R VatsalaBorn in 1943, Vatsala grew up in Bombay and Rajkot and worked in IIT Madras. Her books include two poetry collections Suyam (Sneha, 2000) and Naan Yenn Kavingar Aaga Villai? (Ahuthi and Panikudam, 2018), two novels Vattathul (Uyirmai, 2006) and Kannukul Satru Payaniththu (Bharathi Puthakalayam, 2016) as well as a collection of short stories Chinna Chinna Izhai (Bharathi Puthakalayam, 2018). Vatsala won the Tiruppur Tamil Sangam award in 2006 for her novel Vattathul. Her short stories have won the Illakia Chintanai award, the Agni-Subhamangala award and the Rajeswari Balasubramaniam award. Her poems in English translation have appeared in The Rapids of a Great River: The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry (Viking/ Penguin, 2009) as well as in Interior Decoration: Poems by 54 Women from 10 Languages (Women Unlimited, 2010). Read More Read Less