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'''Kilimanoor Ramakantan''' (1938–2009){{citation needed|date=October 2016}} was a renowned [[Malayalam]] poet, writer and lyricist from [[Kerala]], [[India]].
'''Kilimanoor Ramakantan''' (1938 August 2 - 2009 November 30) 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.<ref name=webdunia>{{cite news |title =കിളിമാനൂർ രമാകാന്തൻ അന്തരിച്ചു |url =http://malayalam.webdunia.com/newsworld/news/keralanews/0911/30/1091130069_1.htm|publisher=Malayalam Webduniya|date=November 30, 2009|accessdate =April 4, 2022|language =ml}}</ref>
 
==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==
==Awards==
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===Books on Kilimanoor Remakanthan===
===Books on Kilimanoor Remakanthan===
#Orma kallukal by K.Indira [ Biography ]
#Orma kallukal by K.Indira [ Biography ]
#Kilimanoor Remakanthan prakrithiye guruvakkiya kavi written by Malayalapuzha Sudhan { Criticism ]
#Kilimanoor Remakanthan prakrithiye guruvakkiya kavi written by Malayalapuzha Sudhan { Criticism ]
#Prakrithiyude snehagayakan by Nirmala Rajagopal [Biography ]
#Prakrithiyude snehagayakan by Nirmala Rajagopal [Biography ]
#Kilimanoor Remakanthan [Biography 2 ]
#Kilimanoor Remakanthan [Biography 2 ]
#JOTHIR GAMAYA     essays edited by DR.D.BENJAMIN
#JOTHIR GAMAYA essays edited by DR.D.BENJAMIN


===Translations===
===Translations===
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060218171308/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/08/stories/2005100809020400.htm The Hindu dated 08/10/2005]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060218171308/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/08/stories/2005100809020400.htm The Hindu dated 08/10/2005]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310214603/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005102312790200.htm&date=2005/10/23/&prd=th& The Hindudated 23/20/2005]
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Latest revision as of 01:12, 27 April 2022

Kilimanoor Ramakantan (1938 August 2 - 2009 November 30) 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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

Poems and anthology[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

External links[edit | edit source]