B. Rajeevan Explained

B. Rajeevan
Birth Date:1946
Birth Place:Kayamkulam, Travancore
Education:SN College, Quilon
University College, Trivandrum
Occupation:Literary critic, author
Nationality:British
Period:1997–present
Genre:Literary criticism, essay
Notableworks:Vakkukalum Vasthukkalum

B. Rajeevan is a Malayalam author and literary critic from Kerala, India.

Biography

He was born in 1946 in Kayamkulam near Quilon, Kerala. He studied at SN College, Quilon and University College, Trivandrum. He has been teaching Malayalam literature in government colleges since 1971. During the Emergency in 1975, he was branded as a Naxalite sympathiser and had to face police harassment and house arrest. In the eighties, he served on the State Committee of the Janakeeya Samskarika Vedi (People's Cultural Forum) and participated in various struggles. He was arrested and was expelled from his long-time college post. Since 1969, he has written and published essays on philosophy, aesthetics, history, political thought, film and poetry.[1] He has been living together with poet Savithri Rajeevan from 1975 onwards.[2]

List of works

Awards

Notes and References

  1. http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=308 "ബി. രാജീവൻ"
  2. https://www.deshabhimani.com/women/savithri-rajeevan/716687 "സർഗയൗവനത്തിൽ സാവിത്രി രാജീവൻ"
  3. News: Sahitya Akademi awards announced . . 2 August 2012 . 6 July 2020.
  4. Web site: ചിന്ത രവീന്ദ്രന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം ബി.രാജീവന് . . 13 July 2019 . 6 July 2020.
  5. News: B. Rajeevan to receive MN Vijayan award . . PressReader. 9 July 2014 . 6 July 2020.
  6. News: O.V. Vijayan Award for B. Rajeevan. 26 October 2014. Mathrubhumi. 6 July 2020.
  7. News: ഡോ. സി പി മേനോന്‍ പുരസ്കാരങ്ങള്‍ വിതരണംചെയ്തു . . 29 September 2013 . 6 July 2020.
  8. Web site: The Award Winners . Basheer Smaraka Trust . 6 July 2020.