| 词条 | Kamala Laxman |
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| name = Kamala Laxman | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1924 or 1925 | birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | death_date = 14 November 2015 | death_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India | nationality = Indian | other_names = | known_for = |spouse = R. K. Laxman | occupation = author }}Kamala Laxman was an Indian author of children's books, and the wife of cartoonist R. K. Laxman.[1] Kamala died in 2015 at the age of 90.[1] She is survived by her son Srinivas, a retired journalist, her daughter-in-law Usha and granddaughter Rimanika.[1] Early life and careerKamala was born in Chennai and studied in St Thomas' Convent and later graduated from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi.[1] She also received a degree in Interior Decoration from Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai.[2] Recognising her talent, the India Book House commissioned Kamala to write children's books in the 1970s.[2] Her notable works include The Thama Stories, Raman of Tenali & Other Stories and Thama and His Missing Mother.[2] Many of her works were illustrated by her husband R. K. Laxman.[1] Their stories were serialised and telecasted by the Indian TV station Doordarshan.[3] Personal lifeShe was married to cartoonist R. K. Laxman, who also happened to be her maternal uncle, after his divorce to his first wife Kumari Kamala.[4] Kamala was the life president of Mahalakshmi Ladies' Club founded by her mother in the year 1965 in Mumbai.[5] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{ cite news| title=Children's Book Writer and RK Laxman's Wife Kamala Laxman Dies|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/childrens-book-writer-kamala-laxman-dead-1243442|newspaper=NDTV|date= 14 November 2015 }} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Laxman, Kamala}}2. ^1 2 {{ cite news| title=Children's book writer Kamala Laxman dead|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/Childrens-book-writer-Kamala-Laxman-dead/articleshow/49789632.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|date= 15 November 2015 }} 3. ^{{cite news|last=Banerjee|first=Shoumojit |title=Children’s books author Kamala Laxman passes away |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/childrens-books-author-kamala-laxman-passes-away/article7878188.ece |accessdate=29 March 2016 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=14 November 2015}} 4. ^{{cite news|last=De|first=Shobhaa |title=An ‘uncommon’ marriage: RK Laxman and Kamala | url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/columns/columnists/shobhaa-de/An-uncommon-marriage-RK-Laxman-and-Kamala/articleshow/46071935.cms | publisher=Mumbai Mirror | date=31 January 2015 | accessdate=29 March 2015}} 5. ^{{ cite news| title= Where Knowledge is the only gossip|url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNPUN32127|newspaper=DNA|date= 10 October 2010 }} 11 : 2015 deaths|Indian children's writers|Sir J. J. School of Art alumni|Writers from Pune|Writers from Chennai|Indraprastha College for Women alumni|Indian women children's writers|Women writers from Tamil Nadu|20th-century Indian women writers|20th-century Indian writers|20th-century Indian novelists |
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