About the poet, an introduction to the author,her works, awards and recognition

1. Kamala Das

2. Kamala Surayya
•(born Kamala; 31 March 1934– 31 May 2009)
• also known by her one-time pen
name Madhavikutty and Kamala Das,
•was an Indian English poet and littérateur
and at the same time a
leading Malayalam author from Kerala, India.

4. Her Works
1982: Ente Katha (autobiography)
1987: Balyakala Smaranakal (Childhood
Memories)
1989: Varshangalkku Mumbu (Years Before)
1990: Palayan (novel)
1991: Neypayasam (short story)
1992: Dayarikkurippukal (novel)
1994: Neermathalam Pootha
Kalam (novel, Vayalar Award)

5. 1996: Chekkerunna Pakshikal (short stories)
1998: Nashtapetta Neelambari (short
stories)
"Ente Kadha" (Autobiography)
2005: Chandana Marangal (Novel)
2005: Madhavikkuttiyude
Unmakkadhakal (short stories)2x
2005: Vandikkalakal (novel)
1999: My Mother at Sixty-six (Poem)

6. Her Books

7. Awards and other recognitions
•Nominated and shortlisted for Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1984.
•Award of Asian PEN anthology – 1964
•Kerala Sahitya Academy Award – 1969
•Sahitya Academy Award – 1985
•Asian Poetry Prize – 1998
•Kent Award for English Writing from Asian
Countries – 1999
•Vayalar Award – 2001
•Honorary D.Litt by University of Calicut – 2006
•Muttathu Varkey Award – 2006
•Ezhuthachan Puraskaram – 2009

9. My Mother at Sixty-six (Poem)
through her poem “My Mother
at Sixty Six”, she portrays her
sudden realization that her
mother has grown old and may
pass away any time.