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Lalithambika Antharjanam (30 March 1909 – 6 February 1987) was an Indian author and social reformer best known for her literary works in the Malayalam language. She was influenced by the Indian independence movement and social reform movements among the Nambuthiri community and her writing reflects a sensitivity to the women's role in society, in the family and as an individual.
The pennezhuthu category is its most decisive and controversial form, changing the historiography of women's writing in India and the images of certain writers and writing trends. Malayalam literature's most significant female authors are K. Saraswathi Amma , Rajalakshmi , Lalithambika Antharjanam and Madhavikutty (Kamala Das), best known for ...
During her graduation period, she won prizes in the Kerala University Youth Festival in story-writing and poetry. She has published numerous poems in Malayalam. She was a member of the Executive Committee and General Council of Kerala Sahitya Akademi. She has also held various other posts in the Academy, such as its Advisory Board Member and ...
Sarah Thomas (15 September 1934 – 31 March 2023) was an Indian Malayalam language writer from Kerala. Her novel Narmadi Pudava won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 1979. [ 1 ] Thomas was also a recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contribution to Malayalam Literature.
K. Saraswathi Amma (14 April 1919 – 26 December 1975) [1] was a Malayalam feminist writer whose short stories have been anthologised in translation in several American texts. According to critic Jancy James , "In the entire history of women's writing in Kerala, Saraswathi Amma's is the most tragic case of the deliberate neglect of female genius."
Chirappad's work includes three collections of poetry in Malayalam: Adukala Illathaa Veedu (A Home without a Kitchen, 2006), Amma Oru Kalpanika Kavitha Alla (Mother is not a Poetic Figment of our Imagination, 2009), [8] and Pakarthi Ezhuthu (Copied Notes, 2015).
Ezhuthachan's other major contribution has been in mainstreaming (the current) Malayalam alphabet (derived chiefly from the Sanskrit Grantha, or the Arya Script) as the replacement for the old Vattezhuthu (the then-30-letter script of Malayalam). [5] [2] The Arya script permitted the free use of Sanskrit in Malayalam writing. [5]
Sithara S. (born 1972) is an Indian feminist writer in Malayalam from Kerala. [1] In her short stories and novels she has highlighted women's issues, gender conflict and lesbian rights. [2] In 2004 she won Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award for her contributions to Indian literature [3] She is also a translator from Malayalam to English and ...