Anitha Thampi

Anitha Thampi is a Malayalam poet and translator. She has published four collections of poetry:  Muttamatikkumpol (While Sweeping the Frontyard; 2004), Azhakillaathavayellam (All that are bereft of beauty; 2010), Alappuzha Vellam (Alappuzha Water; 2016) and a trilingual co-authored collection, A Different Water (2018). She has published translations of the Australian poet Les Murray (2007), translated the Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti’s autobiographical monologue I Saw Ramallah (2017), the Spanish classic Platero and I and the Italian classic Pinocchio. She had her formal education in chemical engineering and did her PhD in waste management from IIT Bombay.