Malathi Rao

Malathi Rao
Born	Bangalore,[1] Karnataka, India
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Indian
Notable work(s)	Disorderly Women
Notable award(s)	Sahitya Akademi Award

Malathi Rao (Kannada: ಮಾಲತಿ ರಾವ್) is an Indian writer. She won the Central Sahitya Akademi award for her English language novel Disorderly Women in 2007.^[2] Her novel Disorderly Women is a story of four Brahmin women in India (pre-independence) who struggle to break the barriers built around them by society. Malathi Rao has written three novels, three collections of short stories and authored few newspaper articles.^[3] Rao's next novel is Inquisition. It is a story of women on a university campus. She has studied English literature and taught English at Vijaya College,Bangalore when Prof. V.T Srinivasan, a famous educationist was Principal of that college and at Delhi College. Her native language is Kannada.^[4] She currently lives in Bangalore.^[3]

Works

• The Bridge (novel), Chanakya Publications (Delhi, India), 1990 ^[5]
• Disorderly Women (novel), Dronequill Publishers (Bangalore, India), 2005
• Three collections of short stories ^[3]
• Inquisition (upcoming novel)^[4]

Awards

• Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/01/04/stories/2008010454000400.htm
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10304.htm#english
3. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/03/09/stories/2008030950070500.htm
4. ^ ^{a b} http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/01/08/stories/2008010858350200.htm
5. ^ http://www.flipkart.com/bridge-malathi-rao-novel/1700010721-6vx3f993ji

Persondata
Name	Rao, Malathi
Alternative names
Short description	writer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Date of death
Place of death