Biography of kamala das introduction analysis

 
Kamala Das, also known as Kamala Suraiya, was born in 1934 in Malabar, in the state of Kerala, to a highly literate, conservative Hindu Nair family of Royal ancestry.

She received a private education till she was 15, and was given in marriage at 16 and subsequently had three sons.

Biography of kamala das introduction analysis

However, since her love of poetry was very strong, she began to write at an early age, and wrote in both English, and Malayalam, under the penname “‘Madhavikutti.” She also courted controversy when she converted to Islam in 1999.

She died in 2009. 

The poem ‘An introduction’ was published in her first collection, Summary in Calcutta in 1965.

The poem reveals the attitude of Kamala Das to poetry and life, through her discussion of the life of a woman in a search for self-discovery and self-exploration, in a patriarchal society. It is also personal and autobiographical as it seems to address issues encountered by Das