K. C. Ajayakumar


K. C. Ajayakumar is a writer and translator from Kerala, India. He has published two novels, two research books and two translations in Hindi and has translated 22 books from Hindi to Malayalam. He has received many notable awards including Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize.

Biography

Ajayakumar was born in Koyipram panchayat, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala to K. V. Chandran Nair and M.N. Meenakshiamma. He was the Senior Manager at Indian Overseas Bank. Later, while working as the Chief Manager of Corporation Bank, he retired from service to engage full-time writing. Currently he is living in Thiruvananthapuram.

Literary contributions

Original works in Hindi

swatantrata andolan par aadharit Hindi upanyas Malayalam vyakaran ek parichay Kavikulaguru KalidasSuryagayatriTagore- Ek jeevani
  • ''Sathyavan-Savithri''

Translations to Hindi

Valmiki Ramayan, ek adyayanGitashastram - Hindi translation of Sri C. Radhakrishnan's commentary on Gitadarsanam

Original works in Malayalam

Kalidasan - based on life of KalidasaMruthyunjayam Rabindranath Tagore - A novel adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's Swargamanas. This novel was translated to English with the titile Tagore.Adi Shankara: Introduction to Advaita Vedanta through the life story of Adi Shankara. This book was translated to English with the title Shankaracharya.

Translations to Malayalam

Karmayogam - Original work by Narendra Kohli based on the story of Krishna
  • Two volumes of Abhyudaya novel by Narendra Kohli based on Ramayana
  • Eight volumes of the Mahasamar novel by Narendra Kohli based on the MahabharataVivekanandam - Original work by Narendra KohliGora - Malayalam translation of Bengali novel Gora by Rabindranath TagoreCV Raman Pillai Original work by S. Guptan NairChhatrapati Shivaji, sadbharanathinte maatruka - Original by Anil Madhav DaveBharatha vikasanasam, Sadyathakal Prasnangal, Pariharangal - Original work by Sundeep WaslekarAmbedkar samoohika viplava yathra - Original work by Dattopant ThengadiBabasaheb Ambedkarrum saamoohya neethiyum - Original work by Ramesh PatangeYathodharma sthatho jaya - Original work by Narendra Kohli Sitamanasam Narendra Modi - Udachuvarkkalinte Perunthachan, Navbharata Shilpi - Original by Dr. R. Balashankar Narendramodiyute thiranjedutha prasangangal -Selected Speeches of Narendra ModiManassil thottu paranjath - Translation of Narendra Modi's Mann Ki Baat speeches 2017, 2018, 2019
  • ''Raveendranatham''

Awards