Bama

Bama is the most celebrated contemporary Dalit woman writer. She has been in the forefront of caste literature activism and has given Dalit aesthetics tremendous visibility on the literary campus of India. Her works have been translated into English, German, French, Telugu, and Malayalam. Lakshmi Holmstr?m is one of the most successful Indian translators. She has received the Crossword Award for translation twice (21 and 27) and the Iyal Award from the Tamil Literary Garden, Canada (28). She is one of the Founder Trustees of the South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive.