Era Natarasan

Era Natarasan
இரா நடராசன்
Born (1964-12-08) 8 December 1964 (age 59)
Lalgudi, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater
OccupationChildren's writer
TitleHeadmaster of the Krishnasamy Memorial Matric Higher Secondary School
Awards
Websiteeranatarasan.com
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Era Natarasan (Tamil: இரா நடராசன்; born 8 December 1964), popularly known as Ayesha Natarasan, is an Indian writer of children's books.[1] He writes in Tamil and English. He is the author of Ayisha (in English) / Ayesha (a Novella) that has sold millions of copies in 12 languages.[2][3][4] He has written more than 150 books most of them on science and Science Fiction including Vigyana vikramadhithyan kadhaigal which won the "Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award" for Children Literature, awarded by Sahitya Academy.[5][6]

  1. ^ Nainar, Nahla (2 September 2016). "'Insulting the Child isn't education'". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Ayesha Natarasan". Barathi Puthakalayam, India. 1999.
  3. ^ "Ayesha-English" (PDF). A foreword written by author ERA. NATARAJAN, India. 1999.
  4. ^ "Ayesha -Tamil". A foreword written by author ERA. NATARAJAN, India. 1999.
  5. ^ "Bal Sahithya Akademi winner dedicates award to book-loving children". The Hindu. 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award". Sahitya Academy, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.