Bhuvana Natarajan


Bhuvana Natarajan was an Indian translator and short story writer. She published over 20 books and in 2009 was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for translation from Bengali to Tamil. Many of her short stories have appeared in Kalki, Mangaiyar Malar, Saavi, Sumangali, Jnana Bhoomi, Idhayam Pesugiraday and Gokulam. She was able to read, write and converse in Tamil, Bengali, Hindi, English and had working knowledge of Sanskrit. She lived in Calcutta for over 43 years and later in Chennai.
She attended the World Tamil Conference held in Tanjavur in 1995 as an observer representing Bharathi Tamizh Sangam, Calcutta.

Awards

Mudhal Sabadam or Prothom Protishruti, was written in Bengali by Ashapoorna Devi for which she received the Jnanpith Award. This novel was later made into a very successful movie.
Original works
Translations