Poetry by Ahilan “A Smile Drying on a Vine”

A Smile Drying on a Vine

Translated from Tamil into English by Geetha Sukumaran.

Featuring the original poems in Tamil alongside translations by Geetha Sukumaran, A Smile Drying on a Vine illuminates how history, mythology, visuality and the intimate experience of war shape language to give voice to the impact of conflict and trauma. Deeply visceral yet reflective, Ahilan’s masterful language moves from the clinical to the performative, seeking remembrance as resistance, amid the din of a war that has not ceased in its erasures (redriverpress.in)


The book was launched at Jaffna University in October 2025. Below is a link to the speech delivered by Professor M Thiruvarangan, Head of the Department of Linguistics and English at the occasion:

 


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
NR (8 mars 2026). Poetry by Ahilan “A Smile Drying on a Vine” SRI LANKA & DIASPORAS. Consulté le 21 avril 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/15tx6


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