Kamala Markandaya

Kamala Purnaiya was born on 23 June 1924 in Mysore according to most sources, in Chimakurti according to others, into a well-off Brahmin family that moved often. She studied history at the University of Madras from 1940, worked for the army during the war as a clerk and liaison agent, then was a journalist and published short stories. She settled in England in 1948, married an English journalist, took the name Markandaya for her books and lived in London, where she died on 16 May 2004.

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• NovelNectar in a SieveKamala Markandaya · 1954Literature