Nanjangud Tirumalamba

Not to be confused with Tirumalamba, a Vijayanagara poet.

Nanjanagudu Tirumalamba
Born
Nanjanagudu Tirumalamba

(1887-03-25)25 March 1887
Nanjanagudu, Mysore State, British India
(now in Mysore, Karnataka, India)
Died31 August 1982(1982-08-31) (aged 95)
Nanjangud, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Occupation(s)Kannada writer, political activist, feminist, poet, writer, publisher, newspaper editor, printer
Parent(s)Venkatakrishna Iyengar, Alamelamma

Nanjanagudu Tirumalamba (1887–1982; also known as Nanjangud Tirumalamba)[1] was a Mysorean author, newspaper editor, publisher, and printer. She was born on 25 March 1887 in Nanjanagudu, Mysore (then under British India) to Venkatakrishna, a lawyer, and Alamelamma.[2] While her native language was Tamil, she also spoke Telugu and Kannada. She died in Nanjanagudu, Karnataka on 31 August 1982.

  1. ^ Rani, K. Suneetha (31 October 2017). Influence of English on Indian Women Writers: Voices from Regional Languages. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-93-81345-34-4.
  2. ^ Today, Hinduism (1 January 1996). "Crafts by Women". Hinduism Today. Retrieved 31 October 2024.