Subhashree Beeman
Literary translator
Tamil · English · French · Spanish
About the translator
Photo: Olivia Borne / ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine
I’m Subhashree (Sue-bha-shh-ree) Beeman, a US-based literary translator. I translate from French and Tamil into English, and French and Spanish into Tamil. My work has been supported by South Asian Literature in Translation (SALT), American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), Armory Square Prize, Words Without Borders, The White Review, USAWA literary magazine, Weavers Literary Review, Kalachuvadu Magazine, and Science Gallery Bangalore. I am an active volunteer at the American Literary Translators Association and the Literary Translators’ Division of the National Writers’ Union.
Books in Translation
கடலின் நீண்ட இதழ்
Tamil translation of Isabel Allende’s Spanish novel Largo Pétalo de Mar.
Available on:
Amazon Kindle (US) and
Amazon Kindle (India).
Available on:
Amazon Kindle (US) and
Amazon Kindle (India).
The Russian Testament
English translation of Shumona Sinha’s French novel Le Testament Russe.
The Hood
English translation of Tamil Prabha’s Tamil novel பேட்டை (Paettai).
ஆகஸ்டில் சந்திப்போம்
Tamil translation of Gabriel García Márquez’s Spanish novel En Agosto Nos Vemos.
அவளுக்குப் பிடித்தது
Tamil translation of Sarah Jollien-Fardel’s French novel Sa préférée.
நிலாக் குளியல்
Tamil translation of Yanick Lahens’s French novel Bain de Lune.
விரல் நுனியில் ஒரு உலகம்
Tamil translation of Maylis de Kerangal’s French novel Un monde à portée de main.
Saigon Pondicherry
English translation of Nagarathinam Krishna’s Tamil novel சைகோன் புதுச்சேரி (Saigon Puducherry).
Other translations
Excerpt from Saigon Puducherry, by Nagarathinam Krishna
Algae, by S. Senthilkumar
Eating in Lanka, by Ajay Kamalakaran
Three flash fiction stories, by Sureshkumara Indrajith
Excerpt from Puthra, by La. Sa. Ramamrutham
Autel, by Gowthama Siddharthan
Excerpt from Assommons les Pauvres, by Shumona Sinha
La disparition, by Gowthama Siddharthan
Un pas vers le soleil, by Gowthama Siddharthan
Events and residencies
Villa Swagatam Residency
As the 2025 laureate of Villa Swagatam, the 2-month literary translation residency programme of Institut Français d’Inde, I worked on the Tamil translation of
Un monde à portée de main by Maylis de Kerangal at
Chalet Mauriac (Saint Symphorien)
and
Villa Villamont (Bordeaux)
.
Un monde à portée de main by Maylis de Kerangal at
Chalet Mauriac (Saint Symphorien)
and
Villa Villamont (Bordeaux)
.
Literary event at Escales du Livre, Bordeaux.
Interview on translation as an act of transmission.
Awards and grants
Education
MA in Translation
BCLT Summer School
2024 ALTA/SALT Emerging Literary Translator Mentorship
Several translation workshops with fellow translators