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| name = R. Ramachandran<br />
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| birth_date = 1923<br />
| birth_place = Thamarathiruthi, [[Trichur]], [[Kingdom of Cochin]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2005|8|3|1923}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kozhikode]], Kerala, India<br />
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| occupation = [[Poet]], [[professor]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
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| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
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'''R. Ramachandran''' (1923–2005<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070614123812/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/04/stories/2005080416880400.htm "Poet dead"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2014.</ref>) was a [[Malayalam|Malayalam–language]] poet from [[Kerala|Kerala state]], [[South India]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born in 1923 in Thamarathiruthi village in [[Thrissur district]] of [[Kerala]], Ramachandran studied in various schools of the erstwhile [[Kingdom of Cochin]] and obtained his graduation and masters in literature from [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharajas College]], [[Ernakulam]]. He taught Malayalam in [[Malabar Christian College]], [[Kozhikode]] from 1948 until his retirement in 1978. He was a scholar in [[Sanskrit]], English and Malayalam languages. Though not a prolific poet, Ramachandran had an impact in Malayalam poetry with his works such as ''Murali'', ''Sandhya Nikunjangal'', ''Shyama Sundari'' and ''Pinne''. An anthology of his poems titled ''R. Ramachandrante Kavithakal'' received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2000 and the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2003.<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw2.htm "List of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winners"]. [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]]. Retrieved 11 April 2014.</ref><br />
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