# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kamala-surayya
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:17:21.269Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kamala-surayya"
name: "Kamala Surayya"
slug: "kamala-surayya"
description: "Kamala Surayya , also known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam from Kerala, India. Her fame in Kerala primarily stems from her short stories and autobiography, My Story, whereas her body of work in English, penned under the pseudonym Kamala Das, is renowned for its poems and candid autobiography. Her works are known for originality, versatility and indigenous flavour of the soil. She was also a widely read columnist and wrote on diverse topics including women's issues, child care, politics, etc. Her liberal treatment of female sexuality, marked her as an iconoclast in popular culture of her generation. On 31 May 2009, aged 75, she died at Jehangir Hospital in Pune."
tagline: "Indian author and poet (1934–2009)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-03-31"
deathDate: "2009-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.244465603427755
  historical:           22.000608
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump