Chennai, Aug 4 : Rokkiah Malik who writes under the pseudonym Salma is one of the eleven Indian authors contending for this year's Man Asia Literary Prize with her book 'Midnight Tales'
Rokkiah, who is a top official of the Tamil Nadu welfare department, was first published in the late '90s. She caught public imagination with her feminist poetry collections like "Oru Maalaiyum Innoru Maalaiyum" and "Pachai Thevathai".
She wrote her first novel in 2004. That same year she won the Katha award with her story, "Izhappu".
The publishing house Zuban published her Man Asia nominated title, "Midnight Tales", in English.
Malik comes from a conservative Tamil Muslim family near Tiruchirapally and is the mother of two. Her writing reflects the stories of women in her socio-cultural milieu.
She was a local panchayat chief and and a DMK candidate for a assembly seat in 2006.
--- IANS
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