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{{short description|Indian poet and translator}}
{{Short description|Indian poet and translator (1930–2019)}}
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Attoor Ravi Varma was born on 27 December 1930 in [[Attoor (Kerala)|Attoor]], a small village in [[Thrissur district|Trichur district]] of the erstwhile [[Kingdom of Cochin]] (now part of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]]) to Krishnan Namboothiri and Ammini Amma.<ref name="കവിക്കും റിട്ടയര്‍മെന്റുണ്ട്; പക്ഷേ മനസ്സില്‍ കവിത വന്നുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കും">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravivarma-interview--1.3163999 |title=കവിക്കും റിട്ടയര്‍മെന്റുണ്ട്; പക്ഷേ മനസ്സില്‍ കവിത വന്നുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കും |last=[email protected] |first=ആറ്റൂര്‍ രവിവര്‍മ/കെ വിശ്വനാഥ് |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> He joined [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]], [[Calicut]] for his pre-university course but was expelled from college due to his involvement in [[left-wing politics]].<ref name="സഹ്യനൊപ്പം തലപ്പൊക്കമുള്ള ആറ്റൂർ കവിതകൾ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2019/01/25/attoor-ravi-varma-kerala-sahitya-akademi-award.html |title=സഹ്യനൊപ്പം തലപ്പൊക്കമുള്ള ആറ്റൂർ കവിതകൾ |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> Later, he continued studies at [[Malabar Christian College]] before graduating in Malayalam with [[Honours degree|honours]] from the [[University College, Trivandrum]].<ref name="Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/attoor_ravi_varma-profile-8757-25.htm |title=Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> Subsequently, he joined [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College, Madras]] Malayalam department<ref>{{Cite web|last=ലേഖകന്‍|first=സ്വന്തം|title=ആറ്റിക്കുറുക്കിയ കവിതകളുടെ ആറ്റൂര്‍|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravi-varma-poet-and-translator-of-malayalam-literature-1.3989129|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref> as a faculty where he had the opportunity to be in touch with [[M. Govindan]], the noted writer, which helped him in the studies of [[Tamil language]]. He started his career as a teacher in [[Madras]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=ആറ്റിക്കുറുക്കിയ കവിതകളുടെ ആറ്റൂര്‍...|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/amp/web-specials-magazine/attoor-ravi-varma-pv9433|access-date=2021-05-16|website=www.asianetnews.com}}</ref> but returned to Kerala to work at [[Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi]]<ref name="Back Matter">{{Cite journal |title=Back Matter |journal = Journal of South Asian Literature|volume = 15|issue = 2|date=1980 |jstor = 40861198}}</ref> before joining the [[Government Brennen College, Thalassery|Brennen College, Tellicherry]] where prominent politicians [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] and [[A. K. Balan]] were his students.<ref name="കവിക്കും റിട്ടയര്‍മെന്റുണ്ട്; പക്ഷേ മനസ്സില്‍ കവിത വന്നുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കും" /> Ravi Varma was married to Sree Devi and the couple resided in Trichur.<ref name="സഹ്യനൊപ്പം തലപ്പൊക്കമുള്ള ആറ്റൂർ കവിതകൾ" /><ref name="A nostalgic journey into Thrissur's past">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/02/15/stories/2003021503970300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318135247/http://www.hindu.com/2003/02/15/stories/2003021503970300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-03-18 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=A nostalgic journey into Thrissur's past |date=2003-02-15 |access-date=2011-11-04 }}</ref> Ravi Varma died on 26 July 2019. He was 88 and was undergoing treatment for pneumonia in a private hospital in Trichur.<ref name="Death"/>
Attoor Ravi Varma was born on 27 December 1930 in [[Attoor (Kerala)|Attoor]], a small village in [[Thrissur district|Trichur district]] of the erstwhile [[Kingdom of Cochin]] (now part of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]]) to Krishnan Namboothiri and Ammini Amma.<ref name="കവിക്കും റിട്ടയര്‍മെന്റുണ്ട്; പക്ഷേ മനസ്സില്‍ കവിത വന്നുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കും">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravivarma-interview--1.3163999|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406181026/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravivarma-interview--1.3163999|archive-date=April 6, 2019|title=കവിക്കും റിട്ടയര്‍മെന്റുണ്ട്; പക്ഷേ മനസ്സില്‍ കവിത വന്നുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കും |last=കെ വിശ്വനാഥ്|first=ആറ്റൂര്‍ രവിവര്‍മ|website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> He joined [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]], [[Calicut]] for his pre-university course but was expelled from college due to his involvement in [[left-wing politics]].<ref name="സഹ്യനൊപ്പം തലപ്പൊക്കമുള്ള ആറ്റൂർ കവിതകൾ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2019/01/25/attoor-ravi-varma-kerala-sahitya-akademi-award.html |title=സഹ്യനൊപ്പം തലപ്പൊക്കമുള്ള ആറ്റൂർ കവിതകൾ |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> Later, he continued studies at [[Malabar Christian College]] before graduating in Malayalam with [[Honours degree|honours]] from the [[University College, Trivandrum]].<ref name="Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/attoor_ravi_varma-profile-8757-25.htm |title=Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> Subsequently, he joined [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College, Madras]] Malayalam department<ref>{{Cite web|last=ലേഖകന്‍|first=സ്വന്തം|title=ആറ്റിക്കുറുക്കിയ കവിതകളുടെ ആറ്റൂര്‍|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravi-varma-poet-and-translator-of-malayalam-literature-1.3989129|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516063011/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravi-varma-poet-and-translator-of-malayalam-literature-1.3989129|url-status=dead}}</ref> as a faculty where he had the opportunity to be in touch with [[M. Govindan]], the noted writer, which helped him in the studies of [[Tamil language]]. He started his career as a teacher in [[Madras]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=ആറ്റിക്കുറുക്കിയ കവിതകളുടെ ആറ്റൂര്‍...|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/web-specials-magazine/attoor-ravi-varma-pv9433|access-date=2021-05-16|website=www.asianetnews.com}}</ref> but returned to Kerala to work at [[Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi]]<ref name="Back Matter">{{Cite journal |title=Back Matter |journal = Journal of South Asian Literature|volume = 15|issue = 2|date=1980 |jstor = 40861198}}</ref> before joining the [[Government Brennen College, Thalassery|Brennen College, Tellicherry]] where prominent politicians [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] and [[A. K. Balan]] were his students.<ref name="കവിക്കും റിട്ടയര്‍മെന്റുണ്ട്; പക്ഷേ മനസ്സില്‍ കവിത വന്നുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കും" /> Ravi Varma was married to Sree Devi and the couple resided in Trichur.<ref name="സഹ്യനൊപ്പം തലപ്പൊക്കമുള്ള ആറ്റൂർ കവിതകൾ" /><ref name="A nostalgic journey into Thrissur's past">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/02/15/stories/2003021503970300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318135247/http://www.hindu.com/2003/02/15/stories/2003021503970300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-03-18 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=A nostalgic journey into Thrissur's past |date=2003-02-15 |access-date=2011-11-04 }}</ref> Ravi Varma died on 26 July 2019. He was 88 and was undergoing treatment for pneumonia in a private hospital in Trichur.<ref name="Death"/>


== Legacy ==
== Legacy ==
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== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==
Attoor Ravi Varma received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] for his poetry anthology, ''Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal'' in 1996.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=2019-04-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and he received the [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]] in 1997,<ref name="Asan Puraskaram - list of awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list |title=Asan Puraskaram - list of awardees |date=2019-04-07 |website=asaneducation.com |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> the same year as he received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation]] for ''Oru Pulimarathinte Katha'',<ref name="oru pulimarathinte katha">{{Cite web |url=http://keralaliterature.com/old/book.php?bukid=1654 |title=oru pulimarathinte katha |website=keralaliterature.com |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> his translation of the debut novel by [[Sundara Ramaswamy]]<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others_contd.htm#Vivarthanam |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation |date=2019-04-07 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705044712/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others_contd.htm#Vivarthanam |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Sahitya Akademi]] chose the anthology, ''Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal'', for their [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|annual award]] in 2001<ref name="Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) |publisher=Public Relations Department, [[Government of Kerala]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 |url-status = dead|access-date=11 April 2011}}</ref> and the second part of ''Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal'' fetched him the [[Malayalam Literary Awards#P. Kunhiraman Nair Award|P. Kunhiraman Nair Award]] in 2005.<ref name="Winners list of P. Kunhiraman Nair Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/kunhiraman-nair-award/577 |title=Winners list of P. Kunhiraman Nair Award |date=2019-04-07 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> The Government of Kerala honoured Ravi Varma with their highest literary award of [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram|Ezhuthachan Award]] in 2012<ref name="Ezhuthachan award for Attur Ravi Varma">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ezhuthachan-award-for-attur-ravi-varma/article4124096.ece |title=Ezhuthachan award for Attur Ravi Varma |date=2012-11-23 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref><ref name="എഴുത്തച്ഛന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം ആറ്റൂര്‍ രവിവര്‍മ്മയ്‌ക്ക്">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2012/11/22/kerala-ezhuthachan-award-attoor-ravi-varma-writer-minister-106113.html |title=എഴുത്തച്ഛന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം ആറ്റൂര്‍ രവിവര്‍മ്മയ്‌ക്ക് |last=Aarif |first=Shabnam |date=2012-11-22 |website=malayalam.oneindia.com |language=ml |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> and three years later, he received the 2015 ''Vani Samnvay Distinguished Translator Award''<ref name="Attoor Ravi Varma Wins The Debut Vani-Samanvay Distinguished Translator Award">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cityairnews.com/content/attoor-ravi-varma-wins-debut-vani-samanvay-distinguished-translator-award |title=Attoor Ravi Varma Wins The Debut Vani-Samanvay Distinguished Translator Award |website=www.cityairnews.com |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref><ref name="Award Winner - Attoor Ravivarma">{{Cite web |url=http://ilfsamanvay.org/2015/award-winner-attoor-ravivarma/ |title=Award Winner - Attoor Ravivarma |website=ILF Samanvay 2015 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref><ref name="Vani Foundation">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vanifoundation.org/award-winner.asp |title=Vani Foundation |website=www.vanifoundation.org |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> The [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] inducted him as a [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship|distinguished fellow]] in 2017.<ref name="K N Panikkar, Attoor Ravi Varma bag Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jan/24/k-n-panikkar-attoor-ravi-varma-bag-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-1929182.html |title=K N Panikkar, Attoor Ravi Varma bag Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref><ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-sahitya-akademi-awards-announced/article26073815.ece |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced |date=2019-01-24 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the Translation prize by [[Sahitya Akademi|Kendra Sahitya Akademi]],<ref name="A gush of poetry and paeans in documentary on Malayalam writer Attoor Ravi Varma">{{Cite web |url=https://scroll.in/reel/803241/a-gush-of-poetry-and-paeans-in-documentary-on-malayalam-writer-attoor-ravi-varma |title=A gush of poetry and paeans in documentary on Malayalam writer Attoor Ravi Varma |last=Basu |first=Bubla |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> Premji Award,<ref name="Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Attoor">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2012/nov/23/ezhuthachan-puraskaram-for-attoor-427481.html |title=Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Attoor |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> E. K. Divakaran Potti Award<ref name="Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Attoor" /> ad Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma Kavitha Award.<ref name="Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile" /> ''Maruvili'' is a documentary film made on the life and work of Ravi Varma, directed by Anvar Ali.<ref name="Maruvili: A picture of Attoor Ravivarma's poetic word">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Arrackistan/maruvili-a-picture-of-attoor-ravivarmas-poetic-word/ |title=Maruvili: A picture of Attoor Ravivarma's poetic word |date=2016-03-17 |website=Times of India Blog |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref><ref name="Attoor Ravivarma's poetry is a ticking bomb: Anvar Ali">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Arrackistan/attoor-ravivarmas-poetry-is-a-ticking-bomb-anvar-ali/ |title=Attoor Ravivarma's poetry is a ticking bomb: Anvar Ali |date=2016-03-16 |website=Times of India Blog |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref>
Attoor Ravi Varma received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] for his poetry anthology, ''Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal'' in 1996<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=2019-04-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and he received the [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]] in 1997,<ref name="Asan Puraskaram - list of awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list |title=Asan Puraskaram - list of awardees |date=2019-04-07 |website=asaneducation.com |access-date=2019-04-07 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145952/http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list |url-status=dead }}</ref> the same year as he received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation]] for ''Oru Pulimarathinte Katha'',<ref name="oru pulimarathinte katha">{{Cite web |url=http://keralaliterature.com/old/book.php?bukid=1654 |title=oru pulimarathinte katha |website=keralaliterature.com |access-date=2019-04-07 |archive-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407181539/http://keralaliterature.com/old/book.php%3Fbukid%3D1654 |url-status=dead }}</ref> his translation of the debut novel by [[Sundara Ramaswamy]].<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others_contd.htm#Vivarthanam |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation |date=2019-04-07 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705044712/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others_contd.htm#Vivarthanam |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Sahitya Akademi]] chose the anthology, ''Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal'', for their [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|annual award]] in 2001<ref name="Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) |publisher=Public Relations Department, [[Government of Kerala]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 |url-status = dead|access-date=11 April 2011}}</ref> and the second part of ''Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal'' fetched him the [[Malayalam Literary Awards#P. Kunhiraman Nair Award|P. Kunhiraman Nair Award]] in 2005.<ref name="Winners list of P. Kunhiraman Nair Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/kunhiraman-nair-award/577 |title=Winners list of P. Kunhiraman Nair Award |date=2019-04-07 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> The Government of Kerala honoured Ravi Varma with their highest literary award of [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram|Ezhuthachan Award]] in 2012<ref name="Ezhuthachan award for Attur Ravi Varma">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ezhuthachan-award-for-attur-ravi-varma/article4124096.ece |title=Ezhuthachan award for Attur Ravi Varma |date=2012-11-23 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref><ref name="എഴുത്തച്ഛന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം ആറ്റൂര്‍ രവിവര്‍മ്മയ്‌ക്ക്">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2012/11/22/kerala-ezhuthachan-award-attoor-ravi-varma-writer-minister-106113.html |title=എഴുത്തച്ഛന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം ആറ്റൂര്‍ രവിവര്‍മ്മയ്‌ക്ക് |last=Aarif |first=Shabnam |date=2012-11-22 |website=malayalam.oneindia.com |language=ml |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> and three years later, he received the 2015 ''Vani Samnvay Distinguished Translator Award''.<ref name="Attoor Ravi Varma Wins The Debut Vani-Samanvay Distinguished Translator Award">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cityairnews.com/content/attoor-ravi-varma-wins-debut-vani-samanvay-distinguished-translator-award |title=Attoor Ravi Varma Wins The Debut Vani-Samanvay Distinguished Translator Award |website=www.cityairnews.com |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref><ref name="Award Winner - Attoor Ravivarma">{{Cite web |url=https://ilfsamanvay.org/2015/award-winner-attoor-ravivarma/ |title=Award Winner - Attoor Ravivarma |website=ILF Samanvay 2015 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref><ref name="Vani Foundation">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vanifoundation.org/award-winner.asp |title=Vani Foundation |website=www.vanifoundation.org |access-date=2019-04-06 |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406182836/http://www.vanifoundation.org/award-winner.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] inducted him as a [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship|distinguished fellow]] in 2017.<ref name="K N Panikkar, Attoor Ravi Varma bag Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jan/24/k-n-panikkar-attoor-ravi-varma-bag-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-1929182.html |title=K N Panikkar, Attoor Ravi Varma bag Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-04-06 |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406173403/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jan/24/k-n-panikkar-attoor-ravi-varma-bag-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-1929182.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-sahitya-akademi-awards-announced/article26073815.ece |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced |date=2019-01-24 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] by [[Sahitya Akademi|Kendra Sahitya Akademi]],<ref name="A gush of poetry and paeans in documentary on Malayalam writer Attoor Ravi Varma">{{Cite web |url=https://scroll.in/reel/803241/a-gush-of-poetry-and-paeans-in-documentary-on-malayalam-writer-attoor-ravi-varma |title=A gush of poetry and paeans in documentary on Malayalam writer Attoor Ravi Varma |last=Basu |first=Bubla |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> Premji Award,<ref name="Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Attoor">{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2012/nov/23/ezhuthachan-puraskaram-for-attoor-427481.html |title=Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Attoor |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> E. K. Divakaran Potti Award,<ref name="Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Attoor" /> [[Deviprasadam Trust Award]] (2010),<ref name="Deviprasadam Trust">[https://www.namboothiri.com/articles/awards.htm "Awards, Trusts and Scholarships: 2. Deviprasaadam Trust"]. Namboothiri.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.</ref> and Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma Kavitha Award.<ref name="Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile" /> ''Maruvili'' is a documentary film made on the life and work of Ravi Varma, directed by Anvar Ali.<ref name="Maruvili: A picture of Attoor Ravivarma's poetic word">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Arrackistan/maruvili-a-picture-of-attoor-ravivarmas-poetic-word/ |title=Maruvili: A picture of Attoor Ravivarma's poetic word |date=2016-03-17 |website=Times of India Blog |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref><ref name="Attoor Ravivarma's poetry is a ticking bomb: Anvar Ali">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Arrackistan/attoor-ravivarmas-poetry-is-a-ticking-bomb-anvar-ali/ |title=Attoor Ravivarma's poetry is a ticking bomb: Anvar Ali |date=2016-03-16 |website=Times of India Blog |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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=== Poetry===
=== Poetry===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86364&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Kavitha |last=Ravi Varma Attoor |publisher=Poorna Publications |location=Calicut}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86364&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Kavitha |last=Ravi Varma Attoor |publisher=Poorna Publications |location=Calicut}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327145&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal'' (1957–1994) |last=Attoor Ravi Varma |date=1995 |publisher=D. C. Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327145&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal (1957–1994) |last=Attoor Ravi Varma |date=1995 |publisher=D. C. Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83561&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal'' (1995–2003) |last=Ravi Varma Attoor |date=1995 |isbn=9788171305438 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83561&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal (1995–2003) |last=Ravi Varma Attoor |date=1995 |isbn=9788171305438 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114657&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Malayalathinte priya kavithakal |last=Ravi varma |first=Attoor |last2=Surendran |first2=V. U. |date=2016 |publisher=Green Books |isbn=9789386120212 |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114657&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Malayalathinte priya kavithakal |last1=Ravi varma |first1=Attoor |last2=Surendran |first2=V. U. |date=2016 |publisher=Green Books |isbn=9789386120212 |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=308161&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Attoor kavithakal |last=Ravi Varma |first=Attoor |date=2012 |publisher=D.C.Books |isbn=9788126434473 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=308161&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Attoor kavithakal |last=Ravi Varma |first=Attoor |date=2012 |publisher=D.C.Books |isbn=9788126434473 |location=Kottayam}}


=== Translation from Tamil to Malayalam ===
=== Translation from Tamil to Malayalam ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/j-j-chila-kurippukal#; |title=J. J. Chila Kurippukal |last=Sundara Ramaswamy |publisher=DC Books |year=1998 |isbn=9788171308873 |translator-last=Attoor Ravi Varma |quote=translation of J. J. Silakuripukal}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/j-j-chila-kurippukal#; |title=J. J. Chila Kurippukal |last=Sundara Ramaswamy |publisher=DC Books |year=1998 |isbn=9788171308873 |translator-last=Attoor Ravi Varma |quote=translation of J. J. Silakuripukal |access-date=7 April 2019 |archive-date=17 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917144231/http://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/j-j-chila-kurippukal#; |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book |title=Oru Pulimarathinte Katha |last=Sundara Ramaswamy |publisher=SPCS |year=2014 |isbn=978-9384571399 |translator-last=Attoor Ravi Varma |quote=translation of Oru Pulimarathin Kathai}}
* {{Cite book |title=Oru Pulimarathinte Katha |last=Sundara Ramaswamy |publisher=SPCS |year=2014 |isbn=978-9384571399 |translator-last=Attoor Ravi Varma |quote=translation of Oru Pulimarathin Kathai}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://anjalilibrary.com/malayalam-book/833-%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A5 |title=Randaam Yaamangalute Katha |last=Rajathi Salma |publisher=DC Books |year=2009 |isbn=978-81-264-2311-8 |quote=translation of the Tamil novel, Irandaam Jaamangalin Kathai}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://anjalilibrary.com/malayalam-book/833-%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A5 |title=Randaam Yaamangalute Katha |last=Rajathi Salma |publisher=DC Books |year=2009 |isbn=978-81-264-2311-8 |quote=translation of the Tamil novel, Irandaam Jaamangalin Kathai}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.gustobee.com/categories/regional/gb-nale-mattoru-nal-matram-9788126402304?sort=pd.name&order=DESC&limit=25 |title=Nale Mattoru Nal Mathram |last=G. Nagarajan |publisher=DC Books |year=2000 |translator-last=Attoor Ravi Varma}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.gustobee.com/categories/regional/gb-nale-mattoru-nal-matram-9788126402304?sort=pd.name&order=DESC&limit=25 |title=Nale Mattoru Nal Mathram |last=G. Nagarajan |publisher=DC Books |year=2000 |translator-last=Attoor Ravi Varma }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85811&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Puthunaanooru: Tamizh kavithakalude mozhimaattam |date=2003 |publisher=Current Books |isbn=9788122602975 |editor-last=Ravi Varma |editor-first=Attoor |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85811&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Puthunaanooru: Tamizh kavithakalude mozhimaattam |date=2003 |publisher=Current Books |isbn=9788122602975 |editor-last=Ravi Varma |editor-first=Attoor |location=Thrissur}}
* ''Bhakti kavyam (Translation of Nayanars and Azhvars)''
* ''Bhakti kavyam (Translation of Nayanars and Azhvars)''
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/kavitayan/attoorravi.html |title=Poems of Attoor Ravi Varma |access-date=8 October 2010 |url-status = unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026172848/http://www.geocities.com/kavitayan/attoorravi.html |archive-date=26 October 2009 }}
*{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/kavitayan/attoorravi.html |title=Poems of Attoor Ravi Varma |access-date=8 October 2010 |url-status = unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026172848/http://www.geocities.com/kavitayan/attoorravi.html |archive-date=26 October 2009 }}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lox-qhfzmE |title=Documentary film on veteran poet Attoor Ravi Varma by Anvar Ali |last=MediaoneTV Live |date=2015-08-08 |access-date=2019-04-06}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lox-qhfzmE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/1lox-qhfzmE |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Documentary film on veteran poet Attoor Ravi Varma by Anvar Ali |last=MediaoneTV Live |website=[[YouTube]] |date=2015-08-08 |access-date=2019-04-06}}{{cbignore}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2figa3LuyUI |title=Atoor Ravi Varma with K.R.Tony - Manam Thurannu |last=MediaoneTV Live |date=2013-07-07 |access-date=2019-04-06}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2figa3LuyUI  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/2figa3LuyUI |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Atoor Ravi Varma with K.R.Tony - Manam Thurannu |last=MediaoneTV Live |website=[[YouTube]] |date=2013-07-07 |access-date=2019-04-06}}{{cbignore}}


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Attoor Ravi Varma
Born(1930-12-27)27 December 1930
Attoor, Trichur, Kingdom of Cochin
Died26 July 2019(2019-07-26) (aged 88)
Trichur, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materZamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut
University College, Trivandrum
Malabar Christian College, Calicut[1]
GenrePoetry, translation
Notable awards

Attoor Ravi Varma (27 December 1930 – 26 July 2019)[1] was an Indian poet and translator of Malayalam literature. One of the pioneers of modern Malayalam poetry, Ravi Varma is a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation, besides many other honours. The Government of Kerala honoured him with their highest literary award, the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, in 2012 and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi inducted him as their distinguished fellow in 2017.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Attoor Ravi Varma was born on 27 December 1930 in Attoor, a small village in Trichur district of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin (now part of the south Indian state of Kerala) to Krishnan Namboothiri and Ammini Amma.[2] He joined Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut for his pre-university course but was expelled from college due to his involvement in left-wing politics.[3] Later, he continued studies at Malabar Christian College before graduating in Malayalam with honours from the University College, Trivandrum.[4] Subsequently, he joined Presidency College, Madras Malayalam department[5] as a faculty where he had the opportunity to be in touch with M. Govindan, the noted writer, which helped him in the studies of Tamil language. He started his career as a teacher in Madras[6] but returned to Kerala to work at Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi[7] before joining the Brennen College, Tellicherry where prominent politicians Pinarayi Vijayan and A. K. Balan were his students.[2] Ravi Varma was married to Sree Devi and the couple resided in Trichur.[3][8] Ravi Varma died on 26 July 2019. He was 88 and was undergoing treatment for pneumonia in a private hospital in Trichur.[1]

Legacy[edit | edit source]

Ravi Varma's poems ignored the metre and used free verse[9] and he was one among the group of poets who pioneered modernism in Malayalam literature.[4] His oeuvre consists of several poems compiled under three anthologies, translation of four novels from Tamil which include two of Sundara Ramaswamy and one of Rajathi Salma,[10] two books of translation of Tamil poetry and an edited work of poems of young writers. It was Ravi Varma who translated the Bhakthi poems on the Malayalam calendar in vattezhuthu script published by Moozhikulam Sala.[11]

Awards and honours[edit | edit source]

Attoor Ravi Varma received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry for his poetry anthology, Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal in 1996[12] and he received the Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram in 1997,[13] the same year as he received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation for Oru Pulimarathinte Katha,[14] his translation of the debut novel by Sundara Ramaswamy.[15] The Sahitya Akademi chose the anthology, Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal, for their annual award in 2001[16] and the second part of Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal fetched him the P. Kunhiraman Nair Award in 2005.[17] The Government of Kerala honoured Ravi Varma with their highest literary award of Ezhuthachan Award in 2012[18][19] and three years later, he received the 2015 Vani Samnvay Distinguished Translator Award.[20][21][22] The Kerala Sahitya Akademi inducted him as a distinguished fellow in 2017.[23][24] He is also a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize by Kendra Sahitya Akademi,[25] Premji Award,[26] E. K. Divakaran Potti Award,[26] Deviprasadam Trust Award (2010),[27] and Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma Kavitha Award.[4] Maruvili is a documentary film made on the life and work of Ravi Varma, directed by Anvar Ali.[28][29]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Poetry[edit | edit source]

  • Ravi Varma Attoor. Kavitha. Calicut: Poorna Publications.
  • Attoor Ravi Varma (1995). Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal (1957–1994). Kottayam: D. C. Books.
  • Ravi Varma Attoor (1995). Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal (1995–2003). Kottayam. ISBN 9788171305438.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ravi varma, Attoor; Surendran, V. U. (2016). Malayalathinte priya kavithakal. Thrissur: Green Books. ISBN 9789386120212.
  • Ravi Varma, Attoor (2012). Attoor kavithakal. Kottayam: D.C.Books. ISBN 9788126434473.

Translation from Tamil to Malayalam[edit | edit source]

Edited poems[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Poet Attur Ravi Varma passes away". Chennai: The Hindu. July 26, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
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