Kamala Das Nalapat Madhavi kutty

Renowned poet and author . Her Autobiography and short stories are read widely. The best of her collections are Aanamalai poems. Nominated for Nobel prize . She was very bold . Married at age of 16 she didnt get opportunities to pursue higher studies but this did not marr her enthusiasm to learn and make a mark kerself in the field of letters . Her path was very different from her granduncle Nalapat Narayanamenon and mother Balamani Amma. Her memorial stands at Punnayurkulam managed by Kerala Sahitya Academy , at the place which she had donated for it.