When we think about the poets and writers, the famous persons who come to our minds are William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth etc...How many of you know about the famous Indian writer kamala Das? Let's get on to the article.
Kamala Das-Short Biography:-
Kamala Surayya / Suraiyya popularly called as Kamala Madhavikutty with her pen name Madhavikutty. She was born in Punnayurkulam, Thrissur District in Kerala, on March 31, 1934. She is the daughter of V. M. Nair, a former managing editor of Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi, and Nalappatt Balamani Amma, a renowned Malayali poetess. Her uncle Nalappatt Narayana Menon is a prominent writer and she got inspired by him a lot and thus she got into the world of literature.
Kamala Das is a well known Indian writer who excels in English and Malayalam. She is one of the outstanding Indian poets writing in English and many of her works in Malayalam came under her pen name Madhavikkutty.
Her Marriage Life:-
Kamala das got married to Mr.Madhava Das, a bank officer. He is a very good person and he encouraged her to write. So, she wrote much and more poems, literatures etc... Her literary works were of great value in English and Malayalam. Her first poetry was summer in Calcutta. At the age of 42, she published her autobiography in the name of ""My story" Âœin her mother tongue and then she translated it later.
Awards and Recogonization:-
She had received many awards for her literary works. Some of them are Ezhuthachan Award, Vayalar Award, Sahitya Ackademy Award etc...
She was died at the age of 75 on may 31st 2009 in Pune. She was buried at the Palayam Juma Masjid in Thiruvananthapuram.
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