Sangeetha Sreenivasan
Indian writer and translator
Sangeetha Sreenivasan is a novelist, children's writer, translator, and teacher from Kerala, India. She writes in Malayalam and English and also translates into both languages. In 2020, she received Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation for Upekshikkappetta Dinangal, the Malayalam translation of the novel The Days of Abandonment by Italian author Elena Ferrante. She is the daughter of writer activist Sarah Joseph.
Biography
Sangeetha was born on July 19, 1975, in Mulankunnathkavu in Thrissur district of Kerala to writer Sarah Joseph and the public activist Kottakkal Joseph. She is known in various fields of literature like novel, children's literature, translation and also is a guitarist and teacher. She who holds a master's degree in English Literature from Kerala Verma College, Thrissur works as a teacher in the Kerala Government Higher Secondary Department.
Personal life
Sangeetha and her husband architect P. K. Sreenivasan have one daughter, Medha Sreenivasan.
Literary career
Sangeetha first started writing in English. In 2004, one of her story was published in Indian Literature magazine.
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