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{{Short description|Indian author}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox writer 
| name = Haritha Savithri
| image = Haritha Savithri.jpg
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Karunagappally]], [[Kollam District]], [[Kerala]], [[India]])
| occupation = Novelist
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| alma_mater =
| genre = Novel, [[travel literature|travelogue]], essays
| notableworks = ''Murivettavarude Pathakal'', ''Zin'', ''Spanish Nadodikkadhakal''
| spouse =
| awards = {{ubl||[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]}}
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| caption = Haritha Savithri
}}

'''Haritha Savithry''' is a Malayalam writer, human rights activist and translator. She was awarded the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2022 for the travalogue ''Murivettavarude Pathakal'' in 2022<ref name="MB01">{{cite news |title=വി. ഷിനിലാലിനും പിഎഫ് മാത്യൂസിനും കെ. ശ്രീകുമാറിനും കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങള്‍ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/news/kerala-sahithya-academy-awards-thrissur-1.8688641 |access-date=1 August 2024 |agency=[[Mathrubhumi]] |publisher=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230701141746/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/news/kerala-sahithya-academy-awards-thrissur-1.8688641 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="KSA01">{{cite web |title=2022-ലെ കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്കാരങ്ങള്‍ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു |url=https://keralasahityaakademi.org/2022-%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B3-%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF-%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF/ |website=Kerala Sahithya Academy |access-date=1 August 2024 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230701142118/https://keralasahityaakademi.org/2022-%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B3-%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF-%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> and for the novel ''Zîn'' in 2023.<ref name="MM01">{{cite news |title=കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്കാര നിറവിൽ കൽപറ്റ നാരായണനും ഹരിത സാവിത്രിയും |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2024/07/26/kerala-sahitya-akademi-award-2023-winners.html |access-date=1 August 2024 |agency=[[Malayala Manorama]] |publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]]}}</ref><ref name="DA01">{{cite news |title=കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാർഡുകൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/kerala-sahitya-academy-award-doe-2023/1127704 |access-date= 1 August 2024 |agency=[[Deshabhimani]] |publisher=[[Deshabhimani]]}}</ref>

==Early life and family==
She was born at [[Karunagappalli]], a small town in the district of [[Kollam district|Kollam]] in [[Kerala]]. She completed her post graduation in English Literature from the [[University of Kerala]] and went on to study in the [[University of Barcelona]].<ref name="GB01">{{cite web |title=Green Books Author Preview |url=https://greenbooksindia.com/haritha-savithri |website=Green Books |access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref> She is doing doctoral research in the university of Barcelona in English philology now.<ref name="PB01">{{cite web |title=Haritha Savithri |url=https://www.penguin.co.in/book_author/haritha-savithri/ |website=Penguin Books Author Profile |access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
===Travalogue===
*Murivettavarute Pathakal

===Translations===
*Tulip of Istanbul by [[İskender Pala]]
*The Crossing by [[Samar Yazbek]]
*The Cry of a Swallow by [[Ahmet Ümit]]

===Fiction===
*Zin

===Children's literature===
*Spanish Nadodikathakal

==Awards==
[[File:Haritha Savithri receiving state Library council award at Kollam 2024.jpg|thumb|Haritha Savithri receiving stateLibrary council award at Kollam 2024 ]]
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the travelogue Murivettavarude Pathakal in 2022
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Zîn in 2023.
* [[Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan|Kadammanitta]] Award given by the Kerala State Library Council for Zin in 2024<ref name="MB03">{{cite news |title=കടമ്മനിട്ട സാഹിത്യപുരസ്കാരം ഹരിതാ സാവിത്രിക്ക്‌ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/news/author-haritha-savithri-bags-kadammanitta-literary-award-1.9828601 |access-date=22 August 2024 |date=20 August 2024}}</ref>
* Sharjah Indian association literary award for Zin.<ref name="MB02">{{cite news |title=ഷാര്‍ജ ഇന്ത്യന്‍ അസോസിയേഷന്‍ സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്‌കാരം നേടി ഹരിത സാവിത്രിയുടെ 'സിന്‍' |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/news/sin-novel-wins-sharjah-award-1.10362570 |access-date=27 February 2025 |publisher=Mathrubhumi |date=21 February 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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