Jegadeesh Kumar writes, both in English and Tamil, short stories, poems, and Eastern Philosophy. His work has appeared in The Prometheus Dreaming, Indian Periodical, Spillwords Press, The Defunct Magazine, Piker Press, Impspired magazine, Consequence and elsewhere. A Fine Thread and Other Stories - a short story collection in his translation has been published by Ratna Books India in January 2024. A Journey Through Words - a book of literary non-fiction was published in the summer of 2024. Jegadeesh Kumar will receive the prestigious Translation Prize from the Canada Tamil Literary Garden in the fall of 2024. He has also published a collection of his short stories in Tamil Porkugai Ragasiyam (The Golden Cave Secret) in the summer of 2024. A member of NSLS (National Society for Leadership and Success), he has won the Robert Noyce Educator scholarship to complete his Master’s degree in STEM Education at the Citadel Military College of Charleston, SC. He lives in Walterboro, SC with his wife Anusha.
Awards and recognitions:
Won Robert Noyce - Learn to Lead scholarship of worth $50, ooo plus a free offer to complete a master’s degree in STEM education in Citadel Military College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Won a grant of $5,000 and a class set of Ozobots for his project proposal of Infusing Computing professional development for educators.
Won the 2024 Translation Prize from the prestigious Canada Literary Tamil Garden for his English translation of the book “A Journey Through Words.”
Nominated for the Spillwords Press Awards 2023 - publication of the year (non-poetic) - Over the Fire by B. Jeyamohan (translated by Jegadeesh Kumar)
Nominated for the Spillwords Press Awards 2024 - publication of the year (non-poetic) - Rope-Snake by B. Jeyamohan (Translated by Jegadeesh Kumar)
Member of American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), USA.
Member, Writer Who Write of Palmetto State Authors, Colleton County, South Carolina USA.
Executive leadership member, The National Society of Leadership and Success, USA.
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