About Kamala Das
Kamala Das (1934-2009) is one of the foremost Indian writers writing in English. She was born at Punayurkulam in Keral. She writes both English and her mother tongue Malayallm. She received the poetry award of the Asian PEN Anthology in 1964 and the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 1969. The latter was awarded to her for a collection of short stories entitled cold. Her works include Summer in Calcutta (1965), The Descendants (1967), The Old Playhouse and other poems (1973), and her autobiography My Story (1974). Many of Kamala's poems have been published in opinion, New writings in India (Penguin Books, (1974) and Common Wealth Poets.Browse all poems and texts published on Kamala Das
