Women writers from Tamil Nadu

Indian-born American author, actress, model, television host and executive producer

Indian actress and director

Indian poet

Indian physician and legislator

Indian mathematician

Indian politician

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Thoothukkudi constituency in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India. She was also a former MP who represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's Parliament). Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi for his third wife Rajathi Ammal.

Indian, Hindi language writer

American writer (1923-2009)

Tamil novelist

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian choreographer

Indian singer

Indian writer

classical dancer of Mohiniyattom, choreographer and author

Indian writer

Ambujammal Desikachari née Srinivasa Iyengar (8 January 1899-1983) was an Indian independence activist and women's rights activist. A Gandhian, she participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and served as vice-president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. Ambujammal was awarded the Padma Shri in 1964.

Sivasankari (born 14 October 1942) is an Indian author and activist who writes in Tamil. She is one of the four Tamil writers asked by the United States Library of Congress to record their voice as part of the South Asian article on Sivashankari.

Film Maker, poet

Tamil writer, artist and social activist (1947–2010)

Indian journalist, educationist and social worker (1925–2019)

Indian politician and Tamil-language writer

Indian film director

Indian playwright, screenwriter

Indian feminist activist

Jothimani Sennimalai (born 9 August 1975), also known mononymously as Jothimani, is an Indian politician, writer, and social worker. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Karur, Tamil Nadu in 2019. Having joined politics at a young age, Jothimani served separate terms as the General Secretary and Vice President of Indian Youth Congress and Tamil Nadu Youth Congress respectively.

Indian writer, teacher, social innovator

Tamil Writer

Sukirtharani is an Indian feminist poet who is widely acclaimed for her contribution to contemporary Dalit and Tamil literature.

illustrator and writer

Indian poet and novelist

Indian writer

British writer and translator (1935-2016)

Indian poet

Indian author

Indian writer (1921-1987)

Indian communist

Indian journalist

Indian police officer

social reformer

Indian director and screenwriter