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'''Anitha Thampi''' (born 1968) is a [[Malayalam language]] poet and translator from the city of [[Alappuzha]] in the Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=21 January 2018|title=Anitha Thampi|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2018/logo/anitha-thampi-1.2545207|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-17|website=[[Mathrubhumi]]}}</ref> Her works have been the subject of critical acclaim, translated into a number of languages and made appearances in various anthologies and journals.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The poem ''Mojito Song'' has been described as an anthem of Kerala by the historian [[J. Devika]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhargava|first=Shashank|date=28 October 2017|title=What is untranslatable? Ten translators from Indian languages list their candidates|url=https://scroll.in/article/855625/what-is-untranslatable-ten-translators-from-indian-languages-list-their-candidates|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-17|website=[[Scroll.in]]|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Thampi was born in a rural area of [[List of districts of Kerala|Central Kerala]] to a progressive family in 1968 and grew up as the eldest among three sisters. According to Thampi, she grew up watching her green rural expanse slowly turning into a crowded town, which had an immense influence on her poetry.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Anitha Thampi|url=http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/lp/prj/ptp/dic/en15219670.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Poets translating Poets|publisher=[[Goethe-Institut]]}}</ref> She became a chemical engineer in professional capacity who later delved into the literary world of poetry.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Bringing great poetry to India - Australian poet Les Murray’s Malyalam translations’ launch in Kochi on 21 November 2007|url=https://india.highcommission.gov.au/ndli/PA2107.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Australian High Commission at New Delhi|publisher=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)]]}}</ref> Thampi published her first book, ''Muttamatikkumpol'' (''While Sweeping the Front Yard'') in 2004.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Anitha Thampi|url=https://www.lit-across-frontiers.org/profiles/anitha-thampi/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Literature Across Frontiers}}</ref> The book was accorded with the title of "the best poetry book of the year" by ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The paper also described her style to have a [[post-modernist]] approach.<ref name=":0" /> In 2007, she translated the works of the Australian poet [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]] into Malayalam and compiled them in a collection called ''Kavithakal.''<ref name=":2" /> She published her second book, ''Azhakillathavayellam'' (''All that are bereft of beauty'') in 2010 and her third book, ''Alappuzha Vellam'' (''Alappuzha Water'') in 2016.<ref name=":3" /> She was awarded [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation|2020 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation]] for translation for Ramalla Njan Kandu , the translation of [[I Saw Ramallah|‘I Saw Ramallah’]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced, Sethu and Sreedharan honoured with fellowships|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2021/aug/17/kerala-sahitya-akademi-awards-announced-sethu-and-sreedharan-honoured-with-fellowships-2345971.html|access-date=2021-08-18|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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