Kilimanoor Ramakanthan
Indian writer
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.
Biography
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
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
Poems and anthology
Books on Kilimanoor Remakanthan
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
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.
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