Malika Amar Sheikh

Malika Amar Sheikh is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.^[1]

Personal Life

Malika Amar Sheikh was born on 16th February, 1957 to Shahir Amar Sheikh.^[2]

She was married to Dalit poet, and co-founder of the Dalit Panthers, Namdev Dhasal.^[3]

Family

Malika is the daughter of Shahir Amar Sheikh, and the wife of the late Namdeo Dhasal.^[4]

Books

• Valucha Priyakar (A Lover Made of Sand)
• Mahanagar (Metropolitan City)
• Deharutu (The Season of Body)
• Mala Udhvasta Whaychay (I Want to Get Ruined) (Autobiography)
• Handle With Care
• Ek Hota Undir (Story Of A Rat)
• Koham Koham (Who Am I?)

Anthologies

• Live Update: An Anthology of Recent Marathi Poetry, edited and translated by Sachin Ketkar, Mumbai: Poetrywala, 2005, ISBN 81-89621-00-9
• The Tree of Tongues — An Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry, edited by E.V. Ramakrishnan. Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.^[5]

References

1. "Poetry International Web - Malika Amar Sheikh". India.poetryinternationalweb.org. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
2. "परखड आणि स्पष्टवक्ती मल्लिका". Marathi.Divya. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
3. "The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature". cosal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-18. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 45 (help)
4. Rakshit Sonawane (Sep 11, 2007). "Dhasal's times of irony and anger". The Indian Express.
5. "tribuneindia...Book Reviews". Tribuneindia.com. 1999-11-07. Retrieved 2012-04-24.