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'''K. Saraswathi Amma''' (14 April 1919 – 26 December 1975)<ref name=Congress>{{cite web |title= Sarasvati Amma, Ke., 1919-1975 |url= http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97923073.html |publisher= Library of Congress |accessdate= 21 February 2015 |quote= verso (K. Saraswathiyamma) p. 48 (born on April 14, 1919) p. 60 (died on December 26, 1975) }}</ref> 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."<ref name="deepubalan">{{cite web|url=http://samyukta.info/site/node/57|title=K. Saraswathiamma - sahithya Academy - Samyukta :: A Journal of Women's Studies|author=Deepu Balan|work=samyukta.info|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207023341/http://samyukta.info/site/node/57|archivedate=2014-12-07}}</ref>

==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]]<ref name="deepubalan"/> was published. In her time she was dubbed as a 'man hater,' but later feminist scholars have celebrated her.<ref name="deepubalan"/><ref name=Devika>{{cite journal | last = Devika | first = J. | author-link = J. Devika | title = Beyond Kulina and Kulata: the critique of gender difference in the writings of K. Saraswati Amma | journal = [[Indian Journal of Gender Studies]] | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 201–228 | doi = 10.1177/097152150301000202 | date = June 2003| s2cid = 145734274 }}</ref>

[[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."<ref name=Devika />

A selection of Saraswathi Amma's fiction, some of it translated into English, was published under the title ''[[Stories from a forgotten feminist]]''.<ref name="fishpond.com.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Stories-from-Forgotten-Feminist-Jancy-James-Introduction-by-K-Saraswaiti-Amma/9788185107622|title=Stories from a Forgotten Feminist, Jancy James (Introduction ) K Saraswaiti Amma - Shop Online for Books in Australia|work=fishpond.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Stories from a Forgotten Feminist: K. Saraswaiti Amma, Jancy James: 9788185107622: Amazon.com: Books|isbn = 978-8185107622}}</ref> 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."<ref name="fishpond.com.au"/>

== Works ==
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://franke.uchicago.edu/AmritaPritam.pdf | publisher=The Feminist Press at The City University of New York | work=Women Writing in India 600 B.C. to the present | title= Volume II: The Twentieth Century | date=1993 | accessdate=4 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&q=k+saraswathi+amma&pg=PA164|title=Women Writing in India: The twentieth century|isbn=9781558610293|last1=Tharu|first1=Susie J.|last2=Lalita|first2=Ke|year=1991}}</ref>
Novel

* Premabhajanam (Darling) - - 1944

'''Play'''
* Devaduth (Messenger of God) -1945

'''Short stories'''
* Ponnumkudam (Pot of Gold) - - 1946
* SthreeJanmam (Born as a woman) - 1946
* Keezhjeevanakkari (Subjugatef woman)- 1949
* Kalamandiram (Temple of art) - 1949
* Penbuddhi (Women's wit) - 1951
* Kanatha Mathil (Thick wall) - 1953
* Prema Pareekshanam (Experiment of love) - 1955
* Chuvanna Pookkal (Red flowers) - 1955
* Cholamarangal (Shady trees) - 1958

'''Collection of essays'''
* Purushanmaarillatha Lokam (A World Without Men) - 1958

'''Posthumously published'''
* Stories from a forgotten feminist

==References==
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>Scorpions13256 at 15:21, 21 June 2021