Kamala
Das, also known as Kamala Suraiya, the sophisticated Indian poetess was born on
March 31, 1934. She is a distinguished Indian writer who composes in English as
well as Malayalam, her native language. Kamala Das is looked at as one of the
exceptional Indian poets writing in English, even though her reputation and
esteem in Kerala is based primarily on her short stories and autobiography.
Much of Kamala Das`s writing in Malayalam is published in the pen name
`Madhavikkutty`. Kamala Das was born in Malabar in the maritime state of
Kerala. She was born to V. M. Nair, an ex- managing editor of the
widely-distributed Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi and Nalappatt Balamani Amma, a
renowned Malayali poetess
