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Kamala Surayya (31 March 1934 - 31 May 2009) (born Kamala Das), was a well-known Indian writer who wrote in English as well as Malayalam, her native language. She was considered to be one of the outstanding Indian poets writing in English, although her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography. Much of her writing in Malayalam came under the pen name Madhavikkutty. She was born in Punnayurkulam in Kerala state of India. She was the daughter of V. M. Nair, a former managing editor of the widely-circulated Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi, and Nalappatt Balamani Amma, a renowned Malayali poetess. Kamala Das is probably the first Hindu woman to openly and honestly talk about sexual desires of Indian woman, which made her an iconoclast of her generation.




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