Nanjangud Tirumalamba

Nanjanagudu Tirumalamba (18871982; also known as Nanjangud Tirumalamba) was a Mysorean author, newspaper editor, publisher, and printer. She was born on 25 March 1887 in Nanjanagudu, Mysore (then under British India) to Venkatakrishna, a lawyer, and Alamelamma. While her native language was Tamil, she also spoke Telugu and Kannada. She died in Nanjanagudu, Karnataka on 31 August 1982.

Early life

Tirumalamba was married at the age of 10 and widowed at 14. Her father, a bibliophile,

Career as a writer

Tirumalamba submitted a story to a competition organized by Madhuravani, a monthly magazine from Mysore. The editor, K. Hanuman, visited her home and discovered a collection of her literary works. Impressed by a piece titled Vidhava Kartavya, he published it in Madhuravani. Tirumalamba continued writing, and soon after, established a publication house called Sathi Hitaishini.

Career as a publisher

Tirumalamba started a publishing house, Sathi Hitaishini, which published her first novel, Sushile, in 1913, which saw four editions and sold over 7000 copies.

Novels

Sushile (1913) Nabha Vidyullata Viragini Daksakanye (spy) Manimala

Drama

Savitri Charitre Janaki Kalyana