the [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] in 2001 for his translation of [[Lalithambika Antharjanam]]'s ''[[Agnisakshi (novel)|Agnisakshi]]'' into Tamil. He is the current convener of the Akademi's Tamil advisory board.<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |date=2010-01-24 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dutt|first=Kartik Chandra |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|pages=92|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA92}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Award for Sirpi Balasubramaniam |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/02/stories/2006080219150200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511220101/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/02/stories/2006080219150200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 May 2008|access-date=21 June 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Award for Sirpi Balasubramaniam |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/06/stories/2006080616480600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127140601/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/06/stories/2006080616480600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2007|access-date=21 June 2010|newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |date=6 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Sangam classics |url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2010/01/26/stories/2010012650051301.htm|access-date=21 June 2010|newspaper=The Hindu|date=26 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Bharathi's works being translated into English |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/21/stories/2010032160350200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327072055/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/21/stories/2010032160350200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2010|access-date=21 June 2010|newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |date=21 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Treading Bharati's path |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/26/stories/2003052601270100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030831235626/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/26/stories/2003052601270100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2003|access-date=21 June 2010|newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |date=26 May 2003}}</ref>


The English translation of his poem collection ''Poojiyangalin Sangili'' is published by [[Jayanthasri Balakrishnan|Dr.Jayanthasri Balakrishnan]] as ''The Chain of absolutes''.<ref>{{cite web|title= the chain of absolutes|url=https://www.academia.edu/9959329/THE_CHAIN_OF_ABSOLUTES-_SIRPI_-_TRANSLATED_INTO_INTO_ENGLISH-_DR.JAYANTHASRI_BALAKRISHNAN|accessdate=2017-04-20}}</ref>
The English translation of his poem collection ''Poojiyangalin Sangili'' is published by [[Jayanthasri Balakrishnan]] as ''The Chain of Absolutes''.<ref>{{cite web|title= the chain of absolutes|url=https://www.academia.edu/9959329|access-date=2017-04-20}}</ref>


==Awards and recognitions==
==Awards and recognitions==
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*[[Bharathidasan]] award (1987)
*[[Bharathidasan]] award (1987)
*[[Government of Tamil Nadu]] award
*[[Government of Tamil Nadu]] award
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*Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil (2003)
*Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil (2003)
*Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar Birthday Commemoration Award (2006)
*Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar Birthday Commemoration Award (2006)
*Lifetime Literature Achievement Award - (Puthiyathalaimurai Tamilan Awards 2018)
* [[Padma Shri Award|Padmashri Award]] (Government of India)(2022)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/padma-awards-2022-india-honours-128-personalities-with-highest-civilian-fame-full-list-here-101643121913642.html |title=Padma Awards 2022: Full list of 128 recipients named for civilian honours |date=2022-01-25 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |access-date=2022-01-25}}</ref>


==Partial bibliography==
==Partial bibliography==
===Poetry===
===Poetry===
*''ilanthamizhae''(1963)
*''Nilakokru'' (1963)
*''Nilakokru'' (1963)
*''Siritha muthukkal'' (1968)
*''Siritha muthukkal'' (1968)
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==References==
==References==
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8)Translating the pains of Endosulfan Victims B.Meenakshi Sundaram http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/2035204
*Translating the pains of Endosulfan Victims B.Meenakshi Sundaram https://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/2035204
*Lifetime Literature Achievement Award(Puthiyathalaimurai Tamilan Awards 2018) - http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/news/special-news/50385-puthiyathalaimurai-tamilan-awards-2018.html
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 23 April 2024

Sirpi Balasubramaniam
Born (1936-07-29) 29 July 1936 (age 88)
Athupollachi,
Coimbatore district,
Madras Province, British India (now Tamil Nadu, India)
Occupation(s)poet, critic

Sirpi Balasubramaniam (born 29 July 1936) is a Tamil poet, critic, scholar and professor from Tamil Nadu, India.

Biography

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Balasubramaniam was born in Aaththupollachi village in Pollachi Coimbatore District. He obtained his MA from Annamalai University and PhD from Madras University. He worked as a lecturer in NGM college, Pollachi. He then became a Professor at the Tamil department of Bharathiar University. He eventually became the head of the Department. He was a founding member of the Vanambadi literary movement in the 1970s. He edited the movement's flagship journal of the same name and also another literary magazine called Annam vidu thoothu. He has published more than a dozen works of poetry and literary criticism in his literary career. In 2003, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his poetry collection Oru Giraamattu Nadhi (lit. River in a Hamlet ). He had earlier won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2001 for his translation of Lalithambika Antharjanam's Agnisakshi into Tamil. He is the current convener of the Akademi's Tamil advisory board.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The English translation of his poem collection Poojiyangalin Sangili is published by Jayanthasri Balakrishnan as The Chain of Absolutes.[8]

Awards and recognitions

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  • Bharathidasan award (1987)
  • Government of Tamil Nadu award
  • Tamil University award
  • Sahitya Akademi Award for translation (2001)
  • Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil (2003)
  • Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar Birthday Commemoration Award (2006)
  • Lifetime Literature Achievement Award - (Puthiyathalaimurai Tamilan Awards 2018)
  • Padmashri Award (Government of India)(2022)[9]

Partial bibliography

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Poetry

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  • ilanthamizhae(1963)
  • Nilakokru (1963)
  • Siritha muthukkal (1968)
  • Sarapa Yagam (1976)
  • Mounamayakkangal (1982)
  • Sooriya nizhal (1990)
  • Irahu (1996)
  • Margazhip paavai (2010)
  • Poojayangalin Sangili
  • Bharathi Kaithi En 203

Literary criticism

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  • Ilakkiya chinthanai (1989)
  • A Comparative study of Bharathi and Vallathol
  • Sirpiyin katturaikal (1996)
  • Ramalinga vallalirin arutpa thirattu (2001)

References

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  1. ^ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.
  2. ^ Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 92. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
  3. ^ "Award for Sirpi Balasubramaniam". The Hindu. 2 August 2006. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Award for Sirpi Balasubramaniam". The Hindu. 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Sangam classics". The Hindu. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Bharathi's works being translated into English". The Hindu. 21 May 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  7. ^ "Treading Bharati's path". The Hindu. 26 May 2003. Archived from the original on 31 August 2003. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  8. ^ "the chain of absolutes". Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Padma Awards 2022: Full list of 128 recipients named for civilian honours". Hindustan Times. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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