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Attoor Ravi Varma

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Attoor Ravi Varma

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性別
男性
生誕
1930-12-27 （Attoor, Trichur, Kingdom of Cochin (now Thrissur, Kerala, India)）
死没
2019-07-26 （Thrissur, Kerala, India） 88歳
国籍
Indian
言語
Malayalam, Tamil, English
居住地歴
Attoor (birthplace) → Thrissur (residence, treated) → Madras/Chennai (teaching) → Calicut/Kozhikode → Pattambi → Thalassery (Brennen College)

経歴

職業
Poet, Translator, Teacher
活動期間
1950年〜2019年
所属
Presidency College, Madras, Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College, Pattambi, Brennen College, Thalassery
影響を受けた人物
M. Govindan, Tamil writers and poets (e.g., Sundara Ramaswamy)
影響を与えた人物
Subsequent Malayalam modernist poets

学歴

Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut
学位: Pre-university (在学中退／政治活動で退学)
国: India
Expelled during pre-university for involvement in left-wing politics; later continued studies at other colleges.
Malabar Christian College, Calicut
国: India
Attended for pre-university/college-level studies.
University College, Trivandrum
Malayalam (Honours)
学位: 学士（優等）
国: India
Graduated with honours in Malayalam; exact year unknown.
Presidency College, Madras (Chennai)
Malayalam department (faculty) / Malayalam department
国: India
Served on the faculty; association with M. Govindan influenced his study of Tamil.

受賞歴

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry
1996
対象作品: Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal
主催: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
結果: 受賞
Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram
1997
主催: Asan Memorial (Asan Foundation)
結果: 受賞
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation
1997
対象作品: Oru Pulimarathinte Katha (translation)
部門: 翻訳
主催: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
結果: 受賞
Sahitya Akademi Award (Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award)
2001
対象作品: Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal
主催: Sahitya Akademi (Kendra Sahitya Akademi)
結果: 受賞
P. Kunhiraman Nair Award
2005
対象作品: Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal (second part)
主催: Kerala cultural organizations
結果: 受賞
Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
2012
主催: Government of Kerala
結果: 受賞
Vani Samanvay Distinguished Translator Award
2015
部門: 翻訳
主催: Vani Samanvay / Vani Foundation
結果: 受賞
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (Distinguished Fellow)
2017
部門: フェローシップ
主催: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
結果: 選出
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize
部門: 翻訳
主催: Sahitya Akademi
結果: 受賞
Deviprasadam Trust Award
2010
主催: Deviprasadam Trust
結果: 受賞
Premji Award
結果: 受賞
E. K. Divakaran Potti Award
結果: 受賞
Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma Kavitha Award
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavithakal (1957–1994)

1995年 Poetry

A collected anthology spanning decades, notable for its free-verse approach and role in pioneering modernism in Malayalam poetry.

Everyday lifeSocial motifsReligious and philosophical reflection
翻訳
  • Some poems have been translated into English and other languages (details not specified)

Attoor Kavithakal (2012)

2012年 Poetry

A collection including later works, further developing his free-verse technique.

Personal history and memorySocietal boundariesLanguage and translation

Oru Pulimarathinte Katha (translation)

1998年 Novel (translation)

Translation into Malayalam of an early novel by Sundara Ramaswamy.

Linguistic crossing through translationDepiction of local societies

J. J. Chila Kurippukal (translation)

1998年 Short pieces/notes (translation)

Translation of Sundara Ramaswamy's short pieces.

Prose-poetic fragmentsMemory and close observation

全著作

  • Kavitha
  • Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavithakal (1957–1994)
  • Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavithakal (1995–2003)
  • Malayalathinte priya kavithakal
  • Attoor Kavithakal (2012)
  • J. J. Chila Kurippukal (translation)
  • Oru Pulimarathinte Katha (translation)
  • Randaam Yaamangalute Katha (translation)

翻案

  • Maruvili - documentary film directed by Anvar Ali

作家による翻訳

  • Numerous translations from Tamil into Malayalam (including works by Sundara Ramaswamy, Rajathi Salma, etc.)

作品の翻訳

  • Selections of his poems have been translated into English and other languages (details vary).

作風・主題

文体
Free verse (non-metrical)Modernist expression
頻出モチーフ
Everyday minutiaeMemory and nostalgiaReferences to religious tradition (Bhakti poetry)

健康

  • Pneumonia
    2019（終末期）
    Hospitalized and treated; died following complications.

評価・遺産

Attoor Ravi Varma was a pioneer of modern Malayalam poetry, notable for introducing free verse and for significant translations from Tamil that promoted cross-linguistic literary exchange. He received many major Indian literary awards, including the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram.

関連学会

  • Kerala Sahitya Akademi

大衆文化への影響

  • Documentary film 'Maruvili' (dir. Anvar Ali)
  • Television and web recordings of readings and interviews are available.

豆知識

  • In his youth he was involved in left-wing politics and was expelled from college for this involvement.
  • Among his students during his teaching career were future politicians Pinarayi Vijayan and A. K. Balan.
  • He translated numerous works from Tamil into Malayalam, including novels and poetry.
  • He translated Bhakti poems published in the vattezhuthu script.
  • A documentary on his life and poetry, 'Maruvili', was produced.