Sharanya Manivannan
Indian author
About Sharanya Manivannan
Born 1985. Sharanya Manivannan is an Indian.
Sharanya Manivannan (born 1985) is an Indian author, columnist and poet.
Early life Manivannan was born in India. She lived in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and from 2007 she is residing in Chennai, India. She received the Lavanya Sankaran Fellowship for 2008–2009. She writes a column, the 'Venus Flytrap' in the New Indian Express.
Her 2018 book The Queen of Jasmine County is a fictionalised account of the 9th century Tamil Hindu poet Andal.
Selected works Some of her books are:
Incantations Over Water (graphic novel, 2021) Mermaids In The Moonlight (picturebook, 2021) The Queen of Jasmine Country (novel, 2018) The Altar of the Only World (poetry, 2017) The High Priestess Never Marries (short fiction, 2016) The Ammuchi Puchi (picturebook, 2016) and Witchcraft (poetry, 2008).
Awards Her book The High Priestess Never Marries received the 2016 South Asia Laadli award.
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Who is Sharanya Manivannan?
Indian author
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Sharanya Manivannan was born in 1985.
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