K.V. Shailaja
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: கே.வி.ஷைலஜா
K.V. Shailaja (1969) a Translator, writer and Publisher. She introduced the best Malayalam works to Tamil readers. She did famous translations like Chidambara Ninaivugal, Sumithra. She is Associated with Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers Association. K.V. Shailaja runs Vamsi Publishing along with her husband Bhava Chelladurai.
Birth, Education
K.V. Shailaja was born in Tiruvannamalai on November 7, 1969 to K.A. Vasudevan-P.M. Madhavi couple. Originally from Palakkad in Kerala, the family moved to Tiruvannamalai for her father's business before Shailaja was born. K.V. Shailaja lost his father when she was five months old and grew up in the care of his maternal uncle. She has two elder sisters - K.V. Jayashree and Sujatha. K.V. Jayashree is a Sahitya Academy award winning Writer and Translator. K.V. Shailaja did her Primary education at Kannika Parameswari School, Tiruvannamalai and Higher education at Municipal High School. She received Bachelor of Commerce degree from Trivannamalai Anna Government College of Arts, Master's degree and Master of Science (M.Phil) degree from Annamalai University. K.V. Shailaja cites her mother's avid reading and the home library of her aunt as having moved her towards reading.
Personal Life
An introduction to writer Bava Chelladurai at the Progressive Writers Association conference blossomed into love. Both got married in 1994. Son Vamsi and daughter Manasi. Both are interested in directing short films. Manasi translated Ira Natarajan's Ayesha into English when she was in eighth grade.
Career in Education
- Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Tiruvannamalai (Teacher)
- Ramakrishna Matriculation High School, Thiruvannamalai (Principal)
- Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai (Lecturer)
- Danish Mission High School, Tiruvannamalai (Teacher)
- Kamban College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Tiruvannamalai (Lecturer)
Career in Literature
K.V. Shailaja has written about her life experiences, encounters with writers and artists in his collection of essays Muthiyamma, starting with childhood memories. Uruvamattra En Muthal Aan essay collection which portraits about sadness and life's cruelties, but it instills hope that life is worth living and that it is full of necessary sweetness and humanity.
K.V. Shailaja wrote a novel called Sahita - Nibanthanaiyattra Anbin Kural in 2021. The novel gives life to a series of dreams she had from childhood and is written against the backdrop of the Islamic family she grew up with.[1]
