Laxmi Kallicharan, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Laxmi Kallicharan

Guyanese writer

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1951

Date of Death: 20-Jan-2002

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Latchmie Kumarie Vainmati Kallicharran (??????? ?????? ??????? ??????????) (5 June 1951 – 20 January 2002) was a writer who was born in Guyana.
She was one of the pioneers of Indo-Guyanese cultural awareness.
Her use of radio and television for cultural promotion was innovative.
She also organized and presented cultural programmes, the first being Lalla-Rookh.
She staged her first show in the early 1970s when there was considerable resistance within the ruling PNC to regard Indo-Guyanese culture as being truly Guyanese. Her work included the organization of dance and music shows, the organization of an important photographic exhibition of Indo-Guyanese history and artifacts, and the publishing of Shraadanjali (1986), a small anthology of Indo-Guyanese poetry. She died in a fire in early 2002.