Leela Sarkar is an Singaporean-Indian Malayalam language writer from Kerala, South India. She won Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation in 1993 and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation in 2000.[1]
Biography
Leela was born in Singapore on 17 May 1934.[2] Her father, Dr. K.K. Menon was from Kodakara, Thrissur District, Kerala and her mother was from Thottippal, Irinjalakuda, Kerala.[3] At the time of the Second World War, Leela's family returned to India from Singapore.[3] After completing primary education, she graduated from St. Mary's College, Thrissur and Maharajas College, Eranakulam.[4] She married Dipesh Sarkar from Bengal. She is now settled in Mumbai. Leela learned Bengali from the course conducted by Vanga Bhasha Prachara Samiti, Dadar. She published a Bengali - Malayalam Dictionary in 2004.[1]
Leela translated a number of books written by Bengali writers into Malayalam. She worked in Jahangir Art Gallery for more than nine years. Later, she served as the executive in the Bombay office of C.R.Y. Charitable Society. [5]
Bibliography
- Abhayam
- Abhimanyu
- Asamayam
- Amma
- Dooradarshini
- Mahamoham
- Ichamati
- Aranyakam
- Ente Penkuttikkalam
- Jaran
- Vamshavruksham
- Fera
- Satyam, Asatyam
- Kaivarthakandam
- Ramapadachoudhari
- Bharatiya Suvarna Kadhakal - Munshi Premchand
- Aranyathinte Adhikaram[6]
- Manasa Vasudha
- Nilaaparvatham[7]
Awards
- Vivarthaka Ratnam award from Bharat Bhavan in 2014[8]
- Sahitya Akademi award for translation in 1993 for Aranyathinte Adhikaram[1][6]
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2000 for Manasa Vasudha[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ബംഗാളിക്കും മലയാളിക്കുമിടയില് വിവര്ത്തനത്തിന്റെ പാലം പണിത് ലീല സര്ക്കാര്. www.mathrubhumi.com.
- ↑ A life dedicated to translation. The Hindu(23 August 2017).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ലീലാ സര്ക്കാര്. keralaliterature.com. keralaliterature.
- ↑ books.puzha.com - Author Details. www.puzha.com. puzha.
- ↑ Sahityakara Directory{{#if:Editor : Dr. P. V. Krishnan Nair|, Editor : Dr. P. V. Krishnan Nair}. Kerala Sahitya Akademi(2004). ISBN 81-7690-042-7
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 മഹാശ്വേതയുടെ വിയോഗം: നൊമ്പരം നെഞ്ചിലൊതുക്കി ലീലസര്ക്കാര്. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd.
- ↑ MGU Library catalog › Authority search › Leela Sarkar, Tr. (ലീല സര്ക്കാര്, വിവ.) (Personal Name). www.mgucat.mgu.ac.in. MGU.
- ↑ ഭാരത് ഭവൻ വിവർത്തക രത്നം പുരസ്കാരം ലീലാ സർക്കാരിന്. www.mathrubhumi.com.