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'''Vijayakumar Menon''' (3 May 1946 – 1 November 2022) was an Indian art critic, writer, translator and art teacher from [[Kerala]]. He was a winner of several awards including the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Award for best book on art, Kerala Sahitya Akademi's endowment for scholarly literature, Kesari Puraskaram, and Gurudarsanam Award.<br />
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Vijayakumar Menon was born as the son of Chettakkal Madhom Karthyayini Amma and Ananthan Pillai from Elamakkara, [[Ernakulam]]. After graduation from Kalady Sree Sankara College, he joined [[Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore|FACT]] in 1966. After about 18 years of service, he resigned from FACT and joined [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]] to pursue studies in art and art history and secured a M A degree in Art History. Later, he worked as an art teacher at Mysore College of Visual Arts, [[RLV College of Music and Fine Arts]] in [[Tripunithura]], [[Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit]], [[College of Fine Arts, Thrissur]], and [[Guruvayur]] Institute of [[Mural painting]]s.<ref name="obit" /><br />
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Menon was unmarried and had been living in Jnana Ashram in Vyasagiri, [[Wadakkancherry]], [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]] and Vyasa Tapovanam since 1989.<br />
Menon died on 1 November 2022, at the age of 76.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |title=Art critic Vijayakumar Menon no more |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/art-critic-author-vijayakumar-menon-no-more-1.8010972 |website=Mathrubhumi |publisher=mathrubhumi.com |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Books authored by Vijayakumar Menon==<br />
The books on art and art history authored by Vijayakumar Menon include:<ref>{{cite web |last1=T Ramavarman |title=Art critic, writer Vijayakumar Menon dies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/art-critic-writer-vijayakumar-dies/articleshow/95243015.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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*''Bharathiya Kala Charitram (History of Indian Art)'', Kerala Sahitya Akademi, 2011<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ashwathi Rajan |title=A Monumental Study on Indian Art |url=https://www.academia.edu/31854321/A_Monumental_Study_on_Indian_Art |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref><br />
*''Bharathiya Lavanya Darsanavum Kala Parasparyavum''<ref>{{cite web |last1=K M Narendran |title=Indian Fine Arts: Trysts and transactions with other art forms by Vijayakumar Menon |url=https://openart.in/general-topics/indian-fine-arts-trysts-transactions-art-forms-vijayakumar-menon/ |website=OpenArt |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref><br />
*''Kerala Kala Samskaram'', [[Kerala Lalithakala Akademi]], 2021<br />
*''Adhunika Kaladarsanam''<br />
*''Ravivarma Padanam''<br />
*''Bharathiya Chitrakala-Irupatham Noottandil'', D C Books, 2021<br />
*''Authenticating Objectivity: Paintings of Dr A R Poduval'', Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, 2010<br />
*''Chitrakala: Charihravum Riithikalum'', 2007<br />
*''A brief survey of the art scenario of Kerala'', 2007<br />
*''Puzhhayude Nattariv'', D C Books, 2008<br />
*''Kanayi Kunhiraman'', 2008<br />
*''K. Madhavamenon : Prakrithi, Lavanyam, Dharsanam'', Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, 2012<br />
*''Sthalam, Kaalam Kala'', 2006<br />
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Vijayakumar Menon translated into Malayalam several plays by western playwrights. These include:<ref>{{cite web |title=കലയുടെ ആസ്വാദനം സാധാരണക്കാരിലെത്തിച്ച വിജയകുമാർ മേനോൻ |url=https://malayalam.news18.com/news/kerala/who-was-vijayakumar-menon-the-late-art-critic-mm-564542.html |website=NEWS 18 Malayalam |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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*[[The Chairs]] by French dramatist Eugène Ionesco<br />
*[[Blood Wedding]] by Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca<br />
*[[The Maids]] by the French dramatist Jean Genet<br />
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==References==<br />
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