Anna Sujatha Mathai
Indian poet (died 2023)
Anna Sujatha Mathai (1933/1934 – 16 March 2023) was an Indian poet.
Biography
Anna Sujatha Mathai was born to Syrian Christian parents. She completed her B.A. (Honours) degree in English Language and Literature from Miranda College and a post-graduate degree in Social Studies from the University of Edinburgh. She worked in this field in England for some years.
Mathai’s poems have been published in The Penguin Book of Contemporary Women Poets, In Their Own Voice, edited by Arlene R. K. Zide (1993), Contemporary Asian Poetry, Hong Kong and Singapore, edited by Agnes Lam (2014), Post-Independence Poetry by Indians in English, edited by Arundhathi Subramaniam (Sahitya Akademi).
Mathai published five collections of poetry in English. Her poems have been translated into some Indian and European languages.
Anna Mathai died on 16 March 2023, at the age of 89.
Selected works
Crucifixions (1970) Writers Workshop, Calcutta
We the Unreconciled (1972) Writers Workshop, Calcutta
The Attic of Night (1991) Rupa &Co. New Delhi
Life - on my Side of the Street (2005) Sahitya Akademi.
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