Kanaka Ha Ma


Kanaka Ha Ma is a noted Kannada poet and columnist. She has also been active as a Theatre actor and a freelance journalist for Kannada publications.

Family

Kanaka hails from Halikere, Shimoga district in Karnataka. She is married to P. C. Vishnunath and the couple have one child.

Work

Three collections of her poetry have been published by Akshara Prakashana which is run by Ninasam. She also translated noted Urdu poet, Javed Akhtar's book Tarkash to Kannada Her poems are featured on Poetry International Rotterdam and have been translated into English and French. Kanaka also used to write columns for Kannada publications including Lankesh Patrike and Kannada daily Udayavani.< While working with SPARROW she translated poems and interviews of Urdu, Marathi and Kannada writers and edited books on them.
She is a founder member and Director of PAMPA which has organized the SIWE at Chengannur for the last 3 years.
In November 1997 she attended the International Poetry Biennale at Ivry Sur Seine, France along with other well known poets like Kanimozhi and Bei Dao.

Publications

Some of her works are