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Gita Krishnankutty
Writer

Gita Krishnankutty

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Translating Malayalam literature into English.

Cast Me Out If You Will · Kaalam

Born
Unknown
Birthplace
Chengammanad, Kerala

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Gita Krishnankutty

Indian translator whose work also includes subtitles for Malayalam cinema.

Early life

Education

Grew up in Kerala and studied in several towns. Returned to higher education in adulthood, earning an English master’s degree and a doctorate at Mysore.

Career

  1. Literary beginnings

    Translation

    Began translating stories following encouragement from Susie Tharu.

  2. Later work

    Film subtitles

    Learned subtitling with support from P. K. Nair and Gayatri Chatterjee.

Selected work

Cast Me Out If You Will

Translated stories by Lalithambika Antharjanam.

Kaalam

Translated M. T. Vasudevan Nair’s novel.

Beyond work

Family

Married at nineteen and moved to Chennai, where her husband worked as a cardiologist.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Nbhasker. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.