Awards and Other Recognitions
Kamala Das has received many awards for her literary contribution, including:
- Nominated and shortlisted for Nobel Prize in 1984.
- Asian Poetry Prize-1998
- Kent Award for English Writing from Asian Countries-1999
- Asian World Prize-2000
- Ezhuthachan Award-2009
- Sahitya Academy Award-2003
- Vayalar Award2001
- Kerala Sahitya Academy Award-2005
- Muttathu Varkey Award
She was a longtime friend of Canadian writer Merrily Weisbord, who published a memoir of their friendship, The Love Queen of Malabar, in 2010.
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