Malayalam Poets

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: K. Satchidanandan, O. N. V. Kurup, Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan, Ayyappa Paniker, Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Kumaran Asan, P. Bhaskaran, Moyinkutty Vaidyar, Vallathol Narayana Menon, Kavalam Narayana Panicker, Sreekumaran Thampi, Pannisseri Nanu Pillai, Vayalar Ramavarma, G. Sankara Kurup, Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran, P. Kunhiraman Nair, Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon, Sugathakumari, Kureepuzha Sreekumar, Kedamangalam Sadanandan, Edappally Raghavan Pillai, Kunjunni, P. K. Gopi, Edasseri Govindan Nair, Balamani Amma, K. V. Simon, Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, Balachandran Chullikkadu, Punaloor Balan, Satyan Madakkara, Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai, Yusuf Ali Kechery, Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup, Pandalam Kerala Varma, D. Vinayachandran, N. V. Krishna Warrier, Ramapurathu Warrier, Kilimanoor Ramakanthan, M. Govindan, Mohanakrishnan Kaladi, Kunhikuttan Thampuran, S. Ramesan Nair, Pravithanam PM Devasia. Excerpt: K. Satchidanandan (born 28 May 1946) is a major Indian poet and critic, writing in Malayalam, and English. Satchidanandan has established himself as an academician, editor, translator and playwright. Born in central Kerala, he was a Professor of English and Editor of Indian Literature, the journal of the Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Literature) and the executive head of the Sahitya Akademi for a decade (1996-2006) He has to his credit 22 collections of poetry besides many selections, 16 collections of translations of poetry and 19 collections of essays on literature, language and society-three of them in English- besides four plays and three travel narratives. He has 24 collections of his poetry in translation in 16 languages including Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, English, French, German and Italian. He has introduced several poets like Garcia Lorca, Alexander Block, Vozn...