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Calmā

LC control no.no2001044674
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPL4758.9.C126
Personal name headingCalmā
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Variant(s)Rajathi
Rājātti
Rājātti Rokkaiyā
Rokkaiyā, Rājātti
Salma, 1968-
Birth date1968
Place of birthTamil Nadu (India)
Field of activityTamil poetry
Profession or occupationPoets
Found inOru 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 languagetam