Author Description

Product Description Most of the poems of Avvaiyaar are very popular even this day and included in text books in Tamil Nadu schools for children and Avvaiyaar means respectable old lady. The honorific aar is suffixed to one s name to denote great respect like the Hindi ji. Avvai means old woman. This title Avvaiyaar had been given to six different scholarly women all poets who lived in Tamil Nadu during different periods -the first one having lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries of Christian Era. The 2nd Avvaiyaar lived in the 13th century, the third in the 16th century, and the fourth in the 17th and the fifth and sixth in the 18th century. This is the finding by several researchers. About the Author Born in 1935 Jyothirllata Girija started her literary career in Tamil as a writer for young adults in 1950. Has written 8 novels and about 100 short stories for them, besides Poet Subramanya Bharathi s biography. In 1968, ANANDA VIKATAN introduced her as a writer for adults through a controversial story. She has more than 500 short stories, 25 novels, 50 novellas, 3 full-length plays, several articles on social issues and translation of major portion in Tamil of Kiran Bedi s AS I SEE IT etc. to her credit. Has won about 20 awards/prizes so far for both adults and children s literature. As for her creations in English Introduced by Vimla Patil of FEMINA in 1975, she s written about 36 short stories in THE ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY OF INDIA, FEMINA, EVE s WEEKLY, YOUR FAMILY, FICTION REVIEW, PRATIBHA INDIA, ALIVE, WOMAN s ERA, NEW WOMAN, THE WEEK END (of The Indian Express, THE SUNDAY (INDIAN) EXPRESS, MOVIELAND (Malaysia) and EVE s TOUCH most of these being translations by her of her published Tamil stories. Also several articles in THE HINDU (Open Page) and ALIVE on social/political issues. The following rhyming poems have been published by Cyberwit.net Publishers, Allahabad: 1. Ramayana 2. The Story of Jesus Christ 3. Mahabharatha Epic 4. Voice of