Kilimanoor Ramakantan (2 August 1938 – 30 November 2009) was a renowned Malayalam poet, writer, translator and lyricist from Kerala, India. Dante's Divine Comedy was translated into Malayalam by Ramakanthan. This is the first translation of Divine Comedy in India.[1]
Biography
editRamakanthan was born in 1938 in Kilimanoor. Educated at Kilimanoor Rajaraja Varma High School, Thiruvananthapuram Arts College and University College. He worked as a teacher in Sreenarayana College, Kollam for a long time.
Awards
edit- 2005 Asan Memorial award for Poetry
- Sahithya Academy Award for Best Translation
- Mooloor Award Kavitharangam Award
- Kavishresta Puraskaram by the Sree Narayana Academi
- Velutheri Kesavan Award
Bibliography
editPoems and anthology
edit- Anpathu Premaganangal, songs
- Marmaram
- Kalpantham
- Thrippadangalil [songs]
- Boottasing [Khandakavyam ]
- Kanneerinakkare
- Gurupatham'
- Panthante pattu,
- Kilimanoor ramakanthante Kavithakal,
- Manushyamaramgal,
- Illa,
- Gopalakrishnante Kannukal,
- Iphigenia, Greek Drama
- Thachante Makante Makan
- Jeevithamudra, Khanda Kavyam
- Aro Oral
- Danteyude Nattil, Travel
- Kilimanoor Remakanthante Thiranjedutha kavithakal
Books on Kilimanoor Remakanthan
edit- Orma kallukal by K.Indira [ Biography ]
- Kilimanoor Remakanthan prakrithiye guruvakkiya kavi written by Malayalapuzha Sudhan { Criticism ]
- Prakrithiyude snehagayakan by Nirmala Rajagopal [Biography ]
- Kilimanoor Remakanthan [Biography 2 ]
- JOTHIR GAMAYA essays edited by DR.D.BENJAMIN
Translations
editKilimanoor's Malayalam translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, published by Kendra Sahithya Academy, was the first translation of the Italian epic into any Indian language. He also translated Nikos Kazantzakis's The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel into Malayalam, where it was published in three parts by Kendra Sahithya Academy under the title Odyssey Aadhunika Anubandham.
References
edit- ^ "കിളിമാനൂർ രമാകാന്തൻ അന്തരിച്ചു" (in Malayalam). Malayalam Webduniya. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
External links
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