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Anindita Das

 

 

Born on 31st March1934 in Kerala’s Malabar District, Kamala Das Surraiya began to be known popularly as Kamala Das in the Indian literary scenario for her remarkable contribution to Indian writings in English as a poet.

She received her education privately at home. Moreover, being a bilingual writer, Das also wrote poems and short stories in her native language Malayalam, most of which were published under her pen name Madhavikutty.

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From her childhood onwards she had been exposed to a literary environment at her home as her great uncle Nalapat Narayan Menon was a poet and she was greatly influenced by him. Her mother Balamani Amma’s poetic passion and the religious writings of the Nairs too were great sources of inspiration for Das.

Her father V.M Nair worked as the managing editor of the Malayalam Daily ‘Matrubhumi’. The oeuvre of her writing in English include the collection of short stories Padmavati the Harlot and Other