Maanasi

P. A. Rukmini (born 4 May 1948) is an Indian Malayalam language short story writer who writes under the pen name Maanasi or Manasi.[1] She won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 1993 for her work Manjile Pakshi.[2][3]

Maanasi
BornP. A. Rukmini
4 May 1948
Kerala, India
Occupationwriter
LanguageMalayalam
Notable worksManjile Pakshi
Notable awardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story

Biography

Manasi was born near Tiruvilvamala as the daughter of P. Sivarama Menon and P.A. Malathi Amma. She studied Chemical Engineering at Thrissur Engineering College but did not complete the course. She has been living in Mumbai since 1970 where she worked as a freelance copywriter for a few years.[4] She has contributed short stories and articles to periodicals. Her many stories have been translated and published in English, Marathi and Kannada. Maanasi is known for telling stories from the dark corners of the female psyche and breaking down the definition of women given by men.[5]

References
  1. "'സ്ത്രീ പുരുഷ ബന്ധം പ്രമേയമായ എന്റെ ആദ്യ കഥ അമ്മ എടുത്ത് അട്ടത്തേക്കിട്ടു '". Mathrubhumi Archives. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. "Manasi: A writer without changalakal (chains)". Mumbai Mirror. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. Bālakr̥ṣṇan, Kalpat̲t̲a (2000). മലയാളസാഹിത്യ ചരിത്രം (in Malayalam). Kēraḷa Bhāṣā Inst̲t̲it̲t̲ut̲t̲ȧ. ISBN 978-81-7638-143-7.
  4. Mānasi (1998). മാനസിയുടെ കഥകൾ (in Malayalam). Ḍi. Si. Buks. ISBN 978-81-7130-838-5.
  5. എഡിറ്റർ : ഡോ. പി.വി.കൃഷ്ണൻനായർ (2004). സാഹിത്യകാര ഡയറക്‌ടറി. കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി. p. 343. ISBN 81-7690-042-7.
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