Uma Maheswari
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: உமாமகேஸ்வரி
Uma Maheshwari (1971) is a writer who writes stories, novels and poems in Tamil. Her stories depict the inner world of women.
Birth, Education
Uma Maheswari was born in 1971 in Thirumalapuram next to Bodinayakanur. After B.A. in English Literature from Fatima College, Madurai, she did M.A. English Literature from Kamaraj University, Madurai.
Personal Life
Uma Maheshwari's husband name is Shankarapandian, a cloth merchant and lives in Andipatti. Uma Maheshwari has a daughter and a son.
Literary Life
Uma Maheshwari has been writing poetry since 1985. Her poetry collection 'Natchathirangalin Naduve' came out on 1990. Subramania Bharatiyar, Sundara Ramasamy, T. Janakiraman, La.Sa. Ramamirtham and Emily Dickinson are her favorite authors. She also writes with a fictional name of Mahi.
Literary Place
Uma Maheswari's fuctional world is is pretty narrow, she has a life that of Emily Dickinson whose life revolves around just inside the home. But within the small world Uma Maheswari depicted the dangers of women's lives, their quest for liberation as well as their feelings of betrayal and hatred. She has no common idealistic views like feminism. He spontaneously observes human emotions and behaviors and converts them to fiction. But her works are more vocal about women's liberation than the works written by feminists in Tamil. Her stories are such that turn feminism into a search for identity as a woman, an inquiry into the meaning of existence.
K. Mohanarangan states "her works does not show any bitterness towards the external factors that play in to her thoughts nor has any hatred against them". Although Ambai's influence is on Uma Maheshwari, Gnani Sankaran assesses her as having greatly transcended from Ambai's art. Jeyamohan states, "Uma Maheshwari is one of the foremost female fiction writers of my generation. Her poems have beautiful lines that meets both the beauty of language and emotionality. His works are deeply emotional".
Awards
- Katha National Award
- Thiruppur Tamil Sanga Award
- India Today Sigaram Award
- Nanchangoodu Thirumalambaal Award
- Elathi Literary Award
- Literary Though Award
- Poet Sirpi Literary Award
Books
Poems
- Natchathirangalin Naduve (1990)
- Verum Pozhuthu (2002)
- Karpavai (2003)
- Iruthipoo (2008)
- Mittaikadigaram (2015)
Short Story Collections
- Marapaachi (2002)
- Tholaikadal (2004)
- Arali Vanam (2008)
- Voilet Jannal (2019)
- Uma Maheswari Kathaigal
Novel
- Yaarum Yaarudanum Illai (2003)
- Anchamkaalam (2013)
References
- Tamilonline - Thendral Tamil Magazine - Ezhuthalar - Uma Maheswari
- Uma Maheswari - P. Nirmala, keetru.com, July 2012
