LC control no. | no2001044674 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PL4758.9.C126 |
Personal name heading | Calmā |
Variant(s) | Rajathi Rājātti Rājātti Rokkaiyā Rokkaiyā, Rājātti Salma, 1968- |
Birth date | 1968 |
Place of birth | Tamil Nadu (India) |
Field of activity | Tamil poetry |
Profession or occupation | Poets |
Found in | Oru mālaiyum in̲n̲oru mālaiyum, 2000: t.p. (Calmā) t.p. verso (Salma) Iraṇṭām jāmaṅkaḷin̲ katai, 2004: t.p. (Calmā) t.p. verso (Salma) p. 3 (b. 1968; original name, Rājātti Rokkaiyā) Salma, 2013: container verso (Muslim, from south India; at age 13 she was locked up by her family for 25 years, forbidden to study, forced into marriage; she covertly composed poems and sneaked them out and into the hands of a publisher; against the odds, she became the most famous Tamil poet) Aṭaikkum tāl̲, Ṭicampar 2022: title page verso (Rājātti, Rajathi) bio (daughter of Carpun̲iṣā and Camcutīn̲; email: tamilpoetsalma@gmail.com; worked as Head, Social Welfare Commission, Government of Tamil Nadu) |
Associated language | tam |