Kamala Markandaya
Born: June 23, 1924
Died: May 16, 2004 (aged 79)
Bio: Kamala Markandaya was a pseudonym used by Kamala Purnaiya Taylor, an Indian novelist and journalist. A native of Mysore, India, Markandaya was a graduate of Madras University, and afterwards published several short stories in Indian newspapers.
Known for:
- Nectar in a Sieve (1954)
- A handful of rice (1966)
- A silence of desire (1960)
- The golden honeycomb (1977)
- Some inner fury (1955)