Closure: Some Poems and a Conversation

One of the greatest literary figures in Malayalam, Kamala Das was born in the year 1934 in Punnayurkulum, in South Malabar, Kerala. Educated mainly at home, she has been writing verses and prose since early youth that has given her a permanent place in modern Malayalam literature. She has been the recipient of such famous awards as the Poetry Award for the Asian PEN Anthology , the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the best collection of short stories in Malayalm, and the Chaman Lal Award for fearless journalism. Her famous volumes of verses are Summer in Calcutta, The Descendants, and the Old Playhouse and other Poems.

Suresh Kohli is a poet, literary critic, editor, translator, film historian and documentary filmmaker. He has 33 published works (including a novel) and 100 literary and cultural short films to his credit. Apart from India, his films have been screened in Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Nepal and the UK. He lives and works in New Delhi.