M.L. Jyoshitaa
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: எம். எல். ஜோஷித்தா
Jyoshitaa Mahendrarajan Lavanya (born on January 26, 2009) is a literary translator who translates from Tamil to English. She is an editor at Southbound Review, where she oversees the Art and Culture section as well as part of the Academic section. She is also an editor at Eliot Forum, a collaborative literary review platform bridging Tamil and world literature.
Birth, Education
Jyoshitaa Mahendrarajan Lavanya was born on January 26, 2009, in Chennai, India, to Lavanya Muttayan and Mahendrarajan Chandrasekaran. She is currently a senior in Vancouver, Canada.
Literary Life
In 2022, Jyoshitaa partnered with her father to participate in the Mozhi Prize, an international translation contest, for the first time, submitting a longlisted translation of B. Jeyamohan's Elephant story. She returned for the 2023 edition as an independent translator, receiving a Special Mention Prize for her longlisted translation of A. Muttulingam's The Elephant's Salary short story.
She participated in the 'Stories of the True'[1] Essay Contest, where she won first place. She translated a short story by Ja. Deepa, 'A Hidden Face. It was published by Manasa Publications in A Place of Her Own[2]. She is currently working on her translation of B. Jeyamohan's novel Udaiyal, which is scheduled for publication through Manasa Publications in 2026.
Literary Events
During the Tamil Lit Fest in New York on April 3 and 4, 2026, she served as a program moderator for a session with Chaithanya Jeyamohan and Geraldine Walker, which focused on identity and contemporary literature.
Editorial Works
Jyoshitaa is an editor at Southbound Review, where she oversees the Art and Culture section as well as part of the Academic section. She is also an editor at Eliot Forum, a collaborative literary review platform bridging Tamil and world literature.
Translations
- Elephant (originally யானை by B. Jeyamohan)
- The Elephant's Salary (originally யானையின் சம்பளம் by A. Muttulingam)
- A Hidden Face (originally மறைமுகம் by Ja. Deepa)
- Udaiyal [in progress] (originally உடையாள் by B. Jeyamohan)
Links
- Stories of the True Essay Contest
- Stories of the True Author Event
- Living Tamil Lit Fest Program Moderators
- Living Tamil Lit Fest Session
Footnotes
✅Finalised Page
First published on: 25-Sep-2026, 00:52:01 IST
