K. SARASWATHY AMMA

K. Saraswathy Amma (1919–1975) was born on April 4, 1919, in the village of Kunnappuzha near Thiruvananthapuram, to Karthyayani Amma and Padmanabha Pillai. She passed the E.S.L.C. examination in 1936 with first rank and graduated with a B.A. from Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, in 1942. Although she enrolled for M.A. at University College, she could not continue her studies. Her first short story, Seethabhavanam, was published in the Mathrubhumi weekly in March 1938. Her first book, the novel Premabhajanam, was published in March 1944, followed by the short story collection Ponnmukudam and the play Devadoothi in 1945. Subsequent works included Sthreejanmam (1946), Keezhjeevankari, Kalamandiram (1949), Vivahasammanam (1950), Penbuddhi (1951), Kanatha Mathil (1953), Chuvanna Pookkal, Premapareekshanam (1955), Ellam Thikanja Bharya, Cholamarangal, Idivettu Thailam, and Purushanmarillatha Lokam (1958). Saraswathy Amma remained unmarried and passed away on December 26, 1975.