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{{Short description|Indian translator (born 1952)}}
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| birth_place = Vaka, [[Thrissur District]], [[Travancore–Cochin]]
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| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[University of Calicut]]
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'''P. K. Radhamani''' is an Indian translator from [[Kerala]]. She has translated several works from [[Hindi]] to [[Malayalam]] and from Malayalam to Hindi. She won the 2023 [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] for the translation of Hindi writer [[Amrita Pritam]]'s autobiography ''Aksharon Ke Saye'' into Malayalam as ''Aksharangalute Nizhalil''.

==Early life and education==
P. K. Radhamani was born in 1952 in Vaka in present-day Thrissur district of Kerala to P. R. Sarojini and P. K. Krishnan.<ref name="Keralaliterature">{{cite web |title=ഡോ.രാധാമണി.പി.കെ |url=https://keralaliterature.com/malayalam-writers-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D/%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8B-%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86-radhamani-p-k/ |website=Keralaliterature.com |date=14 February 2019}}</ref> She studied at Malathi U. P. School, Vaka, St. Francis High School, Mattam and Little Flower College, Guruvayur.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/> In 1971, she came to Kozhikode from Thrissur to study in the first Hindi batch of [[University of Calicut]].<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> She did her Ph. D. under the supervision of Dr. Malik Mohammed.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>

==Career==
She was a Hindi teacher at [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]], Kozhikode from 1975 to 1987.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/> In 1987, she joined [[Malabar Christian College]], Kozhikode, from where she retired as the head of the Hindi Department in 2007.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/><ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite news |title=അക്ഷരങ്ങളുടെ നിഴലിൽനിന്ന് അവാർഡിന്റെ വെളിച്ചത്തിലേക്ക് ഡോ. പി.കെ. രാധാമണി |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/news/p-k-radhamani-winner-of-kendra-sahitya-akademi-translation-award-2023-1.9399821 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=12 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Her husband Karunan died within a month of her retirement from service in 2007. She says she turned to writing and reading to overcome the loneliness created by this death.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/>

The first published writing was a memoir written after the death of Shantha Rajagopal, an English teacher and close friend at Guruvayoorappan College.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> The first translation was [[Padmarajan|P. Padmarajan]]'s short novel 'Savavahananamnum Thedi'.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> Since then, 22 books have been published up to 2024.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/>

Radhamani translated [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]'s ''Asuravith'' into Hindi under the title ''Shaitan ki Aulaad'', [[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]'s ''Haimavatabhoovil'' under the title ''Vadiya Bulatihai Himalaya Ki'' and [[K. P. Ramanunni]]'s ''Sufi Paranja Katha'' under the title ''Kahani Sufiki Jabani''.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/>

Radhamani has translated stories from 22 Indian languages into Malayalam under the title ''Katha Bharatham'', and also translated [[Ravindra Kalia]]'s autobiography ''Ghalib Chuttisharab'' into Malayalam.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> The book ''Guru Dutt: Urakkamillathavante Katha'' is a translation into Malayalam of Bengali writer [[Bimal Mitra]]'s memoirs about Indian filmmaker [[Guru Dutt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MARC details for record no. 707659 › Kerala University Library catalog |url=http://campuslib.keralauniversity.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-MARCdetail.pl?biblionumber=707659 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=campuslib.keralauniversity.ac.in}}</ref> Radhamani has translated Pradip Bihari's [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]-winning collection of [[Maithili language]] short stories into Malayalam under the title ''Bandhangal''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bandhangal / Pradip Bihari; translated by P. K. Radhamani |url=https://catalogue.statelibrary.kerala.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=332214}}</ref> This book has been published by [[Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name=":0" />

In addition to her translated works, she has also written a travelogue titled ''Yatrakal Nattilum Marunattilum'' and an autobiographical work titled ''Ezhutum Jeevitum''.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/>

==Personal life==
Her husband C.P. Karunan was a lecturer at Malabar Christian College where she also worked.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> The couple have two children. Their elder son, Nithin Karun, is a doctor at Kozhikode Medical College, and the younger son, Bipin Karun, is a businessman in Kozhikode.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> She currently lives near Malabar Christian College in Kozhikode.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/>

==Awards and honors==
For the translation of Hindi writer [[Amrita Pritam]]'s autobiography ''Aksharon Ke Saye'' into Malayalam as ''Aksharangalute Nizhalil'', Radhamani won the [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize|Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation]] for the year 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAHITYA AKADEMI PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION 2023 |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2013527 |publisher=Press information bureau, Government of India}}</ref>

==Selected works ==
*{{cite book |title=Jnanapeeda Puraskara Jethakkal |date=2004 |publisher=Cultural Publications Department, Government of Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |isbn=8188087181}}

===Translations===
====Into Malayalam====
*{{cite book |title=Tamil Kathakal |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=2022 |isbn=9788194378853}}
*{{cite book |title=Maithili Kathakal |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=2023 |isbn=978-8130026244}}
*{{cite book |title=Maayi |date=26 November 2024 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9789359629018}}
*{{cite book |title=Gurudutt : Urakkamillathavante Katha |date=30 July 2024 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9789359623801}}
*{{cite book |title=Katha Bharatham |date=1 January 2012 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=978-81-8265-413-6}}
*{{cite book |title=Bandhangal |publisher=Sahithya Akademi |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788126046775}}

====Into Hindi====
*{{cite book |title=Shree narayan guru:samajik jagaran ke agradoot |year=2017 |publisher=Sastha Sahitya mandal prakashan |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-8173099731}}
*{{cite book |title=Pratinidhi Malyalam Kahaniyan |year=2012 |publisher=Sastha Sahitya mandal prakashan |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788173096570}}
*{{cite book |title=Keraleey Navajagaran Ke Agradooth |year=2022 |publisher=Sastha Sahitya mandal prakashan |location=New Delhi |isbn=9789390872046}}
*{{cite book |title=Prathinithi Malayala Kahaniyam |year=2012 |publisher=Sastha Sahitya mandal prakashan |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788173096587}}
*{{cite book |title=Shaithan Ki Aulath |year=2009 |publisher=Vani prakashan |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788181439512}}
*{{cite book |title=Vadiya Bulatihai Himalaya Ki |publisher=Pathrika Prakashan}}

==References==
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