Ashitha was married to K. V. Ramankutty and had a daughter, Uma Praseedha.[4][5] She was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and was undergoing treatment when she died on 27 March 2019, at 62, survived by her husband, daughter and son-in-law.[6][7]
Ponnani Edasseri Smaraka Samithi selected Ashitha's work, Vismaya Chhihnangal for an Edasseri Award in 1986[16] and she received the Lalithambika Anterjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award in 1994.[17] Her short story anthology, Thathagatha, fetched her the Padmarajan Award in 2000.[18][19]Kerala Sahitya Akademi selected Ashithayude Kathakal, another short story anthology, for its annual award for story in 2015.[20] She was also a recipient of Ankanam Award[21] and Thoppil Ravi Foundation Award.[22]
Selected works
Short stories
Ashitha (2002). Nilavinte Nattile. DC Books. ASIN B007E4VMWU.
Ashitha (2012). Mazhameghangal. DC Books. ASIN B007E4VNO2.
Ashitha (2007). Amma Ennotu Parnha Nunakal. Green Books. ISBN 979-8184230535.
Ashitha (2015). Ashithayude Kathakal. Mathrubhumi. ISBN 978-8182664937.
Ashitha (2013). Ori Sthreeyum Parayathathu. Kerala Bhasha Institute. ISBN 9788188420100.
Ashitha (2015). Ma Faleshu (in Malayalam). Kelkkam Audio Books. ISBN 9780000104847. (audio book)
^"Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story" (PDF). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^"Malayalam short story writer and poet Ashitha passes away at 63". The New Indian Express. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^"Thoppil Ravi Foundation Award". keralabookstore.com. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Further reading
"'This Ashitha is a bleeding warrior, wounded waging the war of life' - writer Ashitha". vanitha.in. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
"Haiku Poems of Ashitha". Mathrubhumi. 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu. "As we reach there, father says, Look at those pigs, she is born to them'". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019. Ashitha in conversation with Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu
Pillai, Meena T. (22 November 2018). "Small is beautiful". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
External links
Mathrubhumi News (26 March 2019). "Noted Malayalam Writer Ashitha Passes Away". YouTube. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Asianet News (26 March 2019). "Noted Malayalam writer Ashitha passed away". YouTube. Retrieved 27 March 2019.