Rajalakshmi

T. A. Rajalakshmi (June 2 1930 - January 18 1965) was a Malayalam writer and poet in India. Born at Cherpulassery, Palakkad, her father was Marath Achutha Menon and mother was Kutty Malu Amma. As a notable writer she got Kerala Sahithya Academy Award in 1960 for her work “Oru Vazhiyum Kure Nizhalukalum” (A Path and a Few Shadows) [ [http://www.dcbooks.com/Kerala.htm Bookshop listing of Kerala Sahithya Academy Awards] ] . It later became a TV serial and will soon be broadcast as a play by All India Radio. [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2006/09/15/stories/2006091500870100.htm Mentioned in an actress interview in The Hindu, Sept 15, 2006] ] [ [http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/01/stories/2007010100420200.htm "AIR to broadcast plays based on novels", The Hindu, Jan 1, 2007] ] Her famous poem is “Ninne Njan Snehikkunnu.”

She committed suicide in 1965.

Further reading

* T. Palakeel, "Women Writing in the Age of Modernity and Postmodernity", student course materials at Bradley University, Illinois accessed at [http://bradley.bradley.edu/~tjp/mlpost.html] Jan 18, 2007

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