Bama (writer)
Bama | |
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| Born | Faustina Mary Fatima Rani 14 March 1958 Pudhuppatti, composite Ramanathapuram district, Madras State (now Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu), India |
| Occupation(s) | writer, teacher. |
| Movement | Tamil Dalit Movement |
| Parent(s) | Sebasthiamma (mother) Susairaj (father) |
| Relatives | Raj Gauthaman (elder brother) |
Bama (born 14 March 1958), also known as Bama Faustina Soosairaj, is a Tamil Dalit feminist, teacher and novelist. Her autobiographical novel Karukku (1992) chronicles the joys and sorrows experienced by Dalit Christian women in Tamil Nadu. She subsequently wrote two more novels, Sangati (1994) and Vanmam (2002) along with three collections of short stories: Kusumbukkaran (1996) and Oru Tattvum Erumaiyum (2003), 'Kandattam'(2009). In addition to this, she has written twenty short stories.