Nanditha K. S.
Nanditha K. S. was a poet from Kerala who wrote poems in Malayalam and English. Her poems were discovered in her diary after her death and published as a collection.
Nanditha K. S. | |
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 Nanditha's picture on her book Nandithayude Kavithakal | |
| Born | 21 May 1969 |
| Died | 17 January 1999 (aged 29) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Master of Arts |
| Alma mater | University of Calicut |
| Occupation | Poet, lecturer |
Notable work | Nandithayude Kavithakal |
She was born on 21 May 1969 in Wayanad district. She completed her education from Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Farook College, University of Calicut English Department and Mother Teresa Women's University, Chennai. After completing her B.A. and M.A. degrees, she worked as a lecturer for English at the Wayanad Muttil Muslim Orphanage Arts and Science College.
Nanditha took her life on 17 January 1999. After her death, her parents discovered a diary of her poems which she had not shared with anyone. A collection of her poems written between 1985 through 1993 were published in a book form as Nandithayude Kavithakal, under the initiative of the Malayalam literary critic, M. M. Basheer.[1] The first edition of the book was published in 2002 and fourth edition in 2007.
Death and love were common themes in her poems.[2] Though most of her poems were in Malayalam she also wrote in English.[1] Her life was the subject of the film titled Nanditha released in 2017.[2]
References
- "Ormakalil Nanditha" (in Malayalam). Mathrubhumi. 1 January 2016.
- The woman who loved death, Deccan Chronicle, 10 Oct 2017