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Hephzibah Jesudasan is fromPulipunam in Kanyakumari district,Tamil Nadu. An eminent professor ofEnglish, she won much criticalacclaim for her first novel PuthamVeedu, a classic little gem hailed asone of the earliest realistic novels inTamil. Her novels are memorable forher artless prose and earnest portrayalof the palmyra climbers of her region.She was also an accomplishedtranslator, essayist, poet and writer ofchildren's books.
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