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	'''Malathi Maithri''' (born 1968) is an Indian writer, activist and [[feminist]], who is recognised as a distinguished poet in contemporary [[Tamil literature]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=1 November 2008\|title=Malathi Maitri\|url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/12942/Malathi-Maithri/en/tile\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=\|website=[[Poetry International Web]]}}</ref> Maithri has been the recipient of the Tirupur Tamizh Sangam Award and the State Award for Poetry by the [[Government of Puducherry]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=\|title=Malathi Maithri\|url=http://poetry.sangamhouse.org/2013/09/malathi-maithri/\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=Sangam House\|language=en-US}}</ref> She is also the founder of a publishing house called ''Anagu'' ({{Translation\|Woman}}) which has translated works of Nigerian writer [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]] such as ''Purple Red Poppy'' and ''[[We Should All Be Feminists]].''<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|last=Palinivalan~~\|first=~~\|date=25 January 2018\|title=டெல்லியில் நிறவெறி தாண்டவமாடுகிறது: கவிஞர் மாலதி மைத்ரி பேட்டி\|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/reporters-page/114737-.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]]\|language=ta}}</ref>		'''Malathi Maithri''' (born 1968) is an Indian writer, activist and [[feminist]], who is recognised as a distinguished poet in contemporary [[Tamil literature]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=1 November 2008\|title=Malathi Maitri\|url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/12942/Malathi-Maithri/en/tile\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=\|website=[[Poetry International Web]]}}</ref> Maithri has been the recipient of the Tirupur Tamizh Sangam Award and the State Award for Poetry by the [[Government of Puducherry]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=\|title=Malathi Maithri\|url=http://poetry.sangamhouse.org/2013/09/malathi-maithri/\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=Sangam House\|language=en-US}}</ref> She is also the founder of a publishing house called ''Anagu'' ({{Translation\|Woman}}) which has translated works of Nigerian writer [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]] such as ''Purple Red Poppy'' and ''[[We Should All Be Feminists]].''<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|last=Palinivalan\|date=25 January 2018\|title=டெல்லியில் நிறவெறி தாண்டவமாடுகிறது: கவிஞர் மாலதி மைத்ரி பேட்டி\|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/reporters-page/114737-.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]]\|language=ta}}</ref>

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Maithri was born in the [[Indian union territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)\|Puducherry]] in 1968,<ref name=":0" /> to a family of fishers. According to ''[[The Hindu]]'', being from a Tamil fisher family granted her some degree of independence as a woman and has been influential in her style of poetry.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|last=Muralidharan\|first=Kavitha\|date=2013-08-31\|title=Forward, in the past\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/forward-in-the-past/article5075501.ece\|access-date=2020-11-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Her first publication, a short story titled ''Prayanam'' was featured in the premier Tamil literature magazine ''[[Kaniayazhi]]'' in 1988''.''<ref name=":0" /> She rose to prominence around the same time in early 2000s as did a number of other Tamil women writers such as [[Salma (writer)\|Salma]] and [[Sukirtharani]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=2015-07-07\|title=An Introduction to ~~‘Wild~~ Words: Four Tamil ~~Poets’~~\|url=https://harperbroadcast.com/2015/07/07/an-introduction-to-wild-words-four-tamil-poets/\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=Harper Broadcast\|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]\|language=en}}</ref> Her poems are described to allude to gender issues as a recurrent theme,<ref name=":0" /> and as transgressive in style.<ref name=":1" /> Maitri states that [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]] has been one of her biggest influences in her work,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Mohanakrishnan\|first=Ramani\|date=24 December 2017\|title="கேள்விகளுக்கு விடை தந்தவர் பெரியார்" #RememberingPeriyar\|url=https://www.vikatan.com/oddities/miscellaneous/111735-periyar-is-the-man-of-solutions\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=[[Vikatan]]\|language=ta}}</ref> that in his time, he had had called for "uterine politics" as the need of the hour which did not take off, because of which she has decided to employ aggressive rhetoric in her publications and activism, described as "vaginal politics" by her.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=22 February 2017\|title='ஆண்மை என்ற வார்த்தையை அழித்தெறியுங்கள்!' - சீறும் கவிஞர் மாலதி மைத்ரி\|url=https://www.vikatan.com/lifestyle/women/81686-thrash-out-the-word-called-masculine-slams-poet-malathi-maithri\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=[[Vikatan]]\|language=ta}}</ref> She has also been critical of the current state of feminism which according to her has become reduced to being controlled and marketed by corporate interests and as a result compromising in search of acceptability.<ref name=":2" />		Maithri was born in the [[Indian union territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)\|Puducherry]] in 1968,<ref name=":0" /> to a family of fishers. According to ''[[The Hindu]]'', being from a Tamil fisher family granted her some degree of independence as a woman and has been influential in her style of poetry.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|last=Muralidharan\|first=Kavitha\|date=2013-08-31\|title=Forward, in the past\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/forward-in-the-past/article5075501.ece\|access-date=2020-11-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Her first publication, a short story titled ''Prayanam'' was featured in the premier Tamil literature magazine ''[[Kaniayazhi]]'' in 1988''.''<ref name=":0" /> She rose to prominence around the same time in early 2000s as did a number of other Tamil women writers such as [[Salma (writer)\|Salma]] and [[Sukirtharani]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=2015-07-07\|title=An Introduction to 'Wild Words: Four Tamil Poets'\|url=https://harperbroadcast.com/2015/07/07/an-introduction-to-wild-words-four-tamil-poets/\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=Harper Broadcast\|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]\|language=en}}</ref> Her poems are described to allude to gender issues as a recurrent theme,<ref name=":0" /> and as transgressive in style.<ref name=":1" /> Maitri states that [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]] has been one of her biggest influences in her work,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Mohanakrishnan\|first=Ramani\|date=24 December 2017\|title="கேள்விகளுக்கு விடை தந்தவர் பெரியார்" #RememberingPeriyar\|url=https://www.vikatan.com/oddities/miscellaneous/111735-periyar-is-the-man-of-solutions\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=[[Vikatan]]\|language=ta}}</ref> that in his time, he had had called for "uterine politics" as the need of the hour which did not take off, because of which she has decided to employ aggressive rhetoric in her publications and activism, described as "vaginal politics" by her.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=22 February 2017\|title='ஆண்மை என்ற வார்த்தையை அழித்தெறியுங்கள்!' - சீறும் கவிஞர் மாலதி மைத்ரி\|url=https://www.vikatan.com/lifestyle/women/81686-thrash-out-the-word-called-masculine-slams-poet-malathi-maithri\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=[[Vikatan]]\|language=ta}}</ref> She has also been critical of the current state of feminism which according to her has become reduced to being controlled and marketed by corporate interests and as a result compromising in search of acceptability.<ref name=":2" />

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{{short description|Indian writer, activist and feminist}}

'''Malathi Maithri''' (born 1968) is an Indian writer, activist and [[feminist]], who is recognised as a distinguished poet in contemporary [[Tamil literature]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1 November 2008|title=Malathi Maitri|url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/12942/Malathi-Maithri/en/tile|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Poetry International Web]]}}</ref> Maithri has been the recipient of the Tirupur Tamizh Sangam Award and the State Award for Poetry by the [[Government of Puducherry]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Malathi Maithri|url=http://poetry.sangamhouse.org/2013/09/malathi-maithri/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Sangam House|language=en-US}}</ref> She is also the founder of a publishing house called ''Anagu'' ({{Translation|Woman}}) which has translated works of Nigerian writer [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]] such as ''Purple Red Poppy'' and ''[[We Should All Be Feminists]].''<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Palinivalan|first=|date=25 January 2018|title=டெல்லியில் நிறவெறி தாண்டவமாடுகிறது: கவிஞர் மாலதி மைத்ரி பேட்டி|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/reporters-page/114737-.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]]|language=ta}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Maithri was born in the [[Indian union territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] in 1968,<ref name=":0" /> to a family of fishers. According to ''[[The Hindu]]'', being from a Tamil fisher family granted her some degree of independence as a woman and has been influential in her style of poetry.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Muralidharan|first=Kavitha|date=2013-08-31|title=Forward, in the past|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/forward-in-the-past/article5075501.ece|access-date=2020-11-18|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Her first publication, a short story titled ''Prayanam'' was featured in the premier Tamil literature magazine ''[[Kaniayazhi]]'' in 1988''.''<ref name=":0" /> She rose to prominence around the same time in early 2000s as did a number of other Tamil women writers such as [[Salma (writer)|Salma]] and [[Sukirtharani]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-07-07|title=An Introduction to ‘Wild Words: Four Tamil Poets’|url=https://harperbroadcast.com/2015/07/07/an-introduction-to-wild-words-four-tamil-poets/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Harper Broadcast|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|language=en}}</ref> Her poems are described to allude to gender issues as a recurrent theme,<ref name=":0" /> and as transgressive in style.<ref name=":1" /> Maitri states that [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]] has been one of her biggest influences in her work,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mohanakrishnan|first=Ramani|date=24 December 2017|title="கேள்விகளுக்கு விடை தந்தவர் பெரியார்" #RememberingPeriyar|url=https://www.vikatan.com/oddities/miscellaneous/111735-periyar-is-the-man-of-solutions|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[Vikatan]]|language=ta}}</ref> that in his time, he had had called for "uterine politics" as the need of the hour which did not take off, because of which she has decided to employ aggressive rhetoric in her publications and activism, described as "vaginal politics" by her.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 February 2017|title='ஆண்மை என்ற வார்த்தையை அழித்தெறியுங்கள்!' - சீறும் கவிஞர் மாலதி மைத்ரி|url=https://www.vikatan.com/lifestyle/women/81686-thrash-out-the-word-called-masculine-slams-poet-malathi-maithri|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[Vikatan]]|language=ta}}</ref> She has also been critical of the current state of feminism which according to her has become reduced to being controlled and marketed by corporate interests and as a result compromising in search of acceptability.<ref name=":2" />

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