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K. M. Tharakan

ケイ・エム・タラカン

K. M. Tharakan

Aliases: Prof. Dr. K.M. Tharakan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930-10-06 (Puthencavu, Chengannur, Travancore, British India)
Died
2003-07-15 (Thiruvalla, Kerala, India) age 72
Nationality
India
Languages
Malayalam, English
Religion
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Career

Occupations
Writer, critic, novelist, professor, editor, orator
Active Years
1952-2003
Affiliations
St. Albert's College, Mar Athanasius College, Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Malayala Manorama Weekly, Bhashaposhini
Influenced By
Mahakavi Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan

Education

Chengannur English High School
Degree: SSLC
Year of Graduation: 1946
Country: India
Completed SSLC in English medium
Banaras Hindu University
Literature
Degree: M.A.
Country: India
Master of Arts degree in Literature
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Religion & Culture
Country: United States
Continued studies in Religion & Culture
Mahatma Gandhi University
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1995
Country: India
Ph.D. for thesis 'Theory of Synaesthesis in the Perspective of Rasa Sidhanta'

Awards

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
1975
Work: Paschathya Sahitya Thatwasastram
Category: 批評
Organization: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Paschathya Sahitya Thatwasastram

1975 Literary criticism

A literary criticism on Western literary theory.

Western literary theory

Tarangini

1970 Critique

Collection of literary critiques.

Modern literature

Avalannu bharya

Novel

Novel about marital life.

MarriageHuman relationships

Anugraheethanaya Basheer

1989 Biography

Biography of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.

Literary biography

Bibliography

  • Tarangini
  • Pattu novalukal
  • Atyadhinika sahityam
  • Adhhunikha sahityadarshanam
  • Nobel Sammanrhar
  • Moral foundations of the Indian civilisation
  • Western and Eastern Poetics
  • Avalannu bharya
  • Ninakkayi mathram
  • Ormakalude rathri
  • Athmavil sugandham
  • Ennil aliyunna dukham
  • M P Paul
  • O Chanthumenon
  • K C Mammen Mappilai
  • Kesava Dev
  • Anugraheethanaya Basheer

Translations by Author

  • Translated many Malayalam works into English

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Comparative literature approachPerspective of Rasa SiddhantaComparative study of Western and Eastern poetics

Health

  • Prolonged illness
    晩年
    Died in a private hospital in Thiruvalla

Legacy

Noted Indian critic, novelist, litterateur and educationalist from Kerala. Authored over 50 books, translated numerous Malayalam works into English, and served as President of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi.

Trivia

  • Son of the renowned poet Mahakavi Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan.
  • Married to Rachel Tharakan; had two sons and two daughters.
  • The K. M. Tharakan Foundation was established in 1990, awarding the Aacharya Award.