Anasuya Shankar
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| Born |
1 September 1928 Chamarajapuram, Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India |
| Died | 29 July 1963 (aged 34) Mysore, Mysore State, India |
| Pen name | Triveni |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | Kannada |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 1953–1963 |
| Spouse | S. N. Shankar |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives |
Aryamba Pattabhi (sister) B. M. Srikantaiah (uncle) Vani (cousin) |
Anasuya Shankar (1 September 1928 – 29 July 1963), popularly known by her pen name as Triveni, was an Indian writer of modern fiction in Kannada language. She advocated the woman's point of view, spoke up for women's repressions and suppressions, dealt with mental illness and how they should be treated and was among the first of such writers in Kannada. Her novels have been made into feature films, most prominently, Belli Moda (1967) and Sharapanjara (1971) – both directed by Puttanna Kanagal and featuring actress Kalpana. Her small stories collection Samasyeya Magu won the Devaraja Bahadur Prize in 1950. Her novel Avala Mane earned the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award in 1960.
Anasuya Shankar was born on 1 September 1928 in the Chamarajapuram suburb of Mysore, in the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore of British India (in present-day Mysore, Karnataka), to B. M. Krishnaswamy and Thangamma. She was also called Bhagirathi. She had a younger sister Aryamba Pattabhi, who went on to become a writer as well. Other writers in her family were uncle B. M. Srikantaiah and cousin Vani.
She graduated with a gold medal in her Bachelor of Arts degree from Maharani's Arts College in Mysore. In 1947, she was was awarded the Siddegowda gold medal for excellence on political science. She married S. N. Shankar (1925–2012) in 1951, an English professor at Sarada Vilas College, Mysore. Their only daughter, Meera (b. 1963), works as a psychiatrist in the US.
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