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'''O. V. Usha''' (born 4 November 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://keralaliterature.com/old/author.php?authid=1828 |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113170030/http://keralaliterature.com/old/author.php?authid=1828 |archive-date=13 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a [[Malayalam literature|Malayalam]] poet and novelist. Described by [[K. M. George (writer)|K. M. George]] as a poet with "deep moral concern and technical dexterity",{{Sfn|George|1992|p=253}} she has written four volumes of poems and a few short stories while also authoring a novel. She has also written articles in various journals. Usha served the [[Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam]] as its director of publications. She won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]] for ''[[Mazha]]'', a Malayalam film released in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=State Film Awards 1969 - 2012|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards4.htm|publisher=[[Department of Information and Public Relations (Kerala)]]|access-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707210332/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards4.htm|archive-date=7 July 2015}}</ref>

==Biography==
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Usha was born in a small village near [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]] as the youngest child of her family.<ref name=hindu1>{{cite news|last=Ajith Kumar|first=J.|title=A passion for the unknown|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/11/24/stories/2002112400620200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219084833/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/11/24/stories/2002112400620200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 February 2014|access-date=2 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 November 2002}}</ref> Her childhood was mostly spent in her native village. Her father was employed at "Malabar Special Police" while her eldest brother [[O. V. Vijayan]] was a novelist and [[cartoonist]].<ref name=hindu1 /> Usha was drawn to [[Malayalam literature]] by her mother thus developing an interest towards it at an early age.{{Sfn|Tharu|Lalita|1993|p=567}} Usha started writing poems at the age of 13, and was a frequent contributor to the "Children's Corner" of the Malayalam weekly ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''.{{Sfn|Tharu|Lalita|1993|p=567}} Her poems were published regularly in the weekly till 1973 when she was aged 25. After her schooling, she moved to [[Delhi]], as her brother was settled there, and completed a post graduate degree in English literature from the [[Delhi University]].<ref name=hindu1 /> Upon completing her degree, Usha started her career as an editorial trainee and later became the editor-in-chief of a publishing house.{{Sfn|Tharu|Lalita|1993|p=567}} In 1971, one of her short stories titled "Inquilab Zindabad" was made into a film of the same name.<ref>{{cite news|title=Some Lady Bards|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/some-lady-bards/article1151085.ece|access-date=2 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 February 2011}}</ref> In the same film she wrote a song ( 'aarude manasile gaanamayi njan', music G. Devarajan, Singer P.Leela) presumably by first women lyricist in modern Malayalam filmdom. From 1973, she did not contribute more for a period of ten years. In 1982, she resumed writing and has been a frequent contributor since then. While most of her poems are not published in a "book form", her only novel ''Shahid Naama'' was published in 2001.{{Sfn|Tharu|Lalita|1993|p=567}} She was one among the jury members of the [[Kerala State Film Awards|Kerala State Film Awards in 2008]] and served the [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]], [[Kottayam]] as its director of publications.<ref>{{cite news|title=Film award jury formed|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/film-award-jury-formed/article286128.ece|access-date=2 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bibliography of new books released|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/22/stories/2010032258880300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327210357/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/22/stories/2010032258880300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2010|access-date=2 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 March 2010}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Snehageethangal'' (Poetry)
* ''Dhyaanam'' (Poetry)
* ''Agnimitrannoru Kurippu'' (Poetry)
* ''Shahid Naama'' (Novel, 2001)
* ''Nilam Thodaa Mannu'' (Short story)

==Awards==
* 2000 – [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]] for ''[[Mazha]]''

==Notes==

===References===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
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*{{cite book|last=George|first=K. M.|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0}}
*{{cite book|last1=Tharu|first1=Susie J.|last2=Lalita|first2=Ke|title=Women Writing in India: The twentieth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC|year=1993|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=978-1-55861-029-3}}
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[[Category:Novelists from Kerala]]
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[[Category:Delhi University alumni]]
[[Category:Kerala State Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014]]
[[Category:Government Victoria College, Palakkad alumni]]
[[Category:Indian lyricists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian short story writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian novelists]]
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