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|birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|1964}}
|birth_place = [[Karnataka]], India
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|occupation = {{hlist|Writer|Poet|Columnist}}
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|spouse = {{Marriage|[[P. C. Vishnunadh]]|2007}} <ref>https://shevlinsebastian.blogspot.com/2015/08/bonding-over-long-march.html?m=1</ref>
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'''Kanaka Ha Ma''' is a noted [[Kannada]] poet and columnist. She has also been active as a Theatre actor and a freelance journalist for Kannada publications.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kanaka Ha. Ma.|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/7951/Kanaka-Ha-Ma|website=Poetry International Rotterdam|publisher=Poetry International|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>

== Family ==
Kanaka hails from Halikere, [[Shimoga]] district in Karnataka.<ref name="decherald">{{cite web|title=Nature poetry: a second renaissance?|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jul92006/artic12531200678.asp|website=Sunday Herald Articulations|publisher=Deccan Herald|accessdate=15 May 2016}}</ref> She is married to [[P. C. Vishnunath]] and the couple have one child.

== Work ==
Three collections of her poetry have been published by Akshara Prakashana which is run by [[Ninasam]]. She also translated noted [[Urdu]] poet, [[Javed Akhtar]]'s book Tarkash to Kannada <ref>{{cite web|last1=D'souza|first1=Priya|title=Poems are a garland of small freedoms|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/cou_article/item/8131/Poems-are-a-garland-of-small-freedoms|website=Poetry International Rotterdam|publisher=Poetry International Rotterdam|accessdate=15 May 2016}}</ref> Her poems are featured on Poetry International Rotterdam and have been translated into English and French.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zachariah|first1=Mini Pant|title=A treasure of women’s history at SPARROW|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/a-treasure-of-women-s-history-at-sparrow/story-SaymtgTfFfNDoPv26b0unO.html|accessdate=16 May 2016|publisher=The Hindustan Times|date=22 Feb 2010}}</ref> Kanaka also used to write columns for Kannada publications including [[Lankesh Patrike]] and Kannada daily [[Udayavani]].< While working with SPARROW ([[Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women]]) she translated poems and interviews<ref>{{cite web|title=Publication Translations|url=http://www.sparrowonline.org/publication-books.html|website=Sparrow Online|publisher=Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref> of Urdu, Marathi and Kannada writers and edited books on them.<ref name="blrlitfest">{{cite web|last1=Ha. Ma.|first1=Kanaka|title=Participants|url=http://bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/archives/year-2015/participants/|website=Bangalore Literature Festival 2015|publisher=Bangalore Literature Festival|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>
She is a founder member<ref>{{cite news|title=Literary fete at Chengannur|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/literary-fete-at-chengannur/article7360254.ece|accessdate=15 May 2016|agency=PTI|publisher=The Hindu|date=27 June 2015}}</ref> and Director<ref>{{cite web|title=SIWE Invitation|url=https://anjaliwrites.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/invite_final_reference_file_180715_1_.pdf|website=Anjali Writes|publisher=Wordpress|accessdate=15 May 2016}}</ref> of PAMPA (People for Performing Arts and More) which has organized the SIWE (South Indian Writers Ensemble)<ref>{{cite web|title=South India Writers’ Ensemble at Chengannur on 24th July|url=http://english.dcbooks.com/south-india-writers-ensemble-at-chengannur-on-24th-july.html|website=DC Books|publisher=DC Books|accessdate=15 May 2016}}</ref> at [[Chengannur]] for the last 3 years.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prominent Writers to Take Part in SIWE|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Prominent-Writers-to-Take-Part-in-SIWE/2015/07/22/article2933206.ece|accessdate=16 May 2016|agency=Express News Service|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=22 July 2015}}</ref>
In November 1997 she attended the International Poetry Biennale at Ivry Sur Seine, France along with other well known poets like [[Kanimozhi]] and [[Bei Dao]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Looking at It This Way|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/looking-at-it-this-way|website=Open The Magazine|publisher=Open Media network|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>

== Publications ==
Some of her works are
* Holebagilu (The River Gate,1993)<ref name="publisher">{{cite web|title=Kanaka Ha. Ma.|url=http://www.aksharaprakashana.com/bookshop/authors/kanaka-ha-ma.html|website=Akshara Prakashana|publisher=Akshara Prakashana|accessdate=15 May 2016}}</ref>
* Papanashini (The Destroyer of Sins, 1997)<ref name="publisher" />
* Arabi emba kadalu (The Arabian Sea, 2006)<ref>{{cite web|title=Arabi emba kadalu|url=http://www.aksharaprakashana.com/bookshop/arabi-emba-kadalu.html|website=Akshara Prakashana|publisher=Akshara Prakashana|accessdate=15 May 2016}}</ref>
* Battalike (Tarkash, 2003)<ref>{{cite web|title=Catalog|url=http://ignca.nic.in/PDF_data/IGNCA_SRC_LibraryCatalogue.pdf|publisher=Indira Gandh National Center for the Arts SRC}}</ref>

==References==
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