Kamal das`s(1934) maiden name was madavikutty.she was born at punnayurkulam in malabar in kerala in 1934.
she won the sathitya akademi award in 1986 for her poetical works.
she had many labels attached to her because of her radical approach,modernist stance,confessional tone,carnal imagery,etc.
In fact all these have come under critical attack.
she condemns hypocrisy in every walk of life .
she has mainly written on the unfulfilled desires of indian women.
kamal das has written both in english and malayalam.
she is thus bilingual like most other indian poets writing in english.
Her well-know volumes of portry in english are summer in calcutta(1965),the descendants(1967),and the old playhouse and other poems(1973).
she has the courage to express her essentially feminine sensibility honestly and sincerely without any inhibitions.
concentration entirely on one theme gives her poetry the power , the intensity and the urgancy that has cast its spell on all readers.
