# Maya Kamath

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{{Short description|Indian cartoonist (1951–2001)}}
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|name        = Maya Kamath
|image       = MayaKamath.jpg
|website= 
|birth_name  = 
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1951|03|12|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [Bombay](/source/Bombay), [India](/source/India)
|death_date  = {{death date and age|2001|10|26|1951|03|12|df=yes}}
|death_place = 
|occupation  = [Cartoonist](/source/Cartoonist), illustrator
|relatives   = 
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|spouse      = Amarnath Kamath
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|known_for   = [MKMA](/source/Indian_Institute_of_Cartoonists)
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'''Maya Kamath''' (1951-2001) was an Indian cartoonist.

Born in [Bombay](/source/Mumbai), India, Kamath spent her formative years in [Delhi](/source/Delhi), and acquired an MA in English literature. Drawing was a childhood hobby and she became an illustrator with Macmillan publishers and a drawing teacher at [Sophia's School](/source/Sophia's_School). It was the sight of sketches in a book titled ''[For Better or for Worse](/source/For_Better_or_for_Worse)'', by [Lynn Johnston](/source/Lynn_Johnston), that inspired her to draw cartoons.<ref>[https://wn.com/maya_kamath/news Maya Kamath, Indian Cartoonist] By wn.com</ref>{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

Kamath's career as a cartoonist began in 1985 with ''The Evening Herald'' a publication of the [Deccan Herald](/source/Deccan_Herald) group. She later worked for Indian newspapers such as ''[The Indian Express](/source/The_Indian_Express)'', ''[The Asian Age](/source/The_Asian_Age)'' and ''[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India)''. She also contributed environmental cartoons in a German collection called ''Third World''. In October 1998, the [Karnataka](/source/Karnataka) Cartoonists' Association presented her with an award at their 7th Cartoonists' Conference.

Her collection is currently with SPARROW link below and has been published as ''The World of MAYA''.

At the time of her death Kamath was India's only female political cartoonist.

==Maya Kamath Memorial Award==
[[File:Logo_of_IIC.jpg|125x125px|thumb|Logo of MKMA: [IIC](/source/Indian_Institute_of_Cartoonists).]]
Kamath died at the age of 50. Her husband, Amarnath Kamath, instituted the annual Maya Kamath Memorial Award (MKMA : 2008-2021) in 2008 under the aegis of the [Indian Institute of Cartoonists](/source/Indian_Institute_of_Cartoonists). The award lasts till 2021. It recognises excellence in cartooning and is followed by an exhibition of the cartoons at the Indian Cartoon Gallery.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dna-cartoonist-manjul-wins-maya-kamath-award-for-excellence-1384607 Maya Kamath Award 2009] By Agrawal, Ruchita in Daily News & Analysis, May 18, 2010]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310210049/http://www.cartoonistsindia.com/htm/homage.htm homage by cartoonist of India]}}
* [http://www.sparrowonline.org/project-maya-kamath.html SPARROW brief on Maya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703051351/http://www.sparrowonline.org/project-maya-kamath.html |date=2017-07-03 }}
* [https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge/in-the-world-of-maya/articleshow/21366178.cms In the world of Maya]

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Category:Indian editorial cartoonists
Category:Indian women cartoonists
Category:Women editorial cartoonists
Category:Indian women illustrators
Category:20th-century Indian illustrators
Category:1951 births
Category:2001 deaths

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