In this Indian name, the name Kandasamy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Meena.
Indian writer, translator and activist (born 1984)
Meena Kandasamy
Meena in 2016
Born
Ilavenil Kandasamy (1984-10-12) 12 October 1984 (age 39)[citation needed]
Pen name
Meena
Occupation
Writer, activist, translator
Nationality
Indian
Alma mater
Anna University
Literary movement
Dalit literature
Notable works
The Orders Were to Rape You (2021)
Notable awards
2022 Hermann Kesten Prize
Ilavenil Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[1]
Meena published two collections of poetry, Touch (2006) and Ms. Militancy (2010). From 2001 to 2002, she edited The Dalit, a bi-monthly alternative English magazine of the Dalit Media Network.[2]
She represented India at the University of Iowa's International Writing Program and was a Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow at the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom. She writes columns for platforms including Outlook India[3] and The Hindu.[4][5][6]
^"INDIA Being Untouchable (press release)" (PDF). Christian Solidarity Worldwide. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
^"Poetry International Rotterdam". Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
^"Outlook India". Archived from the original on 9 October 2016.
^Kandasamy, Meena (18 January 2016). "The Hindu". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016.
^"Porterfolio". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^"Osmania University Beef Festival Leads To Violence". HuffPost. 17 April 2012.
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