O. V. Usha
O. V. Usha | |
|---|---|
 O. V. Usha in 2016 | |
| Born | 4 November 1948 |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist |
| Relatives | O. V. Vijayan (brother) |
O. V. Usha (born 4 November 1948)
Biography
Usha was born in a small village near Palakkad, Kerala as the youngest child of her family.[4] Her childhood was mostly spent in her native village. Her father was employed at "Malabar Special Police" while her eldest brother O. V. Vijayan was a novelist and cartoonist.[4] Usha was drawn to Malayalam literature by her mother thus developing an interest towards it at an early age.[5] Usha started writing poems at the age of 13, and was a frequent contributor to the "Children's Corner" of the Malayalam weekly Mathrubhumi.[5] Her poems were published regularly in the weekly till 1973 when she was aged 25. After her schooling, she moved to Delhi, as her brother was settled there, and completed a post graduate degree in English literature from the Delhi University.[4] Upon completing her degree, Usha started her career as an editorial trainee and later became the editor-in-chief of a publishing house.[5] In 1971, one of her short stories titled "Inquilab Zindabad" was made into a film of the same name.[6] In the same film she wrote a song ( 'aarude manasile gaanamayi njan', music G. Devarajan, Singer P.Leela) presumably by first women lyricist in modern Malayalam filmdom. From 1973, she did not contribute more for a period of ten years. In 1982, she resumed writing and has been a frequent contributor since then. While most of her poems are not published in a "book form", her only novel Shahid Naama was published in 2001.[5] She was one among the jury members of the Kerala State Film Awards in 2008 and served the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam as its director of publications.[7][8]
Works
- Snehageethangal (Poetry)
- Dhyaanam (Poetry)
- Agnimitrannoru Kurippu (Poetry)
- Shahid Naama (Novel, 2001)
- Nilam Thodaa Mannu (Short story)
Awards
- 2000 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics for Mazha
Notes
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ George 1992, p. 253.
- ^ "State Film Awards 1969 - 2012". Department of Information and Public Relations (Kerala). Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ a b c Ajith Kumar, J. (24 November 2002). "A passion for the unknown". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d Tharu & Lalita 1993, p. 567.
- ^ "Some Lady Bards". The Hindu. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Film award jury formed". The Hindu. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Bibliography of new books released". The Hindu. 22 March 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
Sources
- George, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
- Tharu, Susie J.; Lalita, Ke (1993). Women Writing in India: The twentieth century. Feminist Press at CUNY. ISBN 978-1-55861-029-3.
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