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'''Chandrakala S. Kammath''' (also spelled as '''Chandrakala S. Kamath'''; born 1940) is a [[Malayalam language|Malayalam-language]] writer from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. She is the author of several novels, including ''Rugma,'' which has made into a movie, and ''Bhiksha'' and ''Sapatni,'' which have been serialised. As part of a forty-year writing career,<ref name="Keralakaumudi" /> she published her sixteenth novel ''Sumangala''. In 2014, she was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contribution, for her contributions in the field of Malayalam literature. <br />
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==Biography==<br />
Chandrakala was born into the wealthy [[Gowda Saraswat Brahmin]] family in [[Alappuzha]] in 1940.<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite news |last1=തമ്പി |first1=രാജി |title=ഭൂമിയിലെ ചന്ദ്രക്കല |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/women/column/mukhangal-mudrakal/raji-thampi-share-memories-about-chandrakala-s-kamath-mukhangal-mudrakal-1.5427137 |work=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2022-01-24 |archive-date=2021-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210110851/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/women/column/mukhangal-mudrakal/raji-thampi-share-memories-about-chandrakala-s-kamath-mukhangal-mudrakal-1.5427137 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Konkani language|Konkani]] is her mother tongue.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> Her father Sreeramachandra Shenoy was an agent in a private bank. When the bank collapsed, her father became a manager in a timber company in [[Coimbatore]], but soon he lost that job and was unemployed.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> As the family was gone financially backward, she completed her education with the help of her uncles.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> After graduation, she got job as a teacher first in a private school and later in a government high school.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/><br />
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Chandrakala married her uncle's son who was working as a National Savings Officer in the Kollam Collectorate.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> After marriage she gone to [[Kollam]] from Alappuzha.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> They have two children.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/><br />
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After her husband's death, based on her own experiences, Chandrakala wrote an article titled ''Kungumappottazhinju'' and sent it to [[Vanitha]] magazine.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> It attracted a lot of readers, and Pisharody, who was the editor of Vanitha at the time, wrote her "You have good linguistic influence, and the writing is also good. you should continue to write stories, novels and articles. Even though not your mother tongue, your Malayalam is better".<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> This was her inspiration to write stories and novels. In an occasion honoring her, Poet Chavara K. S. Pillai said that Chandrakala was a brave and rare writer who fought against customs from the hearth of experience.<ref name="Keralakaumudi">{{cite news |last1=Daily |first1=Keralakaumudi |title=ചന്ദ്രക്കല എസ്. കമ്മത്തിനെ ആദരിച്ചു |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=168252&u=local-news |work=Keralakaumudi Daily |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Chandrakala has written 16 novels and more than forty short stories.<ref name="keralawomen">{{cite web |title=ചന്ദ്രക്കല എസ്. കമ്മത്ത് |date=26 March 2021 |url=https://www.keralawomen.gov.in/ml/chandrakala_s_kammath |publisher=Department of Women and Child Development, Kerala state}}</ref> ''Agnihotram'' is her first published story.<ref name="keralawomen"/> Her novels and short stories were published in Manorajyam, Kunkumam and Vanitha.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> Chandrakala's first novel ''Rugma'' was made into a Malayalam film by [[P. G. Viswambharan]] with the same name.<ref name="keralawomen"/> [[Sreekumaran Thampi]] has serialized her novel ''Bhiksha'' under the title ''Akshayapathram''.<ref name="keralawomen"/> He also serialized the novel ''Sapatni''.<ref name="keralawomen"/><br />
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==Selected works==<br />
*{{cite book |title=Rugma (Novel) |date=1990 |publisher=Sahithya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangam |oclc=26723498 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
*''Bhiksha'' (novel)<br />
*''Sapatni'' (novel), 2004 {{ISBN|8171802125}} <ref>{{Cite web|title=സപത്നി|url=http://www.indianculture.gov.in/union-catalogue/sapatanai|access-date=2022-01-28|website=INDIAN CULTURE|language=en}}</ref><br />
*{{cite book |title=Ini Alpam Trimadhuram (novel) |date=1991 |publisher=CICC Book House |isbn=978-81-7174-060-4 |oclc=33273845 }}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Sumangala (novel) |date=2013 |publisher=Saindhava Books |isbn=9788195182626|oclc=858136698 }}<br />
*''Ivide Oru Thanal Maram'' (novel)<br />
*''Agnihothram''(novel)<br />
*{{cite book |title=Mithila (Novel) |date=1991 |isbn=978-81-7174-059-8 |oclc=33251935 |last1=Kammatt |first1=Candrakkala Es |publisher=Si. Ai. Si. Si. Buk Haus }}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Vanadurgatteruvile Karavakkari (novel) |date=1996 |location=Erṇākuḷaṃ |isbn=9788171742370|oclc=37694219 |last1=Kammatt |first1=Candrakkala Es }}<br />
*''Muthassi Ramayanam'' (it's English translation is published under the title''Grandma's Rāmāyaṇa'' ({{ISBN|9781680377590}}) and Hindi translation under the title ''Ramayan Ki Kahani Dadi Ki Zubhani''), Children's literature<br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
* [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]] 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=പ്രൊഫ. തോമസ് മാത്യുവിനും കാവാലത്തിനും വിശിഷ്ടാംഗത്വം |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-kerala-01-03-2016/542734 |work=Deshabhimani |language=ml}}</ref><br />
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