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Aditya Shankar is a bilingual poet who has been writing and publishing poetry in English and Malayalam since 2002. His poems have appeared in journals from twenty-five or more nations and translated into Arabic and Malayalam. His poetry collections include After Seeing (2006), Party Poopers (2014), and XXL (2018). He edited Tiny Judges Shall Arrive (AHRC, Hong Kong), a selection of KG Sankara Pillai’s poems translated into English. A Postcard to Voice (Forthcoming, Dhauli Books) is an anthology of his translation project, Malayalam Poetry in Translation, that was published in Modern Literature. His short films have participated in International Film Festivals. He lives in Bangalore, India.
Illustrations: V. Mohanan
Title: Sukshmajeevikalkku Sthrothram
(ml: സൂക്ഷ്മജീവികൾക്ക് സ്തോത്രം ).
Author(s): Adithya Sankar.
First publication details: Sayahna
Foundation; Trivandrum, Kerala; 2020-06-10.
Deafult language: ml, Malayalam.
Keywords: poem, Sukshmajeevikalkku
Sthrothram, Adithya Sankar>, ആദിത്യ ശങ്കർ, സൂക്ഷ്മജീവികൾക്ക് സ്തോത്രം, Open Access Publishing,
Malayalam, Sayahna Foundation, Free Software, XML.
Digital Publisher: Sayahna
Foundation; JWRA 34, Jagthy; Trivandrum 695014; India.
Date: January 24, 2022.
Credits: The text of the original item is
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Cover: Antonín Procházka - Girl, a painting by Ablakok
(2017). The image is taken from Wikimedia Commons and is
gratefully acknowledged.
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PK Ashok; Encoding: KB Sujith.
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