K. Satchidanandan

Last updated

Koyamparambath Satchidanandan
Satchidanandan2@Kollam 2022.jpg
Born (1946-05-28) 28 May 1946 (age 77)
Pulloot, Trichur, Kingdom of Cochin
Nationality Indian
GenrePoetry, criticism, travelogue, translation, drama
Notable awards
Signature
K. Sachidanandan autograph.svg

K. Satchidanandan (born 28 May 1946) is an Indian poet [1] and critic, writing in Malayalam and English. A pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam, a bilingual literary critic, playwright, editor, columnist and translator, [2] he is the former editor of Indian Literature journal and the former secretary of Sahitya Akademi. [3] He is also social advocate for secular anti-caste views, supporting causes like environment, human rights and free software and is a well known speaker on issues concerning contemporary Indian literature. He is the festival director of Kerala Literature Festival. [4] [5]

Contents

Life and career

Koyamparambath Satchidanandan was born in 1946 in Pulloot, a village in Kodungallur in the Thrissur District of Kerala. [6]

After his early education in a village school, he was graduated in biology from the Christ College, Irinjalakuda, and had his Masters in English from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam. He obtained his PhD in post-structuralist poetics from the University of Calicut. He joined as a lecturer in English at K.K.T.M. Govt. College, Pulloot in 1968, and moved to Christ College, Irinjalakuda, in 1970 where he became a professor of English. He voluntarily retired from this post in 1992 to take up the editorship of Indian Literature, the English journal of the Indian National Academy in Delhi. In 1996 he was nominated Secretary, the chief executive, of the academy, a post from which he retired in 2006. Later he served as a Consultant to the Indian Government's Department of Higher Education and to the National Translation Mission. He also worked as Director, School of Translation Studies [7] and Training at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi. [8] He edited 'The Katha Library of Indian Literature', 'The Library of South Asian Literature' and Beyond Borders, a journal of South Asian literature and ideas.

Satchidanandan's literary career began with the publication of 'Kurukshetram', a collection of essays on poetry (1970) and 'Anchusooryan', a collection of poems (1971). Since then he has published several books of poetry, criticism, plays, travelogues and translations of poetry and plays and edited several magazines like 'Jwala', 'Uttaram' and 'Pachakkutira' besides many anthologies of poetry and essays in Malayalam, English, Hindi and Slovenian. He has represented India at several national and international literary events like Valmiki World Poetry Festival (Delhi,1985), Sarajevo Poetry Days (1985), Festival of India in the USSR (1988), Printemps des Poetes, France (2003), Berlin Literary Festival (2005), Frankfurt Book fair (2005, 2006), Paris Book fair (2007), Jaipur International Literary Festival (2008, 9, 10, 11,12), London Book fair (2009), Indo-Arab Literary Festival, Abu Dhabi (2008), Blue Metropolis Literary Festival, Montreal (20110, Hay Festival, Trivandrum, 2011) Rotterdam Poetry Festival (2012), Medellin Poetry Festival (2013), Festival of India in Latin America (2013), Sharjah Book fair (2013) and Vilenica Literary Festival, Slovenia (2014, 2015). This is besides readings in Lahore, Manchester, Dubai, Damascus, Aleppo, Bonn, Rome, Madrid, Avila, Segovia and all major cities in India. One of the most widely anthologised and translated of modern poets in India, he has 32 books of poems in 18 languages. He was given the Indo-Polish Friendship Medal by the Government of Poland in 2005 and the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2006. [9] He was in the Ladbroke list of Nobel probables in 2011.[3] [10] [11] A film on him, 'Summer Rain' was released in 2007. [12]

Satchidanandan is a National Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Simla. He co-edits two on-line journals, Guftugu and 1 Over the 8th. His poems appeared in many prestigious poetry anthologies like Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry, [13] The Dance of the Peacock . [14] [15]

He worked from 1996 to 2006, as the secretary of Sahitya Akademi. He returned to teaching after retiring from Sahitya Akademi, and worked as Director and Professor of the School of Translation Studies and Training at the Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi until 2011. [16]

Satchidanandan is married, and has two daughters.

Awards and honours

Akademi awards

Other major awards and fellowships

  • 1990: Srikant Verma Fellowship, Govt of Madhya Pradesh.
  • 1993: Oman Cultural Centre Award, Oman.
  • 1997: Mahakavi P. Kunjiraman Nair Award, Kerala. [22]
  • 1998: Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award, Kolkata
  • 1999: Senior Research Fellowship, Govt of India
  • 2001: Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram, Chennai. [23]
  • 2002: Baharain Keraleeya Samajam Award, Baharain
  • 2002: Gangadhar Meher Award, Sambalpur, Orissa
  • 2005: Pandlam Keralavarma Award, Kerala [24]
  • 2005: Bappu Reddy National Award, Andhra Pradesh.
  • 2005: Vayalar Award, Kerala [24]
  • 2007: K. Kuttikrishnan Award, Kerala
  • 2008: Subramanya Shenoi Award, Kerala
  • 2009: Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Award, Kuwait
  • 2009: N T Rama Rao National Award, Andhra Pradesh
  • 2009: Birla Fellowship for Comparative Literature, Delhi
  • 2009: Padmaprabha Award, Kerala [25]
  • 2010: C P Menon Award, Kerala
  • 2012: Kusumagraj National Award, Maharashtra [26]
  • 2012: Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad Award [27]
  • 2013: Kamala Surayya Award, Dubai
  • 2014: Kuvempu National Award, Karnataka [28] [29]
  • 2014: Manapuram V C Patmanabhan Award, Kerala
  • 2014: Kala Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, London
  • 2014: Muttathu Varkey Award [30]
  • 2014: SBT Suvarna Mudra Award
  • 2015: National Fellowship, IIAS, Shimla
  • 2016: UAE International Award for Poets of Peace, Dubai, Government of UAE [31]
  • 2016: V. Aravindakshan Memorial Award for Total Contribution
  • 2016: Kanhangad Kavyavedi Award for Poetry
  • 2017: Kamala Surayya Award for Total Contribution
  • 2017: Vengayil Kunhirman Nayanar Kesari Award for Total Contribution
  • 2017: P. Govinda Pillai Award for Total Contribution to Society and Literature
  • 2017. U R Ananthamurhy Awards for Total Literary Contribution
  • 2017: Ezhuthachan Puraskaram [3]
  • 2018: E K Divakaran Potti Memorial Award for Literary Translation
  • 2018: ChiranatanaKalasamiti Award, Dubai, UAE
  • 2019: Sahityolsav Award (Sunni Students Federation), Kerala
  • 2019: Kavisamrat Upendra Bhanja National Award for poetry, Orissa
  • 2019: Navamalayali Cultural Award, Kerala
  • 2019: Kaliayachhan Poetry Award, Kerala
  • 2019: Tata Literature Festival Poet Laureate Award, Bombay
  • 2020: Mathrubhumi Literary Award [32]
  • 2021: ONV Award instituted by the University of Kerala [33]
  • 2023: Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia Poetry Award, Jaipur [34]

Works in Malayalam

Poetry

  • Anchu Sooryan (Five Suns, 1971)
  • Aathmagita (The Song of the Self, 1974)
  • Kavita (Poetry, 1977, 82, 84)
  • Indian Sketchukal (Indian Sketches, 1978)
  • Ezhuthachan Ezhutumbol (When the Poet Writes, 1979, 85, 87, 89)
  • Peedana Kalam (Times of Torment, 1981, 89)
  • Venal Mazha (The Summer Rain, 1982)
  • Randu Deergha Kavyangal (Two Long Poems, 1983)
  • Satchidanandante Kavithakal 1962–82 (Poems 1962–82, 1983,87)
  • Socrateesum Kozhiyum (Socrates and the Cock, 1984)
  • Ivanekkoodi (Him, too, 1987, 89, 90, 95, 97)
  • Veedumattam (Changing House, 1988)
  • Kayattam (The Ascent, 1990)
  • Kavibuddhan (The Poet as Buddha, 1992)
  • Enta Satchidanandan Kavitakal, Ed. Balachandran Chullikkad (Selected poems 1993)
  • Desatanam (Going Places, 1994, 1995)
  • Malayalam (1996, 1998, 2003))
  • Apoornam (Imperfect, 1998)
  • Theranjedutha Kavitakal (Selected Poems, 1999)
  • Sambhashanathinu Oru Sramam (An Attempt to Converse, 2000) [35]
  • Vikku, (Stammer, 2002)
  • Sakshyangal (Witness, 2004)
  • Ghazalukal, Geetangal (Ghazals and Geets, 2005)
  • Satchidanandante Kavithakal (Poems 1965–2005, 2006)
  • Anantam (Infinite, 2006)
  • Onnaam Padham (The First Lesson, 2006)
  • Ente Kavita (My Poems, 2008)
  • Marannunacha Vasthukkal (Misplaced Objects,2009)
  • Bahuroopi (The Shape-shifter, 2011)
  • Tathagatham(2013) [36]
  • Nilkkunna Manushyan ( The Standing Man, 2015) [37]
  • Sachidanandante Kavithakal 1965–2015 (Poems, 2016) [38]
  • Samudrangalkku Matramalla (Not only the Oceans, 2017) [39]

Plays

  • Saktan Thampuran (One-act Plays, 1983)
  • Gandhi (Full-length Play, 1995) [40]

Prose

  • Kurukshetram (Studies in Modern Poetry, 1970)
  • Janatayum Kavitayum ((Poetry and the People, 1982, 84)
  • Marxian Soundarya Sastram (Marxian Aesthetics, 1983, 90)
  • Thiranjedutha Lekhanangal (Selected Essays, 1985)
  • Pablo Neruda (A Lecture on Pablo Neruda, 1985, 1990, Revised, 2007))
  • Samvadangal (Dialogues: on society, culture, politics, religion education, ecology and literature, 1986)
  • Sameepananangal (Approaches, 1986)
  • Samskarathinte Rashtreeyam (The Politics of Culture, 1989)
  • Sambhashanangal (Conversations: a collection of Interviews given, 1989)
  • Brechtinte Kala (The Art of Bertolt Brecht, 1989, Revised, 2007)
  • Padavukal (Steps: Early articles, 1990)
  • Kazhchakal, Kazhachappadukal (Sights and Visions: Travelogues, 1991)
  • Anveshanangal (Enquiries, 1991)
  • Veenduvicharangal (Rethinkings, 1992)
  • Soundaryavum Adhikaravum (Beauty and Power: on Aesthetics and Politics, 1993)
  • Muhurtangal (Moments, selected Essays on Malayalam Literature, 1996)
  • Pala Lokam, Pala Kalam (Many Times, Many Worlds, Travel Writings, 1998)
  • Kalayum Nishedhavum (Art and Dissent, 1999)
  • Bharateeya Kavitayile Pratirodha Paramparyam (The Tradition of Dissent of Indian Poetry, 2002)
  • Moonnu Yatra (Three Travels, Travelogues, 2004)
  • Kizhakkum Padinjarum (East and West, Travelogues, 2005)
  • Adithattukal (Foundations, Essays, 2006)
  • Mukhamukham (Face to Face, Interviews, 2006)
  • Darshanathinte Ritubhedangal (Seasons of Vision, Articles, 2010)
  • Malayalakavitha Patanangal (Studies in Malayalam Poetry, 2009, 2011)
  • Sahityavum Pratirodhavum (Literature and Resistance, Criticism, 2013)
  • Anubhavam, Orma, Yatra ( Experience, Memory, Travel, Autobiographical Essays, 2013)
  • Vithum Vrikshavum (The Seed and the Tree, Selected Essays on Literature, 2013)
  • Varoo, Ee Theruvile Raktham Kaanoo ( Come and See the Blood in the Streets, 2017)
  • Kavithayude Lokangal ( The Many Worlds of Poetry, Essays, and Columns on Poetry, 2018)

Poetry translations in other languages

Prose translation in other languages

Original works in English

Translations into Malayalam

Poetry

  • Thiranjedutha Kavithakal (Selected Poems of Kazi Nazrul Islam), Trichur, 1976
  • Nerudayude Kavithakal (Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda, Trivandrum, 1976; Reissued with more poems from Calicut, 1985, 1987, 1998)
  • Jail Diary (Ho Chi Minh’s Prison Diary, Trivandrum, 1976, Kottayam 1982, Calicut, 1998)
  • Brechtinte Nooru Kavithakal (100 poems of Bertolt Brecht, Calicut, 1985)
  • Naleyude Kavitha (Poems by Alexander Blok, Vladimir Mayakovsky and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Irinjalakuda, 1982)
  • Karutha Kavitha (Black Poetry from Three Continents, Badagara, 1982, 2012)
  • Latin American Kavithal (Poetry from Latin America, Guruvayur, 1982)
  • Maoyude Kavithakal (Mao Zedong’s Poems, Kottayam, 1984)
  • Kavithaparyadanangal (Poetry from Across the World, Ernakulam, 1986)
  • Pathu Naveena Kavikal (Ten Modern Poets: Cesar Vallejo, Federico García Lorca, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Eugenio Montale, Yehuda Amichai, Chairil Anwar, Zbigniew Herbert, Attila József, Nazim Hikmet, Lu Hsun – Payyannur, 1989, Reissued as Oliyum Palunkum with two more poets, Wisława Szymborska and Mahmoud Darwish, Trivandrum, 2009)
  • Nooru Russian Kavithakal (100 Russian Poems, Calicut, 1989)
  • Samakaleena Hindi Kavitha (Contemporary Hindi Poetry, Calicut, 1989)
  • Magadha (Shrikant Verma’s Long Hindi Poem, Magadh, Calicut, 1990)
  • Muppathu Indian Kavayathrikal (30 Indian Women Poets, calicut, 1990)
  • Vakkukalude Akasham (Sitakant Mahapatra’s Oriya poems, Sabdara Akash, Delhi,1999)
  • Urangunnavarkkulla Kathukal (Modern Swedish Poetry, Kottayam, 2007)
  • Padinjaran Kavitha (Collected Translations, Vol 1. European Poetry, Calicut, 2008)
  • Kettiyitta Koladu (The Last Poems of Kamala Das from Closure, Kottayam, 2010)
  • Maram (Translation of Safdar Hashmi’s Tree, Poetry for children, Trivandrum, 2010)
  • Moonnam Loka Kavitha (Collected Translations, Vol. 2. Third World Poetry, Calicut), 2012
  • Indian Kavitha (Collected Poems, Vol.3. Indian Poetry, Calicut, 2014)
  • Palaloka Kavitha (Collected Poems, Vol. 4. Poetry from Around the World, Calicut, 2014)

Plays

Works on K. Satchidanandan

In Malayalam

  • Satchidanandante Lokangal : (The Worlds of Satchidanandan): Essays on the poet's works
  • Navasargam M. Leelavathy (A Chapter on the Poet)
  • Haritha Niroopanam Malayalathil – Ed. G. Madhusudanan (An eco-aesthetic study on the poem, Ezhimala)
  • Bible Adhunika Kavithayil – Fr. Joseph Cheeran (A l00-page Chapter on Bible and Satchidanandan’s Poetry)
  • Sambhashanangal Conversations with Satchidanandan
  • Mukhamukham Collection of Interviews with Satchidanandan
  • Grandhalokam a festschrift on Satchidanandan
  • " Mathrubhumi" Weekly, a festschrift on Satchidanandan
  • " Alilayum Nelkkatirum" (The Banyan Leaf and the Cornstalk), Studies on Sachidanandan's Poetry ed. P. Suresh

In English

  • Malayalam Literary Survey : Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Trichur (Article ‘Under the Bodhi Tree : A Study of the Images of Thathagatha in Satchidanandan's poems’ by A. R. Vijayaraghavan
  • Making it New : IIAS, Shimla 1995 : E. V. Ramakrishnan (Chapter ‘Living on the Faultline : The Poetry of Satchidanandan; with Interview)
  • Indian Review of Books, Chennai, 8 Dec–Jan.1998–99. Review Article, ‘Sensitive Reflections’ by Pramod Menon
  • The Book Review, Delhi, April 2001, Review Article, ‘The Dialectic of Poetry’ by E. V. Ramakrishnan
  • World Literature Today, Minnesota, Spring 2002, Review Article, ‘So Many Births’ by John Oliver Perry
  • Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 4 Oct 2003, Article ‘Reminiscences of a Poet’ by Lakshmee Rajeev
  • GBD’s of Assam Letters, Guwahati, 2004, Article ‘Reflection’s on Life’ by Jaykanta Sharma
  • How To Go To The Tao Temple, Delhi, 1998, ‘Modernism and Beyond’, Interview by Makarand Paranjape
  • The Gulf Today, Dubai, 24 May 2001, ‘Packaging Exotic Life’, Article by Rajeev Poduval
  • The Creative Mind, Delhi, July–Sept. 2004, ‘Master Magician in Literature’, Interview and article by Sujata Chowdhuri
  • About Poetry, About Life, Author's essay on his life and work in While I Write (Harper-Collins, Delhi, 2011)
  • A Conversation with Satchidanandan (Interview with Rizio Raj) in Misplaced Objects and Other Poems (Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 2014) [50]

In German

  • Literatur Nachrichten, Frankfurt, February 2006 ‘Auch nach Tagore line Mange intelligentes Schariben’, Interview
  • Ich Glaube Nicht An Grenzen, Frankfurt, 2006, Introduction, Interview

In French

  • Visions et révisions (Introduction); Genèse; L'homme qui se souvenait de tout; in Digraphe no. 80/81, 1997
  • Les survivants; in Europe vol. 80, no. 883–884, 2002
  • Tant de vies: L’incomplet et autres poèmes, Editions Caractères, Paris, 2002, introd. et trad. Martine Chemana
  • Ragmala – Anthologie, Anne Cestaing (ed.) L'Asiathèque – Langues & Mondes, Paris, 2005: Introd. article and Extract

In Italian

  • India, Rome, 2002, 2 Article, ‘Poesia di Satchidanandan’ by Antonio Menniti Ippolito
  • I Riti Della Terra, Castelvecchi, Rome, Feb. 2005, Introduction ‘Tradurre Versi’ by Giulia Gatti

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan</span> Indian poet

M. R. Ramakrishna Panikkar, popularly known as Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan or Kadammanitta, was an Indian poet. He was born in Kadammanitta province of Pathanamthitta district, Kerala. His childhood experiences, especially the Patayani songs, had a strong influence on his literary work.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">G. Sankara Kurup</span> Indian Malayali poet and literary critic

G. Sankara Kurup, also referred to as Mahakavi G, was an Indian poet, essayist and literary critic of Malayalam literature. Known as one of the greats of Malayalam poetry, he was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award―the highest Indian literary honor. He served as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 1968 to 1972 and received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1967. He was also a recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edasseri Govindan Nair</span> Indian poet and critic

Edasseri Govindan Nair was an Indian poet and playwright of Malayalam literature. Known as one of the major poets of Malayalam, Edasseri was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry. He was also a recipient of Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram, which was awarded posthumously.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon</span> Indian writer

Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature. Known for his works such as Kudiyozhikkal, Kannikkoythu and Mambazham, Menon was the founder president of the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham, an organisation of Kerala-based artists, writers and art and literature enthusiasts. He was a recipient of several honours including Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry, Vayalar Award and Odakkuzhal Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kunjunni Mash</span> Indian poet

Kunjunni, popularly known as Kunjunni Mash, was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature. Known for his short poems with a philosophical overtone, his works were popular among children as well as adults. He received several honors including three awards from the Kerala Sahitya Akademi viz. Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">D. Vinayachandran</span> Indian poet

D. Vinayachandran was an Indian Malayalam poet. He is one of the proponents of modern style of prose in Malayalam poetry. He was born in West Kallada, Kollam district and has worked as a Malayalam professor in various colleges for more than thirty years. He had his early education in schools in and around Kallada. After completing his master's in Malayalam literature from Government Sanskrit College, Pattambi, he entered the collegiate education service as a lecture and worked in various government colleges across Kerala. He joined the faculty of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, in 1991 and retired from University's School of Letters in 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Attoor Ravi Varma</span> Indian poet and translator (1930–2019)

Attoor Ravi Varma was an Indian poet and translator of Malayalam literature. One of the pioneers of modern Malayalam poetry, Ravi Varma is a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation, besides many other honours. The Government of Kerala honoured him with their highest literary award, the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, in 2012 and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi inducted him as their distinguished fellow in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer</span> Indian poet and historian

Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer, born Sambasivan but popularly known as Ulloor, was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature and a historian. He was one of the modern triumvirate poets of Kerala in the first half of the 20th century, along with Kumaran Asan and Vallathol Narayana Menon. Umakeralam, a mahakavya, and Kerala Sahitya Charitram, a comprehensive history of the Malayalam language are two of his most important works.

N. V. Krishna Warrier was an Indian poet, journalist, scholar, academician and political thinker. A prolific writer, Warrier's works covered the genres of poetry, drama, travelogue, translation, children's literature and science. He was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry. The Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him with their fellowship in 1986, three years before his death in 1989.

Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1902–1980) was an Indian poet, playwright, translator, lexicographer and story writer of Malayalam. He was the author of a number of poetry anthologies, besides other works, and he translated Abhijnana Shakuntalam, Tulsi Ramayana, Tirukkuṛaḷ, the poems of Subramania Bharati and two cantos of The Light of Asia of Edwin Arnold into Malayalam. He also contributed in the preparation of a dictionary, Kairali Kosham. A recipient of the Odakkuzhal Award and Thirukural Award, Kurup received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 1966. Sahitya Akademi honoured him with their annual award in 1974.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olappamanna</span> Indian poet

Olappamanna Mana Subramanian Namboothirippad, better identified by his family name, Olappamanna , was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature. A former chairman of Kerala Kalamandalam and an author of 20 books of poetry, his poems were noted for their explicit social expressions. He received two awards from Kerala Sahitya Academy and another from Kendra Sahitya Academy, besides honours such as Government of Madras Poetry Prize, Odakkuzhal Award, N. V. Puraskaram, Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram and Ulloor Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">V. Madhusoodanan Nair</span> Indian Malayalam writer (born 1949)

V. Madhusoodanan Nair is an Indian poet and critic of Malayalam literature, who is credited with contributions in popularizing poetry through recitation. He is best known for Naranathu Bhranthan, the poem with the most editions in Malayalam literature as well as his music albums featuring recitations of his own poems and poems of other major poets. Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him with their annual award for poetry in 1993. He is also a recipient many other honours including Sahitya Akademi Award, Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram, Padmaprabha Literary Award, Kunju Pillai Award, R. G. Mangalom Award, Souparnikatheeram Prathibhapuraskaram and Janmashtami Puraskaram.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri</span> Indian writer (1926–2020)

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, popularly known as Akkitham, was an Indian poet and essayist who wrote in Malayalam. He was known for a simple and lucid style of writing, exploring themes of profound love and compassion in his works. Some of his prominent works included Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam, Balidarshanam, and Nimisha Kshetram.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Veerankutty</span> Indian poet

Veerankutty is a Malayalam poet and former associate professor in Dept of Malayalam Govt College Madappally. He was born in Narayamkulam near Perambra in Kozhikode District, Kerala, India. Veerankutty worked as Head of Malayalam Department at MEASS College Areacode.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puthussery Ramachandran</span> Indian poet (1928–2020)

Puthussery Ramachandran Pillai was an Indian poet of the Malayalam language. He was a scholar of Dravidian linguistics and a professor of Malayalam for more than three decades. On 14 March 2020, he died of age-related illnesses.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">N. N. Kakkad</span> Indian poet

Narayanan Nambuthiri Kakkad, commonly known as N. N. Kakkad, was an Indian poet of the Malayalam language. Known for works such as Saphalmee Yathra, Pathalathinde Muzhakkam and Changatham, he was a Sanskrit scholar and was known to have been proficient in painting and music. He was a recipient of several awards including Odakkuzhal Award, Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and Vayalar Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">K. G. Sankara Pillai</span> Indian poet (born 1948)

K. G. Sankara Pillai is an Indian poet. He came into prominence in the 1970s with the publication of the poem "Bengal" and is now one of the most popular among the modernist poets of Kerala. A recipient of the state and central Sahitya Akademi Awards in 1998 and 2002 respectively, his writings in Malayalam have been translated into many Indian languages, as well as Chinese, French, German, English and Sinhala.

Paloor Madhavan Namboothiri, commonly known as M. N. Paloor, was a Malayalam-language poet from Kerala, India. He was one of the early modernist poets in Malayalam but his writings were steeped in the poetic tradition of Malayalam. He was a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, the state's highest literary honour, in 1983 for his collection Kalikalam. He also received the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for his autobiography Kathayillathavante Katha in 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vijayalakshmi (poet)</span> Indian poet (born 1960)

Vijayalakshmi is a Malayalam–language poet from the South Indian state of Kerala.

K. P. Sankaran is a Malayalam–language literary critic from Kerala, India. Born on 15 May 1939 in Painkulam in Trichur district of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin, he was a teacher at Changanacherry S.B. College, Trichur Kerala Varma College and Mysore Regional Institute of Education from where he retired in 2001. He resides with his wife Kamala Devi in Kottapparambu near Chelavoor, Calicut since 2019. He has authored around 30 books.

References

  1. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Kerala's top literary award for K. Satchidanandan". The Hindu. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "K. Satchidanandan". Poetryinternationalweb. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "K. Satchidanandan". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "K. Satchidanandan -- Malayalam Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)". www.loc.gov. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "K Satchidanandan – Manipal International Literature and Arts Platform 2017". M.I.L.A.P. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "K. Satchidanandan (poet) – India – Poetry International". www.poetryinternationalweb.net. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Satchidanandan, K. (1946--) – Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism". www.rem.routledge.com. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "An intuitive poet". www.tribuneindia.com. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Satchidanandan in contention for literature Nobel race – Times of India". The Times of India. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  11. ↑ Disha Global (24 January 2019). Summer Rain (Video) (in Malayalam). Vol. A biographic documentary on K. Satchidanandan. Moksh Films. 42.12 minutes in.
  12. ↑ "Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry". BigBridge.Org. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Grove, Richard. "The Dance of the Peacock:An Anthology of English Poetry from India". No. current. Hidden Brook Press, Canada. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Press, Hidden Brook. "Hidden Brook Press". Hidden Brook Press. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  15. ↑ cite web|title="Poetry International": Profile Poet K Satchidanandan|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/27/K-Satchidanandan Archived 12 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  18. ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  19. ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  20. ↑ "General Information – Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012 – Know India: National Portal of India". knowindia.gov.in. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  21. ↑ "P. Kunhiraman Nair Award". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  22. ↑ "Asan Prize". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  23. 1 2 "Winners of Vayalar Award". www.keralaculture.org. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  24. ↑ "Padmaprabha Literary Award – Padma Prabha Puraskaram". www.keralaculture.org. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  25. ↑ "Kusumagraj National Award for poet K Satchidanandan". dna. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  26. ↑ "Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad Award". www.keralaculture.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  27. ↑ "Satchidanandan chosen for Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar". The Hindu. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  28. ↑ Staff Correspondent (30 December 2013). "Satchidanandan wins first Kuvempu Award". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  29. ↑ "Muttathu Varkey award for Sachidanandan". The Hindu. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  30. ↑ "Four Poets of Peace honoured in Dubai". gulfnews.com. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  31. ↑ "K Satchidanandan wins Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2020". Mathrubhumi . 16 November 2020. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  32. ↑ "Poet K Satchidanandan bags ONV Award". Mathrubhumi . 13 February 2021. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  33. ↑ "K Satchidanandan to receive Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia Award" . Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  34. ↑ K. Satchidanandan (2000). Sambhashanathinu Oru Shramam. DC Books. ISBN   812640082X. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  35. ↑ K. Satchidanandan (2013). Thathagatham. Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN   9788182656475.
  36. ↑ K. Satchidanandan (2015). Nilkkunna Manuṣhyan. Kotayam. ISBN   9788126464036. OCLC   932618867.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  37. ↑ K. Satchidanandan (2016). Satchidanandante Kavithakal 1965 – 2015. DC Books. ISBN   978-8126466849.
  38. ↑ K. Satchidanandan (2017). Samudrangalkku Matramalla സമുദ്രങ്ങൾക്കു മാത്രമല്ല. DC Books. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  39. ↑ K. Satchidanandan (1995). Gandhi. Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad.
  40. ↑ Saccidānandan Dichter, Kritiker (1995). Summer rain : three decades of poetry. New Delhi: Nirala. ISBN   8185693900. OCLC   635847666.
  41. ↑ Saccidānandan (1998). How to go to the Tao temple and other poems. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publications. ISBN   8124105464. OCLC   39546331.
  42. ↑ Saccidānandan (2001). Apūrṇa aura anya kavitāem̐ (1. saṃskaraṇa ed.). Nayī Dillī: Rājakamala Prakāśana. ISBN   8126701854. OCLC   48222772.
  43. ↑ Saccidānandan (2001). So many births : three decades of poetry. New Delhi: Konark Publishers. ISBN   8122006035. OCLC   47667474.
  44. ↑ K., Satchidanandan (2011). While I Write : new and selected poems. [Place of publication not identified]: Harpercollins India. ISBN   978-9350290385. OCLC   941026657.
  45. ↑ K. Satchidanandan; Mícheál Ó hAodha, Gabriel Rosenstock (2012). Rogha Dánta: Selected Poems in Irish. Original Writing. ASIN   B007A0FTMW.
  46. ↑ K., Saccidānandan (2016). The missing rib : collected poems 1973–2015. Mumbai. ISBN   9789382749400. OCLC   973480767.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  47. ↑ Saccidānandan (1999). Indian literature : positions and propositions. Delhi: Pencraft International. ISBN   8185753253. OCLC   41002974.
  48. ↑ K. Satchidanandan (2009). Readings, Indian Literature and Beyond. Yash Publications. ASIN   8189537687.
  49. ↑ "A Conversation with Satchidanandan" (PDF). Samyukta. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.

Further reading

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.