Rajathi Salma

Rokkiah Begum alias Rajathi Salma (born 1968) is an Indian Tamil Muslim author, columnist, social worker and speaker. Rajathi Salma is now a celebrated Tamil writer, her novel The Hours Past Midnight has been long-listed for the Man Asian Booker Prize.[1][2]

Early life

Rajathi Salma was born in Thuvarankurichi in Tamil Nadu, India. When Salma was 13 years old her family stopped her studies and forced her into marriage. She started composing poems on scraps of paper and sneaking them out of the house.

At the age of 17, she published Kala Chuvadu.[3]

Bibliography

Poems
  • Oru Maalaiyum Innoru Maalaiyum (2000) - translated into English as An Evening and Another Evening
  • Pachchai Devathai (2003) - translated into English as Green Angel[4]

Novels
  • Irandaam Jaamangalin Kathai (2004) - translated into English as The Hours Past Midnight
  • Manaamiyangal (2016) - translated into English as The Dreams[5]
gollark: I wonder how long you could safely be in a star's corona, surface or core for...
gollark: Hopefully you won't miss your desired position and fall into the star or something.
gollark: Your stuff is on the scale of *universes*?!
gollark: You would probably want to put most people into constantly moving habitats if there was any likelihood of being attacked.
gollark: Zap opponent's planets, run away.

References
  1. "Rajathi Salma on a Journey of Courage and Creativity | DESIblitz". DESIblitz. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. "Salma - Movies that Matter Film Festival". www.moviesthatmatter.nl. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. "Book Review: Salma: Filming a Poet in her Village". Engenderings. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  4. Poet Salma's works
  5. Rawther, Soyesh H. (6 January 2010). "Salma beyond words". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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