Kamala Das was an Indian English poet and author from Kerala who wrote in both English and Malayalam. Some of her notable works include the autobiography Ente Katha and collections of poems, short stories, and novels. She received many honors over her career, including being nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1984. Her poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" reflects on realizing one's mother is growing old and her mortality.

1. Kamala Das

2. Kamala Surayya
•(born Kamala; 31 March 1934– 31 May 2009)
• also known by her one-time pen
name Madhavikutty and Kamala Das,
•was an Indian English poet and littérateur
and at the same time a
leading Malayalam author from Kerala, India.

4. Her Works
1982: Ente Katha (autobiography)
1987: Balyakala Smaranakal (Childhood
Memories)
1989: Varshangalkku Mumbu (Years Before)
1990: Palayan (novel)
1991: Neypayasam (short story)
1992: Dayarikkurippukal (novel)
1994: Neermathalam Pootha
Kalam (novel, Vayalar Award)

5. 1996: Chekkerunna Pakshikal (short stories)
1998: Nashtapetta Neelambari (short
stories)
"Ente Kadha" (Autobiography)
2005: Chandana Marangal (Novel)
2005: Madhavikkuttiyude
Unmakkadhakal (short stories)2x
2005: Vandikkalakal (novel)
1999: My Mother at Sixty-six (Poem)

6. Her Books

7. Awards and other recognitions
•Nominated and shortlisted for Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1984.
•Award of Asian PEN anthology – 1964
•Kerala Sahitya Academy Award – 1969
•Sahitya Academy Award – 1985
•Asian Poetry Prize – 1998
•Kent Award for English Writing from Asian
Countries – 1999
•Vayalar Award – 2001
•Honorary D.Litt by University of Calicut – 2006
•Muttathu Varkey Award – 2006
•Ezhuthachan Puraskaram – 2009

9. My Mother at Sixty-six (Poem)
through her poem “My Mother
at Sixty Six”, she portrays her
sudden realization that her
mother has grown old and may
pass away any time.