Indu Menon

Indu Menon (b. 13 June 1980 ) is an Indian novelist and short story writer. In 2014, he received the Central Sahitya Award for Young Writers. In 2015, India Today selected her as one of India's Upcoming Writers. In 2005, India Today selected her as one of the twenty young talents of Kerala. Some of Indu Menon's stories have been made into films. In 2009, Father and Virgin was screened at the Cannes International Film Festival in France. In 2010, the short film You Can't Step Twice in the Sime River was screened at the River to River Festival in Italy and won an award. In 2011, the film Mrigam premiered at the Marché du Film Film Market in conjunction with the Cannes International Film Festival.[1]

Indu Menon
Born13 June 1980 (1980-06-13) (age 43)
Calicut
SpouseRupesh Paul
Children2

Early life

Indu married Malayalam film director and poet Rupesh Paul. Rupesh and Indu have a daughter Gowri Maria and a son Adithya.[2]

Awards and honours
  • 2003: Janapriya Puraskaram - The Lesbian Cow[3]
  • 2004: EP sushama Endowment - Yoshithayurakkangal [4]

Bibliography

Novels
  • Kappalinekkurichoru Vichithrapusthakam (2015)[5][6]
  • Janafress Oru Kodiya Kamukan(2021)

Collections of short stories
  • The Lesbian Cow (2002)
  • Sangh parivar (2005)
  • Hinduchayayulla Muslim Purushan (2007)
  • Chumbanasabda thaaravali(2013)
  • Indumenonte Kathakal (2013)
  • Pazharasaththottam (2017)
  • Lesbian Cow and Other Stories (2021) in English by Eka Westland. Translated by K.

Nadakumar

  • Indu Menonnte Thiranjedutha Kathakal (2020)

Memoirs/ Poems
  • Enne Chumbikkan Padippicha sthreeye(2014)
  • Ente thene ente aanandame (Love Poems) (2014)
  • Ente kadha Ente Pennungaludeyum (2021)
  • Nhanoru Pavam Gidharalle Enthinaanu Neeyenne kadara Kondu Meettunnath (2022)
  • Ente Kavithakal (2021)

Translations
  • The Lesbian Cow (2002) [7]
  • Avar Chaayam thekkaatha Chavittu Padikalilirunnu Cholam Thinnumpol (2003)
  • Anuragaththinte Pusthakam (2007)
  • Nammute Raktham(2021) (Tribal Poetry)
  • Janafress (Arabic) (2020)

Edited work
  • Bhoomiyile Penkuttikalkk (2005)
  • Thanath Bhakshanavum Jeevanopadhiyum (2019)
  • Unwritten Histories and Tribal Freedom Fighters (2020)
  • Kadalu Thai Poomaram Book of Tribal Songs (2019)
  • Vlusam; Bridge Book in Muthuva- Malayalam Language (2019)

References
  1. "Confronting the dark and grotesque on The New Indian Express". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. "Manassiloru Mazhavillu on Kairalitv". kairalitvonline. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  3. "Briefly". The Hindu. 13 March 2004.
  4. "Award for Indu Menon". The Hindu. 6 February 2004.
  5. Pillai, Meena T. (26 November 2015). "Sea of thoughts". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. "സ്ത്രീയനുഭവങ്ങള്‍ യഥാതഥമായി ആവിഷ്‌കരിക്കാന്‍ സ്ത്രീക്കു മാത്രമേ കഴിയുവെന്ന് ഷാജി എന്‍ കരുണ്‍; ഇന്ദു മേനോന്റെ കപ്പലിനെക്കുറിച്ചൊരു വിചിത്ര പുസ്തകം പ്രകാശനം ചെയ്തു" (in Malayalam). Kairali News. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015.
  7. "Why 'The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories' deserves a space on every feminist and political bookshelf".
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