T. Sunandamma facts for kids

Quick facts for kids T. Sunandamma
Born	1917 Tumkur, Karnataka
Died	27 January 2006
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Comic

Tumkur Sunandamma (born in Tumkur in 1917, died in Bangalore in 2006) was a talented Indian writer. She was known for her funny stories and plays in the Kannada language. Sunandamma also received the important Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for her work.

Early Life and Education

Sunandamma was born in Tumkur, which is in Mysore (now Karnataka), in 1917. Her family was well-known in the Kingdom of Mysore. Her father, T. Ramaiah, was a senior government official.

Back then, it was not common for girls to go to school. But Sunandamma was determined to learn. She studied all the way up to high school. She was the only girl in her class and often did better than the boys. This made some parents unhappy, and they wanted her removed from school. Sunandamma was married when she was 11 years old.

Writing Career

Sunandamma started writing at a young age. She wrote poetry for a children's magazine called Makkala Pustaka. When she was 25, her articles began appearing in a new humour magazine, Koravanji. People loved her writing and praised it a lot.

Later, she moved to Bangalore. She started writing about the everyday lives of people around her, especially the women in the Basavangudi area. Her stories were seen as very strong and sharp.

Sunandamma also wrote plays for the radio station, All India Radio. Some of her stories were even turned into plays for the stage by other writers. For example, her short story Aadaddella Olithe…? was made into an English play called All's well. Another play, Heegadre hege?, based on her ideas, was performed in Bangalore in 2011.

Awards and Recognition

Sunandamma was the first writer to receive the Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award in 1995. This award was given to her by the Karnataka Government.

In 1979, she was chosen as the first president of the Karnataka Lekhakiyara Sangha. This is an important group for women writers in Karnataka. She received the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award in 1981. In 2004, she was given another award, the Anupama Prasasti, from the Karnataka Women Writers' Association.

Selected Works

• Jambhada cheela
• Bannada chitte
• Pepparamentu
• Muttina chenda
• Raddi gadi
• Vriksha vahana
• Nanna attegiri
• Dr M. Shivaram – a biography
• Tenali Ramakrishnan – a children's biography
• Samaya Sindu