Sethumadhavan

A. Sethumadhavan (Sethu), born in a small village in Kerala, has been writing stories and novels in Malayalam for the past five decades. He belongs to a highly innovative generation of fiction writers in Malayalam, who pioneered a radical transformation of sensibility during that period. Widely travelled abroad and having worked in different parts of India, many of his writings have a global flavour and a pan-Indian canvas. A winner of the Sahitya Akademi and other major awards in Malayalam, he has 18 novels and 20 collection of stories to his credit. Many of his works have been translated into English and other Indian languages. He is known for his magical rendition, weaving in ?a sense of the impossible? in a haunting manner, remarkable for the way it attracts a subtext of profound psychological, anthropological and, at times, mystical significance. A banker by profession, Sethu was also the Chairman of the National Book Trust, Delhi, for three years. The Saga of Muziris is the translation of Sethu?s well-known novel, Marupiravi (Rebirth). Prema Jayakumar, born in Kerala, studied in Kochi and Bangalore. A columnist and a translator, she enjoys being the link between two important languages, Malayalam and English. She has translated a number of important novels, published by some of the most eminent publishing houses and also the Sahitya Akademi. She loves telling stories and finds the myths and folklores of Kerala an infinite source of interest. She has retold the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and other stories from the Puranas for overseas publishers. She also has to her name a work of historical investigation in Malayalam.