Kilimanoor Ramakanthan

Kilimanoor Ramakantan was a renowned Malayalam poet, writer, translator and lyricist from Kerala, India. Dante's Divine Comedy was translated into Malayalam by Ramakanthan. This is the first translation of Divine Comedy in India.

Biography

Ramakanthan was born in 1938 in Kilimanoor. Educated at Kilimanoor Rajaraja Varma High School, Thiruvananthapuram Arts College and University College. He worked as a teacher in Sreenarayana College, Kollam for a long time.

Awards

2005 Asan Memorial award for Poetry
Sahithya Academy Award for Best Translation
Mooloor Award Kavitharangam Award
Kavishresta Puraskaram by the Sree Narayana Academi
Velutheri Kesavan Award

Books on Kilimanoor Remakanthan

Orma kallukal by K.Indira
Kilimanoor Remakanthan prakrithiye guruvakkiya kavi written by Malayalapuzha Sudhan

Translations

Kilimanoor's Malayalam translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, published by Kendra Sahithya Academy, was the first translation of the Italian epic into any Indian language. He also translated Nikos Kazantzakis's The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel into Malayalam, where it was published in three parts by Kendra Sahithya Academy under the title Odyssey Aadhunika Anubandham.