K.V.Jayashree

K.V.Jayashree is a Tamil writer. She was born in Palakkad district, Kerala.  K.V.Jayashree mostly translates books from Malayalam language to Tamil language.  Her parents, Vasudevan and Madhavi are native of Palakkad, then, settled in Tiruvannamalai district, Tamilnadu. After completing her school and higher education in Tiruvannamalai district, currently, she is working as a Tamil teacher in Kolakkudi Government high school, Tiruvannamalai .

She translates twelve critically acclaimed Malayalam literature works to Tamil language. However, she has won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for her translation of the Malayalam novel “Nilam Poothu Malarnna Naal”  into Tamil as “Nilam Poothu Malarntha Naal”. Now, she is currently translating, K.V. Mohankumar’s novel “Ushnarasi” from Malayalam in Tamil language.

Her translation works:

# Irantam kutiyerram # Paul Zachariah kataikal # Yecu Kataikal # Alhponcammavin maranamum iruticcatankum # Varttaikal kitaikkata Tivil # Himalayam (cikarankalinute oru payanam) # Itutan en Peyar # Biryani # Orraik katavu # Nisaptam # Nilam Poothu Malarnna Naa