Ashitha (writer)
Ashitha is a Malayalam-language short story writer and poet from Kerala, India. Her literary works are known for the sensitive portrayal of life.
Biography
Ashitha was born in Pazhayannur in Thrissur district of Kerala state. She completed her schooling from Delhi and Bombay and obtained her graduation and master's degree in English literature from Maharajas College, Ernakulam.[1] She is married to K. V. Ramankutty and they have a daughter, Uma.[2]
Works
- Vismaya Chhihnangal
- Apoorna Viramangal
- Ashithayude Kathakal
- Mazhameghangal
- Thathagatha
- Sivena Sahanarthanam: Vacanam Kavithakal
- Translation of Alexander Pushkin's poems into Malayalam
- Meera Padunnu (poems)
- Vishnu Sahasranamam-Lalitha vyakhyanam (Spiritual)
Awards
- 1986: Edasseri Award - Vismaya Chhihnangal
- Ankanam Award
- Thoppil Ravi Foundation Award
- 1994: Lalithambika Anterjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award
- 2000: Padmarajan Award - Thathagatha
References
Categories:
- People from Thrissur district
- Writers from Kerala
- Indian women short story writers
- Indian translators
- Indian women poets
- 21st-century women writers
- Malayalam-language writers
- Malayalam poets
- Malayalam short story writers
- Maharaja's College alumni
- Living people
- 21st-century translators
- 21st-century Indian short story writers
- 21st-century Indian poets
- 21st-century Indian women