Hephzibah Jesudasan Author

Hephzibah Jesudasan is from Pulipunam in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. An eminent professor of English, she won much critical acclaim for her first novel Putham Veedu, a classic little gem hailed as one of the earliest realistic novels in Tamil. Her novels are memorable for her artless prose and earnest portrayal of the palmyra climbers of her region. She was also an accomplished translator, essayist, poet and writer of children’s books. G. Geetha has a master’s degree in English from Loyola College, Madras University. After teaching English for ten years, she is now a freelance translator based in Chennai.