K. Saraswathi Amma Explained

K. Saraswathi Amma
Birth Date:1919 4, df=yes
Occupation:Feminist short story writer
Language:Malayalam and English
Nationality:Indian
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K. Saraswathi Amma (14 April 1919 – 26 December 1975)[1] was a Malayalam feminist writer whose short stories have been anthologised in translation in several American texts. According to critic Jancy James, "In the entire history of women's writing in Kerala, Saraswathi Amma's is the most tragic case of the deliberate neglect of female genius."[2]

Literary career

K. Saraswathi Amma's first short story was published in 1938, followed by 12 volumes of short stories, a novel, and a play. In 1958, a book of essays titled Purushanmarillatha Lokam[2] was published. In her time she was dubbed as a 'man hater,' but later feminist scholars have celebrated her.[2] [3]

J. Devika in her article titled 'Beyond Kulina and Kulata: The Critique of Gender Difference in the Writings of K. Saraswati Amma', in Indian Journal of Gender Studies re-reads the writings of K. Saraswathi Amma, whom she describes "an author marginalised within the Malayalee literary universe and labelled as an incorrigible man-hater." Devika considers her paper an "effort to read her writing as an engagement with the positions taken in the debates around modern gender in the early 20th-century Malayalee public sphere."

A selection of Saraswathi Amma's fiction, some of it translated into English, was published under the title Stories from a forgotten feminist.[4] [5] In the foreword, Jancy James says, "In stories she shattered women's illusions about men and about love, and bitterly attacked patriarchy and tradition, giving her the reputation of being a strident feminist."[4]

Works

Novel

Play

Short stories

Collection of essays

Posthumously published

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sarasvati Amma, Ke., 1919-1975 . Library of Congress . 21 February 2015 . verso (K. Saraswathiyamma) p. 48 (born on April 14, 1919) p. 60 (died on December 26, 1975) .
  2. Web site: K. Saraswathiamma - sahithya Academy - Samyukta :: A Journal of Women's Studies. Deepu Balan. samyukta.info. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141207023341/http://samyukta.info/site/node/57. 2014-12-07.
  3. Devika . J. . J. Devika . Beyond Kulina and Kulata: the critique of gender difference in the writings of K. Saraswati Amma . . 10 . 2 . 201–228 . 10.1177/097152150301000202 . June 2003. 145734274 .
  4. Web site: Stories from a Forgotten Feminist, Jancy James (Introduction) K Saraswaiti Amma - Shop Online for Books in Australia. fishpond.com.au.
  5. Book: Stories from a Forgotten Feminist: K. Saraswaiti Amma, Jancy James: 9788185107622: Amazon.com: Books. 978-8185107622.
  6. Web site: Volume II: The Twentieth Century . The Feminist Press at The City University of New York . Women Writing in India 600 B.C. to the present . 1993 . 4 June 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025648/http://franke.uchicago.edu/AmritaPritam.pdf . dead .
  7. Book: Women Writing in India: The twentieth century. 9781558610293. Tharu. Susie J.. Lalita. Ke. 1991. Feminist Press at CUNY .

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