Indu Menon
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Indu Menon | |
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| Born | 13 June 1980 (age 43) |
| Spouse | Rupesh Paul |
| Children | 2 |
Indu Menon is an acclaimed Indian novelist and short story writer. She was awarded the Central Sahitya Award for Young Writers in 2014, and was recognized by India Today as one of India's Upcoming Writers in 2015. In 2005, India Today also selected her as one of the twenty young talents of Kerala. Several of Menon's stories have been adapted into films, including "Father and Virgin", which was screened at the Cannes International Film Festival in France in 2009. Her short film "You Can't Step Twice in the Same River" won an award at the River to River Festival in Italy in 2010. Additionally, "Mrigam" premiered at the Marché du Film Film Market in conjunction with the Cannes International Film Festival in 2011.
Early life[edit]
Indu Menon was born on June 13, 1980. Indu married Malayalam film director and poet Rupesh Paul. Rupesh and Indu have a daughter Gowri Maria and a son Adithya.[1]
Awards and honours[edit]
- 2003: Janapriya Puraskaram - The Lesbian Cow[2]
- 2004: EP sushama Endowment - Yoshithayurakkangal [3]
Bibliography[edit]
Novels[edit]
Collections of short stories[edit]
- The Lesbian Cow (2002)
- Sangh parivar (2005)
- Hinduchayayulla Muslim Purushan (2007)
- Chumbanasabda thaaravali(2013)
- Indumenonte Kathakal (2013)
- Pazharasaththottam (2017)
- Lesbian Cow and Other Stories (2021) in English by Eka Westland. Translated by K.
Nadakumar
- Indu Menonnte Thiranjedutha Kathakal (2020)
Memoirs/ Poems[edit]
- Enne Chumbikkan Padippicha sthreeye(2014)
- Ente thene ente aanandame (Love Poems) (2014)
- Ente kadha Ente Pennungaludeyum (2021)
- Nhanoru Pavam Gidharalle Enthinaanu Neeyenne kadara Kondu Meettunnath (2022)
- Ente Kavithakal (2021)
Translations[edit]
- The Lesbian Cow (2002) [6]
- Avar Chaayam thekkaatha Chavittu Padikalilirunnu Cholam Thinnumpol (2003)
- Anuragaththinte Pusthakam (2007)
- Nammute Raktham(2021) (Tribal Poetry)
- Janafress (Arabic) (2020)
Edited work[edit]
- Bhoomiyile Penkuttikalkk (2005)
- Thanath Bhakshanavum Jeevanopadhiyum (2019)
- Unwritten Histories and Tribal Freedom Fighters (2020)
- Kadalu Thai Poomaram Book of Tribal Songs (2019)
- Vlusam; Bridge Book in Muthuva- Malayalam Language (2019)
References[edit]
- ^ "Manassiloru Mazhavillu on Kairalitv". kairalitvonline. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Briefly". The Hindu. 13 March 2004.[dead link]
- ^ "Award for Indu Menon". The Hindu. 6 February 2004.[dead link]
- ^ Pillai, Meena T. (26 November 2015). "Sea of thoughts". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "സ്ത്രീയനുഭവങ്ങള് യഥാതഥമായി ആവിഷ്കരിക്കാന് സ്ത്രീക്കു മാത്രമേ കഴിയുവെന്ന് ഷാജി എന് കരുണ്; ഇന്ദു മേനോന്റെ കപ്പലിനെക്കുറിച്ചൊരു വിചിത്ര പുസ്തകം പ്രകാശനം ചെയ്തു" (in Malayalam). Kairali News. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Why 'The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories' deserves a space on every feminist and political bookshelf".
External links[edit]
- Blogger profile
- Interview with Menon at DC Books (in Malayalam)
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Writers from Kozhikode
- Indian bloggers
- Indian women bloggers
- Indian women short story writers
- Indian memoirists
- 21st-century Indian short story writers
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- Women writers from Kerala
- Malayalam novelists
- Indian women memoirists
- 21st-century memoirists
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar