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Kilimanoor Ramakanthan

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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

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Ramakanthan 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

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  • 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

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Poems and anthology

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  • 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

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  1. Orma kallukal by K.Indira [ Biography ]
  2. Kilimanoor Remakanthan prakrithiye guruvakkiya kavi written by Malayalapuzha Sudhan { Criticism ]
  3. Prakrithiyude snehagayakan by Nirmala Rajagopal [Biography ]
  4. Kilimanoor Remakanthan [Biography 2 ]
  5. JOTHIR GAMAYA essays edited by DR.D.BENJAMIN

Translations

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Kilimanoor'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

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  1. ^ "കിളിമാനൂർ രമാകാന്തൻ അന്തരിച്ചു" (in Malayalam). Malayalam Webduniya. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
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