Title: Uprooting the pumpkin : selections from Tamil literature in Sri Lanka /
Authors: Kanaganayakam, C. 1952-; Kanaganayakam, C. 1952-2014,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Tamil literature Translations into English.; Emigration and immigration in literature.; Emigration and immigration in literature.; Literature; Tamil literature; Littérature tamoule Sri Lanka Traductions anglaises.; Tamil literature History and criticism.; Sri Lanka In literature.; Sri Lanka
Contents: POETRY. Ahalikai ; The Chariot and the Moon / Mahakavi (19271971) -- Sleep / Neelaavanan (19311975) -- Caste and Lust ; The Future / T. Ramalingam (19332008) -- Variations ; Toil Shanmugam / R. Murugaiyan (19352009) -- At the Intersection ; To the Spring Blossom of Polar Land / Sivalingam (19362012) -- Ahalya ; Butterflies of My Dreams ; The Gecko / S. Sivasegaram (1942) -- Last Evening, This Morning / M.A. Nuhman (1944) -- Land of the Singing Fish ; To a Childhood Sinhalese Friend / V.I.S. Jayapalan (1944) -- Vortex / A. Jesurasa (1946) -- Phoenix ; Uprooting / M. Pushparajan (1947) -- December, a Thing of Beauty ; Yearning / Puthuvai Ratnathurai (1948) -- The Sea ; The Moons Echo / S. Vilvaratnam (19502006) -- Stare at the Sky ; Dreams and the Sea / Ki. Pi. Aravinthan (19532015) -- River ; The Weaver-birds Nest / Thirumavalavan (19552015) -- The Story of a Golden River / Solaikkili (1957) -- Yaman ; When I Die and Depart ; Healing the Forest / R. Cheran (1960) -- On a Rainy Day / Cheliyan (1960) -- Whose Home? / S. Karunagaran (1963) -- The Storyteller / Vinothini Satchithananthan (1969) -- Lament of a Mother ; Transience / P. Ahilan (1970) -- After the Destruction ; An Abandoned Soul / Faheema Jahan (1973) -- Until My Wineglass Is Empty / Nadchathran Chev-Inthiyan (1974) -- Calamity / Rashmy Ahmad Mohammad (1974) -- Absence ; My Sisters Laughter Was Like a Bird in Flight / Anar (1974).