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{{Infobox person
| name = G. Kamalamma
| image = G_Kamalamma.jpg
| birth_date = 1930
| birth_place = Perumbuzha, [[Kundara]], Kerala, India
| occupation = Author, literarian, teacher and social activist.
| death_date = 2012
}}
'''G. Kamalamma''', (1930–2012) was a school teacher for most of her professional life, and was an author, mostly in the spheres of language and literature, socio-cultural subjects and biography. She wrote over 30 books, all in the [[Malayalam]] language, and won citations and awards from both the [[Sahitya Akademi|Sahitya Academy of India]] and the [[Sahitya Akademi|Sahitya Academy of Kerala]].

==Birth and early life==

Kamalamma was born in 1930 in Perumbuzha village near [[Kundara]] in [[Kollam]] district, [[Kerala]]. Her father Sahitya-shiromani M. K. Govindan (1901~1968) was a [[Sanskrit]] scholar, professor and writer; the son of Kunjan Channaar of Mundupoyikavila house in Perumbuzha. Kamalamma's mother was Gowrikutty, the daughter of Kavila Perumal Govindan of Perinad, in [[Kollam]].

==Professional career==

After graduating, as BA and BT, Kamalamma began her professional career as a Social Education Organizer in the Development Department of the [[Government of Kerala]], where she worked for the first ten years. Following this, she took up job as a teacher, working for twenty four years before retiring from her academic career in 1987.

While working in her official capacities, Kamalamma began a parallel career as an author, focusing on areas of interest to her such as Malayalam language and literature, transliteration of Western literature into the Malayalam language, children's literature and biographical profiling.
[[Image:Ezhava Samudayathile Maharadhanmar.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Ezhava Samudayathile Maharathanmar – A historical compilation of biographical profiles of 411 prominent individuals of the [[Ezhava]] community]]

===Biographies===
* Kasthuribai Gandhi – (A profile on the life of Mahatma Gandhi's wife [[Kasturba Gandhi]]) (In Malayalam & English) (Many Editions)
* Sarojini Naidu – (A profile on the life of [[Sarojini Naidu]])
* Sree Narayana Guru Jeevithavum Darsanavum – (The life and vision of [[Narayana Guru|Sree Narayana Guru]])
* N. Gopala Pillai – (A biographic profile of N. Gopala Pillai, a Sanskrit scholar, author and ex-Principal of the Government Sanskrit College, [[Thiruvananthapuram]]) Cultural Affairs Department, Government of Kerala

===Translations===
* Robinson Crusoe – (a translation of [[Daniel Defoe]]'s novel [[Robinson Crusoe]] into the Malayalam language) SPCS, Poorna Publishers (Many Editions)
* Iliad (a translation of [[Homer]]'s work into the [[Malayalam]] language) Kerala Sahitya Academy
* Iliad (Abridged) (a translation of [[Homer]]'s work into the [[Malayalam]] language) SPCS, Poorna Publishers (Many Editions)
* Odyssey (a translation of [[Homer]]'s work into the [[Malayalam]] language) SPCS, Poorna Publishers (Many Editions)

===Studies===
* Asan Sahithya Praveshika (Introduction to [[Kumaran Asan|Asan's]] literature) SPCS
* Ulloor Sahithya Praveshika (Introduction to [[Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer|Ulloor's]] literature) DC Current Books
* Vallathol Sahithya Pravesika – (Collection of written material related to [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]])<ref name="Vallathol">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-bookreview/article491044.ece |title=Multi-faceted personality |first=K |last=Kunhikrishnan |date=29 June 2010 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Marar Sahitya Prakasham
* Ezhava Samudayathile Maharathanmaar – (Great leaders of the [[Ezhava]] community).
* Sree Narayanante Kshetra Sankalpam – ([[Narayana Guru|Sree Narayana's]] Concept of Temples)
* Malayala Bhashayude Adiverukal – (A study on the roots of [[Malayalam]] language) DC Current Books
* Malayala Bhashaye Dhanyamakkiya Christian Missionarimar (Contributions by Christian Missionaries to the Malayalam language) Carmel International Publishing House
* Karuna Natakavum Kathaprasangakalayum Attakkathayum Mattum (Some Visual-Narrative art forms of Kerala) Rainbow Book Publishers
* Nakshathrangalum Grahangalum: Alpam Varthamanam (Popular Astronomy) Rainbow Book Publishers

===Collections===
* Akshara Sloka Ranjini – ([[Aksharaslokam|Akshara Sloka]] Collection of Slokas) DC Current Books (Many Editions)
* Akshara Sloka Rathnavali – ([[Aksharaslokam|Akshara Sloka]] gemstring) DC Current Books (Many Editions)
* Akshara Sloka Rasikaranjini – ([[Aksharaslokam|Akshara Sloka]] Collection of Slokas – Ekavrittam) Rainbow Book Publishers
* Pazhamayude Artha Thalangal (The Connotations of Heritage) DC Current Books (Many Editions)
* Thiruvathirappattukal (Collection of Thiruvathira songs) DC Current Books.
* Kavyamritam (Poetic excerpts) Rainbow Book Publishers
* Sreenarayanagurudeva Vachanamritam (Collection)

===Poetry===
* Ampilithoni (Poems) Saindhava Books
* G. Kamalammayude Kavithakal (Poems) Saindhava Books
* Sreenarayanagurudevasankeerthananam

===Books for neoliterates===
* Sree Narayana Guru – Kerala Granthashalasangham
* Maharashtravum Gujarathum – Kerala Granthashalasangham
* Tagore – Kerala Granthashalasangham
* Arivulla Ammamar (Knowledgeable Mothers) – Kerala University (Adult Education)
* Agathikalude Amma – KANFED

===Children's literature===
* Kuttikalude Kasthuribai Gandhi – (A profile on the life of Mahatma Gandhi's wife [[Kasturba Gandhi]]) – Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature
* Kuttikalude Mahatma Gandhi – Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature
* Kuttikalude Iliad (a translation of [[Homer]]'s work into the [[Malayalam]] language) – Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature
* Nadunarunnu
* Punyateertham – (Holy Water) Publications Division, Government of India

==Awards and citations==

Kamalamma won the following awards and citations:

* Ulloor Smaraka Samithi's Ulloor Endowment Award 2011
* Government of Kerala's award for remarkable service as a teacher for the year 1985–86.
* Kerala Sahitya Academy award for children's literature for the year 1965.
* Government of India's award for authoring the best book on innovative literature for the year 1964.
* Government of India's award for authoring the best book on innovative literature for the year 1956.

==References==
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