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P. K. Chanran
Born (1952-05-10) 10 May 1952 (age 74)
Manipuram, Calicut, India
Spouse(s)
Nirmala Pathirikkat
(
m. 1984)
Children2

P. K. Chandran (born 10 May 1952) is an Indian translator and creative writer in Malayalam and Hindi. His Karnan, a translation of Shivaji Sawant's Marathi novel Mrityunjay, won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2001.[1]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

  • Insulted and Humiliated Characters in Puranas (Sarthak Prakasan, New Delhi)
  • Kunthiparvam (Chithra Publishers, Tvm)
  • Droupati (DC Books, Kottayam)
  • Gandhari (DC Books, Kottayam)
  • Sita (DC Books, Kottayam)
  • Kunthi (DC Books, Kottayam)
  • Drona(DC Books, Kottayam)
  • Sathivathy (DC Books, Kottayam)
  • Bheeshma (DC Books, Kottayam)
  • Yayathi (DC Books, Kottayam)
  • Ravanan (DC Books, Kottayam)

Translations[edit | edit source]

  • Karnan (Mrityunjaya of Sivaji Sawant - DC Books Marathi)
  • Yantra (Malayattoor Ramakrishnan - National Books Trust -Malayalam)
  • Samakaleena Cherukathakal (National Books Trust - Malayalam)
  • Yugandharan (Yugandhar of Sivaji Sawant- Kendra Sahitya Academy, New Delhi - Marathi )
  • Mohammed Rafi - sangeethavum jeevithavum (Hindi)
  • Njan Hinduvanu (Asghar Wajahat - Hindi)
  • Saadat Hasan Mantoyude Kathakal (Saadat Hasan Manto - Urdu)
  • Avarnan (Sharan Kumar Limbale -Marathi)

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::". Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kendra Sahitya Akademy Award for the novel "Karnan"". Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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