Her Stories Rights & Translations

Recognition

Awards, grants and partnerships

Recognition for our publishing, our authors and our work on gender sensitisation, and the grants that carry our books across languages.

Awards

  • 2023–25

    Best Women's Literature Publisher

    Government of Tamil Nadu, three consecutive years.

  • 2025

    Laadli Media Regional Award

    Our author Chitra Rangarajan, for "Conquering the Nights", on a night tour organised by Her Stories.

  • 2024

    Laadli Media National Award and Regional Award

    Co-founder Nivedita Louis, for gender sensitisation through Her Stories.

  • 2022

    Best Feminist Book, Government of Tamil Nadu

    Brindha Sethu, Kathavu Thiranthathum Kadal.

  • 2021

    Laadli Special Mention for Gender Sensitisation

    Tamil social media, for #HerStoriesConversations.

Translation grants

  • Out

    Tamil Nadu Government translation grants

    Dupatta Podunga Thozhi into Bengali; Uchcha Kattam into Malayalam and Sinhala; Peyaratravargalin Kural and Adhu Oru Piraikkaalam into Malayalam, with many more Indian and foreign languages approved.

  • In

    Institut Français (PAP Tagore)

    Annie Ernaux and Rose-Marie Lagrave, A Conversation (2024), and Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Memories of the Rose (2026), into Tamil. Manon Garcia's Living with Men follows.

  • In

    NORLA, Norwegian Literature Abroad

    Svein Størksen's Let Me Help You (2025) into Tamil, with Sky and Animal Beauty to follow.

  • In

    TEDA, Republic of Türkiye

    Leyla Erbil's A Strange Woman, from Turkish into Tamil.

  • In

    Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Brazil

    Marilene Felinto's The Women of Tijucopapo, from Portuguese into Tamil.

  • MoUs

    Chennai International Book Fair

    Nine translation MoUs signed at one fair, the third highest of any publisher there.

Grants and translations

Books crossing languages, both ways

Translated into Tamil with grant support

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ஓர் உரையாடல்

A Conversation

Annie Ernaux and Rose-Marie Lagrave · from French

Published 2024 · Institut Français

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உங்களுக்கு நான் உதவுகிறேன்

Let Me Help You

Svein Størksen · from Norwegian

Published 2025 · NORLA

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குட்டி இளவரசி

Memories of the Rose

Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry · from French

Published 2026 · Institut Français

Our books in other languages

Her Stories titles have been approved for Tamil Nadu Government translation grants through the Chennai International Book Fair into Malayalam, Bengali, Sinhala and many more Indian and foreign languages, and several translations are already in print.

Coming to Tamil

  • Living with Men, Manon Garcia · French · December 2026
  • Sky, Svein Størksen · Norwegian · December 2026
  • Animal Beauty, Svein Størksen · Norwegian · December 2026
  • Hymn to Life, Gisèle Pelicot · French · 2027
  • Sad Tiger, Neige Sinno · French · 2027
  • A Strange Woman, Leyla Erbil · Turkish · 2027
  • The Women of Tijucopapo, Marilene Felinto · Portuguese · 2027

Rights acquired from

  • École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), France
  • Les Éditions P.O.L., France
  • Groupe Flammarion, France
  • Plon, France
  • Susanna Lea Associates, London
  • Magikon Forlag, Norway
  • AnatoliaLit, Turkey
  • Introtema, Turkey