Kamala Markandaya

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kamala Markandaya (born June 23, 1924 in Mysore , India , † May 16, 2004 in London ) was an Indo-British writer and journalist.

Kamala Markandaya, actually Kamala Purnaiya Taylor, was born Kamala Purnaiya in Barain, a small town near Mysore in India in 1924. She studied history in Madras and then worked as a journalist. Alongside this work, she wrote short stories. At the age of 25 she married Bertrand Taylor, a British journalist, and emigrated with him to Great Britain in 1948, where she lived until her death.

From the 1950s onwards, she wrote novels that have been translated into numerous languages. They often described India's conflicts between tradition and modernity .

Her first novel, Nectar in a Sieve , established her literary reputation and is considered the cornerstone of Indo-English women's literature . In 1990 Kamala Markandaya was awarded the LiBeraturpreis for this work .

Works (selection)

  • Nectar in a Sieve , novel. The John Day Company, New York City, USA 1954.
    • German: nectar in a sieve , translated by Trude Geißler u. Gertrud Grote. Biederstein, Munich 1956; Unionsverlag, Zurich 1986.
  • Some Inner Fury , Roman, Putnam, London 1955.
    • German: Beloved stranger . Biederstein, Munich 1959.
  • A Silence of Desire , 1960.
  • Possession, a Novel , 1963.
  • A Handful of Rice , Novel, 1966.
    • German: A handful of rice , translated by Marielisa Countess von Saurma u. Heinz Graef. Herder. Freiburg im Breoisgau 1969; Unionsverlag, Zurich 1983.
  • Two Virgins , Vikas Publ. House, New Delhi et al. a. 1977.
    • German: Excerpt as innocence , translated by Thomas Brückner, in: Poppies on black felt. Women authors from four continents , Unionsverlag, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-293-20108-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography in Poppies on Black Felt , p. 299
  2. ^ Claire Chambers in The Literary Encyclopedia , http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2936
  3. ^ Francis C. Assisi, Hommage to Kamala Markandaya http://www.beilharz.com/autores/markandaya/
personal data
SURNAME Kamala Markandaya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indo-British journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Mysore
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2004
Place of death London