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C. S. Lakshmi
Writing Tamil fiction as Ambai and documenting women’s lives.
The Face Behind the Mask · A Kitchen in the Corner of the House
- Born
- 1944
- Birthplace
- Coimbatore
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C. S. Lakshmi
C. S. Lakshmi is an Indian writer and researcher who publishes fiction as Ambai and has built archives of women’s creative work.
Early life
Education
Grew up in Mumbai and Bangalore, studied at Bangalore University and Madras Christian College, and completed a doctorate at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Career
- 1962
First publication
Published Nandimalai Charalilae as a teenager.
- 1976
Short stories
Published the collection Siragukal Muriyum.
- 1988
SPARROW
Founded an archive devoted to women writers and artists.
- 2021
Sahitya Akademi
Won the Tamil award for a short-story collection.
Selected work
The Face Behind the Mask
Published research on Tamil women writers.
A Kitchen in the Corner of the House
A Tamil story collection.
The Singer and the Song
Collected interviews with women musicians.
Beyond work
Family
Married filmmaker Vishnu Mathur and made her home in Mumbai.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Kunal Ray. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.