Kamala Surayya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty … See more

Kamala Das was born in Punnayurkulam, Ponnani taluk, Malabar District, British India (present-day Thrissur district, Kerala) on 31 March 1934, to V. M. Nair, a managing editor of the widely circulated Malayalam daily … See more

Kamala married Madhav Das Kalipurayath at the age of 15. The couple had three sons: M D Nalapat, Chinen Das and Jayasurya Das. Her husband who predeceased her in 1992, after 43 years of marriage. … See more

Kamala Das has received many awards for her literary contribution, including:
• 1963: PEN Asian Poetry Prize
• 1968: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story – Thanuppu … See more

• Ten Twentieth-Century Indian Poets (1976) ed. by R. Parthasarathy and published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi
• The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992) ed. by Arvind Krishna Me… See more

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