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Kamala Markandaya (1 January 1924 – 16 May 2004),[1] pseudonym of Kamala Purnaiya, married name Kamala Taylor, was a British Indian novelist and journalist. She has been called "one of the most important Indian novelists writing in English".[2]
Life
Early life
Markandaya was born into an upper-middle-class Madhva Brahmin family.[3][2] A native of Mysore, India, Markandaya was a graduate of Madras University, and afterwards published several short stories in Indian newspapers. After India declared its independence, Markandaya moved to Britain, though she still labelled herself an Indian expatriate long afterwards. Kamala was a descendant of diwan Purnaiya and was fluent in Kannada and Marathi.[4][5]
Career
She was well-Known for writing about culture clash between Indian urban and rural societies, Markandaya's first published novel, Nectar in a Sieve, was a bestseller and cited as an American Library Association Notable Book in 1955. Her other novels include Some Inner Fury (1955), A Silence of Desire (1960), Possession (1963), A Handful of Rice (1966), The Nowhere Man (1972), Two Virgins (1973), The Golden Honeycomb (1977), and Pleasure City (1982/1983).
Death
Kamala Markandaya died aged 80 on 16 May 2004.
Works
- Nectar in a Sieve, New York: John Day, 1954
- Some Inner Fury, New York: New American Library, 1955
- A Silence of Desire, New York: John Day, 1960
- Possession; a novel, New York: John Day, 1963
- A Handful of Rice, New York: John Day, 1966
- The Coffer Dams, New York: John Day, 1969
- The Nowhere Man, London: Allen Lane, 1972
- Two Virgins, New York: John Day, 1973
- The Golden Honeycomb, New York: Crowell, 1977
- Pleasure City, London: Chatto and Windus, 1982. Published in the United States under the title Shalimar.
- Bombay Tiger, New Delhi: Penguin, 2008. (Posthumously published.)
Literary criticism
- Almeida, Rochelle. Originality and Imitation: Indianness in the Novels of Kamala Markandaya. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2000.
- Jha, Rekha. The Novels of Kamala Markandaya and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: A Study in East-West Encounter. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 1990.
- Joseph, Margaret P. Kamala Markandaya, Indian Writers Series, N. Delhi: Arnold-Heinemann, 1980.
- Krishna Rao, A. V. The Indo-Anglian Novel and Changing Tradition: A Study of the Novels of Mulk Raj Anad, Kamala Markandaya, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, 1930–64. Mysore: 1972.
- Parameswaran, Uma. Kamala Markandaya. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2000.
- Shrivastava, Manish. "Conflicts of Sensibility in Kamala Markandaya's A Silence of Desire". Synthesis: Indian Journal of English Literature and Language. vol.1, no.1.
- Singh, Indu. "The Feminist Approach in Kamala Markandaya's Novels with Special Reference to Nectar in a Sieve", Synthesis: Indian Journal of English Literature and Language, vol. 1, no. 1.
See also
References
- ↑ "Kamala Markandaya" at Goodreads.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Routledge(2002). ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7
- ↑ World Literature Today, Volume 76, Issues 1-4{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of Oklahoma Press(2002)
- ↑ Indian Writing Today, Volumes 3-4{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Nirmala Sadanand Publishers(1969)
- ↑ Kamala Markandaya: A Critical Study of Her Novels, 1954-1982{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. B.R. Publishing Corporation(1997). ISBN 9788170189411
External links
- Kamala Markandaya biography
- Francis C. Assisi, "A Pioneer Who Influenced All Of Us...", Outlook, 25 May 2004.
- Perhaps, the most outstanding novelist. Deccan Herald(13 June 2004). Retrieved 9 October 2020.