Meena Kandasamy
Meena Kandasamy | |
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Meena in 2016 | |
| Born | Ilavenil Kandasamy 1984 (age 40–41) Tamil Nadu, India |
| Pen name | Meena |
| Occupation | Writer, activist, translator |
| Nationality | India |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Madras University and Anna University, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) |
| Period | Twenty-first century |
| Genre | Indian writing in English |
| Subjects | Social justice and human rights |
| Literary movement | Dalit literature |
| Notable works | The Orders Were to Rape You (2021) |
| Notable awards | 2022 Hermann Kesten Prize |
| Parents | Drs. W. B. Vasantha Kandaswamy (Mother) and K. Kandaswamy (Father) |
| Website | |
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Ilavenil Meena Kandasamy (born October 12, 1984) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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.
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 and The Hindu.