J. Devika

J. Devika is a bilingual feminist teacher, researcher, social commentator, translator and writer of children's fiction based at Centre for Development Studies, Kerala. She has translated the wors of Malayalam writers such as K. Saraswati Amma, Lalitambika Antarjanam, Anitha Thampi, K.R. Meera, Unni R., Manoj Kuroor, Ambikasuthan Mangad, among others, into English. Her translation of Manoj Kuroor's Nilam Poothu Malarnna Naal – The Day the Earth Bloomed – won the 2025 Crossword Book Award (Translations); she was also the recipient of the V. Abdulla Prize for Translation for Hangwoman, the translation of K.R. Meera's novel Aarachaar. She has also translated works on social science and social theory from English to Malayalam, including those by Nivedita Menon, Satish Deshpande and Banu Subramaniam. 

She lives in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.