Maanasi
{{short description|Indian writer of Malayalam literature}}
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| birth_name = P. A. Rukmini
| birth_date = 4 May 1948
| birth_place = Kerala, India
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| occupation = Writer
| language = Malayalam
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| notableworks = Manjile Pakshi
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| awards = Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story
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P. A. Rukmini (born 4 May 1948) is an Indian Malayalam language short story writer who writes under the pen name Maanasi or Manasi.{{Cite web |title='സ്ത്രീ പുരുഷ ബന്ധം പ്രമേയമായ എന്റെ ആദ്യ കഥ അമ്മ എടുത്ത് അട്ടത്തേക്കിട്ടു ' |url=https://archives.mathrubhumi.com/books/interview/interview-with-writer-manasi-1.2914255 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Mathrubhumi Archives |language=en}} She won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 1993 for her work Manjile Pakshi.{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2017 |title=Manasi: A writer without changalakal (chains) |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/manasi-a-writer-without-changalakal-chains/articleshow/61539829.cms |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Mumbai Mirror |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Bālakr̥ṣṇan |first=Kalpat̲t̲a |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5YpkAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86+%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%BF |title=മലയാളസാഹിത്യ ചരിത്രം |date=2000 |publisher=Kēraḷa Bhāṣā Inst̲t̲it̲t̲ut̲t̲ȧ |isbn=978-81-7638-143-7 |language=ml}}
Biography
Manasi was born near Tiruvilvamala as the daughter of P. Sivarama Menon and P.A. Malathi Amma. She studied Chemical Engineering at Thrissur Engineering College but did not complete the course. She has been living in Mumbai since 1970 where she worked as a freelance copywriter for a few years.{{Cite book |last=Mānasi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=saaaAAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF |title=മാനസിയുടെ കഥകൾ |date=1998 |publisher=Ḍi. Si. Buks |isbn=978-81-7130-838-5 |language=ml}} She has contributed short stories and articles to periodicals. Her many stories have been translated and published in English, Marathi and Kannada. Her story Punaradhivasam was adapted into a Malayalam feature film by VK Prakash in 2000. The film won numerous awards including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and Kerala State Film Award for Best Story.{{Cite news |date=2016-03-28 |title=V.K. Prakash’s Nirnayakam has won the National Film Award for best film on a social issue. |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/a-message-well-told/article8405614.ece |access-date=2023-04-14 |issn=0971-751X}}
Maanasi is known for telling stories from the dark corners of the female psyche and breaking down the definition of women given by men.{{cite book|last=എഡിറ്റർ : ഡോ. പി.വി.കൃഷ്ണൻനായർ|title=സാഹിത്യകാര ഡയറക്ടറി|year=2004|publisher=കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി|isbn=81-7690-042-7|pages=343}}
Awards
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Category:21st-century Indian writers
Category:21st-century Indian women writers
Category:Malayalam-language writers