Biodata

Priya A. S. is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. She writes short stories, children's literature, translations and memoirs.She has translated Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things into Malayalam under the title Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran of which Roy herself has said that although there have been translations in several languages, no other translation is as important to her as this, as it is the language of the novel's central characters. She is a three-time recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.Priya A. S. was born on May 28, 1967, at Eramalloor, near Cherthala, in Alappuzha district of the south Indian state of Kerala to a teacher couple, K. R. Sadashivan Nair and Anandavalli. She had a difficult childhood due to various diseases, and after schooling, she graduated in English literature from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam before securing a master's degree by private education.[6] She has served at Mahatma Gandhi University and is a senior grade assistant at Cochin University of Science and Technology.Priya is married to Unni and they have a son, Tanmoy alias Kunjunni.