Meena Kandasamy | |
|---|---|
 Meena in 2016 | |
| Born | Ilavenil Kandasamy 1984 (age 39–40) Tamil Nadu, India |
| Pen name | Meena |
| Occupation | Writer, activist, translator |
| Nationality |  India |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Madras University and Anna University, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) |
| Period | Twenty-first century |
| Genre | Indian writing in English |
| Subjects | Social justice and human rights |
| Literary movement | Dalit literature |
| Notable works | The Orders Were to Rape You (2021) |
| Notable awards | 2022 Hermann Kesten Prize |
| Parents | Drs. W. B. Vasantha Kandaswamy (Mother) and K. Kandaswamy (Father) |
| Website | |
| www | |
Ilavenil Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[1]
Meena published two collections of poetry, Touch (2006) and Ms. Militancy (2010). From 2001 to 2002, she edited The Dalit, a bi-monthly alternative English magazine of the Dalit Media Network.[2]
She represented India at the University of Iowa's International Writing Program and was a Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow at the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom. She writes columns for platforms including Outlook India[3] and The Hindu.[4][5][6]
- ^ "INDIA Being Untouchable (press release)" (PDF). Christian Solidarity Worldwide. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Poetry International Rotterdam". Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Outlook India". Archived from the original on 9 October 2016.
- ^ Kandasamy, Meena (18 January 2016). "The Hindu". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Porterfolio". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Osmania University Beef Festival Leads To Violence". HuffPost. 17 April 2012.