Sharanya Manivannan

Current

• Columnist: "The Venus Flytrap" at The New Indian Express
• Spoken Word Artist at Self-Employed
• Author at Self-employed

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Past

• Copywriter at Maitri

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• My Blog

Sharanya Manivannan’s Summary

My official bio reads like this: Sharanya Manivannan was born in India in 1985 and grew up in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. She is working on her first novel, Constellation of Scars. A collection of poems, Witchcraft was published in October 2008 by Bullfighter Books. Iyari, a handmade chapbook of poems and illustrations, was published in 2006.

Her solo show, Ochre As The Earth, held in June 2007, was a pioneering event in the Kuala Lumpur arts scene. As a spoken word artist, she has performed at dozens of events since 2001, notable among them the Borobudur Temple in Indonesia, an 11th century Buddhist stupa that is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Her unique stage presence and voice have been much-remarked on; the poet Kimberly L. Becker wrote that "Sharanya Manivannan's voice has the clarity of a diamond; she has chiseled every facet of her presentation so that what we hear is a rare radiance.".

Sharanya's writing is noted for being brutal, sensual and deeply female. Other than writing, her interests include dance, painting, photography and film.

She has performed and participated in the Utan Kayu International Literary Biennale in Indonesia, Singapore Writers’ Festival and Poetry With Prakriti in India. She lives in India.

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I've not bothered to list things like my NGO or theatre experience, because I would like to keep the focus on my writing-related work. However, drop me an email if you're curious, and perhaps I'll tell you more.

Sharanya Manivannan’s Specialties:

Spoken word readings, spoken word recordings, event organising, conducting performance and poetry workshops.

Sharanya Manivannan’s Experience

• Columnist: "The Venus Flytrap"

  The New Indian Express

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  "The Venus Flytrap" appears weekly in Zeitgeist (The New Indian Express' Saturday supplement).
  
  Other freelance journalism since 2002, at: YouthQuake, New Straits Times, The Sun, The Star, Options 2, The Edge, V Mag, Astro Guide Hotel Edition, Plan B, 5 Senses, Public Mutual’s The Bulletin, Harper's Bazaar (Malaysian Edition), Vox, Eve & Adam, New Man (Malaysia & Singapore editions), Zero Degrees and The New Indian Express.

• Spoken Word Artist

  Self-Employed

  (Performing Arts industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years )

  Venues performed at include the following. Malaysia -- Silverfish Books, MPH Bookstore, National Art Gallery, Tamarind Springs, Dram Projects, 67 Tempinis Satu Gallery, Darling Muse Gallery, Food Foundry, No Black Tie, La Bodega KL, Indie Scene Café, Liquid, The Annexe and Bau Bau Café. Singapore -- The Substation, The Arts House, Earshot and Singapore Arts Museum. Indonesia -- Borobudur Temple (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Teater Utan Kayu, the Indian Embassy of Jakarta, Islamic University of Yogyakarta and Teater Kecil. Chennai, India -- Apparao Galleries, Landmark Nungambakkam, Landmark Spencer's Plaza, Savera Hotel, Distil, Mocha, Thalankuppam Beach/Pier, Vanilla Place, Commonwealth War Memorial.
  
  Has performed and participated in the Utan Kayu International Literary Biennale 2007, Singapore Writers' Festival 2007 and Poetry With Prakriti 2007, and will be participating in the Ubud Writers' & Readers' Festival 2008.

• Author

  Self-employed

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1992 — Present (17 years )

  Author of "Witchcraft", a book of poems (Bullfighter Books, October 2008).
  
  Recipient of the Lavanya Sankaran Fellowship 2008-2009, under the Sangam House residency programme, Pondicherry.

• Copywriter

  Maitri

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 2 months)

Additional Information

Sharanya Manivannan’s Websites:

• My Blog

Sharanya Manivannan’s Interests:

Writing, Poetry, Journalism, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Literature, Dance, Bharatanatyam, Flamenco, Photography, Film, Music, Art, Painting, Theatre, Feminism, Womanism, Human Rights, Environment

Sharanya Manivannan’s Groups:

•    Caferati

Sharanya Manivannan’s Contact Settings

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