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| name = Malathi Rao<br />
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| birth_place = [[Bangalore]],<ref>http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/01/04/stories/2008010454000400.htm</ref> [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| occupation = Writer<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| genre = Fiction <br />
| notableworks = Disorderly Women<br />
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| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
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'''Malathi Rao''' ({{lang-kn|ಮಾಲತಿ ರಾವ್}}) is an Indian writer. She won the Central [[Sahitya Akademi award]] for her English language novel ''Disorderly Women'' in 2007.<ref name="award">http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10304.htm#english {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611080633/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10304.htm |date=11 June 2010 }}</ref><br />
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== Early life and background. ==<br />
Malathi Rao was born (April 1930) in Bangalore, Karnataka to Chennagiri Padmanabha Rao and Smt. Padmavathi. She is the eldest of five sisters. She has an older brother and two younger brothers. As a young girl, Rao was inspired by the works of Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters and Louisa May Alcott among others. She always had a penchant for writing and pursued English Literature at Bangalore and Mysore Universities. She epitomized the new generation of her time, as a highly educated independent working woman. <br />
She was an English Lecturer in Vijaya College, Bangalore and the legendary Prof.V.T.Srinivasan was principal and Head of the department in the college.<br />
Rao spent a major part of her teaching career in Delhi. She taught English literature at Miranda House, Delhi University. Highly respected and loved by her peers and students alike, Delhi was her home until she moved back to Bangalore in the mid-nineties. Once in Bangalore, she concentrated on her writing career.<br />
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Rao enjoys traveling and has traveled all over the world. She currently lives in Bangalore.<br />
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== Works ==<br />
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Malathi Rao has written three novels, three collections of short stories and authored several newspaper articles.<ref name="int">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080314003434/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/03/09/stories/2008030950070500.htm ]</ref> "The Bridge," "...And in Benares flows the Ganga," and "Come for a Coffee... Please," are among her well-known works.<br />
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She rose to prominence with her novel 'Disorderly Women' published in 2007. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award presented to by the Hon. President of India. ''Disorderly Women'' is a story of four Brahmin women in India (pre-independence) who struggle to break the barriers built around them by society.<br />
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Rao's next novel is eagerly-awaited and is expected to be published in 2013. It is currently titled ''Inquisition''.<br />
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==Publications==<br />
* ''The Bridge'' (novel), Chanakya Publications (Delhi, India), 1990<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20130123150539/http://www.flipkart.com/bridge-malathi-rao-novel/1700010721-6vx3f993ji|title = Bridge malathi rao novel Books: Online Shopping in India - Buy Books,…}}</ref><br />
* ''Disorderly Women'' (novel), Dronequill Publishers (Bangalore, India), 2005<br />
* Three collections of short stories <ref name="int"/><br />
* ''Inquisition'' (upcoming novel)<ref name="hn">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/01/08/stories/2008010858350200.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606112006/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/01/08/stories/2008010858350200.htm |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2007<ref name="award"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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