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Puthussery Ramachandran Pillai

プトゥッセリー・ラーマチャンドラン・ピライ

Puthussery Ramachandran Pillai

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1928-09-23 （Mavelikkara, Travancore）
Died
2020-03-14 （Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala） age 91
Nationality
India
Languages
Malayalam, English
Residence History
Mavelikkara (birthplace) → Kollam (worked at S.N. College) → Thiruvananthapuram (later life)

Career

Occupations
Poet, Professor, Linguist
Active Years
1948-2020
Affiliations
S.N. College, Kollam, University of Kerala (Syndicate member), C. Achutha Menon Foundation (founder member)
Memberships
University of Kerala Syndicate (member), C. Achutha Menon Foundation (founder member)

Education

University College, Trivandrum
Undergraduate studies (BA honours, Malayalam/English)
Degree: B.A. (Honours)
Period: ～1956
Year of Graduation: 1956
Country: India
Graduated with first rank

Awards

Bhasha Samman
2014
Organization: Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize
2004
Category: 翻訳
Organization: Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
2009
Category: フェローシップ
Organization: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions
1999
Organization: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award (Poetry)
2005
Category: 詩
Organization: Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award
Result: 受賞
Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award (Other Literature)
2018
Work: Thilacha Mannil Kalnadayayi
Category: その他
Organization: Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award
Result: 受賞
N. V. Krishna Warrier Vignjaana Puraskaram
2008
Organization: N. V. Krishna Warrier Foundation
Result: 受賞
Vallathol Award
2008
Organization: Vallathol Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram
2008
Organization: Asan Memorial Association (Chennai)
Result: 受賞
Yesenin Award
2012
Organization: Yesenin Award (Russia)
Result: 受賞
Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
2015
Organization: Government of Kerala
Result: 受賞
Thoppil Bhasi Award
2016
Organization: Thoppil Bhasi Award Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Grameena Gayakan

1948 Poetry

An early collection of poems depicting rural life and voices of the people.

rural lifefreedom strugglepeople's voice

Aavunnathra Uchchathil

1954 Poetry

A collection reflecting sensibilities of the 1950s, addressing social and human themes.

societyinner life

Puthiyakollanum Puthiyoralayum

1960 Poetry

A set of poems exploring the tension between novelty and tradition.

tradition vs innovation

Utsavabali

1998 Poetry

A late-career collection demonstrating mature poetic vision.

maturityritual

Kannassa Ramayanam (critical edition)

2013 Critical edition / Philology

A critical edition and commentary on the Kannassa Ramayanam based on manuscripts.

classical studieslanguage history

Language of Middle Malayalam

1972 Scholarly work

A linguistic study of Middle Malayalam analyzing forms and vocabulary from a historical-linguistic perspective.

historical linguisticstoponymy/place-name studies

Bibliography

  • Ente Swathantryasamara Kavithakal (Poems written for India's Freedom Struggle)
  • Grameena Gayakan
  • Aavunnathra Uchchathil
  • Puthiyakollanum Puthiyoralayum
  • Sakthipooja
  • Akalumthorum
  • Agnaye Swaha
  • Puthusseri Ramachandrante Kavithakal (Selected Poems)
  • Utsavabali
  • Ee Veettil Aarumille
  • Puthusserikkavithakal (Complete poetical works)
  • Kerala Charithrathinte Adisthana Reghakal
  • Ee Mannil Evarodoppam (Memoirs)
  • Theranjedutha Prabhandangal (Selected Essays)
  • Thilacha Mannil Kalnadayayi (Autobiography)
  • Medea (Euripides translation)
  • African Kavithakal (Translations of African poems)
  • Charamageetham (Anna Akhmatova translations)
  • Language of Middle Malayalam

Translations by Author

  • Medea (Euripides) translation (1965)
  • African Kavithakal (poems from African countries, translation, 1989)
  • Anna Akhmatova poems translation (Charamageetham, 1989)

Translations of Works

  • Puthusseri ki Kavitha (Hindi translation, 2001)
  • Poems translated into English and Tamil (published in journals)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Colloquial, populist poetic voiceRigorous historical-linguistic analysis in scholarly works
Recurring Motifs
homeland and rural lifeindependence and freedomlanguage and cultural heritage

Legacy

Puthussery Ramachandran contributed both as a poet and as a scholar of early and medieval Malayalam through critical editions, translations and linguistic research. He helped promote Malayalam's recognition and received numerous state and national honors.

Academic Societies

  • Kerala Sahitya Akademi

In Popular Culture

  • Poems and translations featured in anthologies and academic journals

Trivia

  • Graduated with first rank in his BA (Honours).
  • Involved in work that contributed to Malayalam's recognition as a classical language.
  • His poems have been translated into Hindi, English and Tamil.