K. Satchidanandan Explained

Koyamparambath Satchidanandan
Birth Date:1946 5, df=yes
Nationality:Indian
Genre:Poetry, criticism, travelogue, translation, drama
Signature:K. Sachidanandan autograph.svg

K. Satchidanandan (born 28 May 1946) is an Indian poet[1] and critic, writing in Malayalam and English. A pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam, a bilingual literary critic, playwright, editor, columnist and translator,[2] he is the former editor of Indian Literature journal and the former secretary of Sahitya Akademi.[3] He is also social advocate for secular anti-caste views, supporting causes like environment, human rights and free software and is a well known speaker on issues concerning contemporary Indian literature. He is the festival director of Kerala Literature Festival.[4] [5]

Life and career

Koyamparambath Satchidanandan was born in 1946 in Pulloot, a village in Kodungallur in the Thrissur District of Kerala.[6]

After his early education in a village school, he was graduated in biology from the Christ College, Irinjalakuda, and had his Masters in English from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam. He obtained his PhD in post-structuralist poetics from the University of Calicut. He joined as a lecturer in English at K.K.T.M. Govt. College, Pulloot in 1968, and moved to Christ College, Irinjalakuda, in 1970 where he became a professor of English. He voluntarily retired from this post in 1992 to take up the editorship of Indian Literature, the English journal of the Indian National Academy in Delhi. In 1996 he was nominated Secretary, the chief executive, of the academy, a post from which he retired in 2006. Later he served as a Consultant to the Indian Government's Department of Higher Education and to the National Translation Mission. He also worked as Director, School of Translation Studies[7] and Training at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi.[8] He edited 'The Katha Library of Indian Literature', 'The Library of South Asian Literature' and Beyond Borders, a journal of South Asian literature and ideas.

Satchidanandan's literary career began with the publication of 'Kurukshetram', a collection of essays on poetry (1970) and 'Anchusooryan', a collection of poems (1971). Since then he has published several books of poetry, criticism, plays, travelogues and translations of poetry and plays and edited several magazines like 'Jwala', 'Uttaram' and 'Pachakkutira' besides many anthologies of poetry and essays in Malayalam, English, Hindi and Slovenian. He has represented India at several national and international literary events like Valmiki World Poetry Festival (Delhi,1985), Sarajevo Poetry Days (1985), Festival of India in the USSR (1988), Printemps des Poetes, France (2003), Berlin Literary Festival (2005), Frankfurt Book fair (2005, 2006), Paris Book fair (2007), Jaipur International Literary Festival (2008, 9, 10, 11,12), London Book fair (2009), Indo-Arab Literary Festival, Abu Dhabi (2008), Blue Metropolis Literary Festival, Montreal (20110, Hay Festival, Trivandrum, 2011) Rotterdam Poetry Festival (2012), Medellin Poetry Festival (2013), Festival of India in Latin America (2013), Sharjah Book fair (2013) and Vilenica Literary Festival, Slovenia (2014, 2015). This is besides readings in Lahore, Manchester, Dubai, Damascus, Aleppo, Bonn, Rome, Madrid, Avila, Segovia and all major cities in India. One of the most widely anthologised and translated of modern poets in India, he has 32 books of poems in 18 languages. He was given the Indo-Polish Friendship Medal by the Government of Poland in 2005 and the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2006.[9] He was in the Ladbroke list of Nobel probables in 2011.[3][10] [11] A film on him, 'Summer Rain' was released in 2007.[12]

Satchidanandan is a National Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Simla. He co-edits two on-line journals, Guftugu and 1 Over the 8th. His poems appeared in many prestigious poetry anthologies like Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry,[13] The Dance of the Peacock.[14] [15]

He worked from 1996 to 2006, as the secretary of Sahitya Akademi. He returned to teaching after retiring from Sahitya Akademi, and worked as Director and Professor of the School of Translation Studies and Training at the Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi until 2011.[16]

Satchidanandan is married, and has two daughters.

Awards and honours

Akademi awards

Other major awards and fellowships

Works in Malayalam

Poetry

Plays

Prose

Poetry translations in other languages

Prose translation in other languages

Original works in English

Translations into Malayalam

Poetry

Plays

Works on K. Satchidanandan

In Malayalam

In English

In German

In French

In Italian

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers . Sahitya Akademi. 1 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208093136/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=3557 . 8 December 2015 . dead . dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Featured Writer K.Satchidanandan: Biographical Note . Turner . Zalehah . 2017-12-21 . Rochford Street Review . en . 2019-01-24.
  3. Web site: Kerala's top literary award for K. Satchidanandan . 2017-11-01 . The Hindu . en-IN . 2019-01-24.
  4. Web site: K. Satchidanandan. Poetryinternationalweb. 2014-08-20. 21 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821100157/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/K.-Satchidanandan. dead.
  5. Web site: K. Satchidanandan. The Library of Congress . 2014-08-20.
  6. Web site: K. Satchidanandan -- Malayalam Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office) . 2019-01-24 . www.loc.gov . 2019-01-24.
  7. Web site: K Satchidanandan – Manipal International Literature and Arts Platform 2017 . 2019-01-24 . M.I.L.A.P. . en-US . 2019-01-24.
  8. Web site: K. Satchidanandan (poet) – India – Poetry International . 2019-01-24 . www.poetryinternationalweb.net . en . 2019-01-24 . 12 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181012214628/https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/27/K-Satchidanandan . dead .
  9. Web site: Satchidanandan, K. (1946--) – Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism . 2019-01-24 . www.rem.routledge.com . en . 2019-01-24.
  10. Web site: An intuitive poet . 6 November 2011 . www.tribuneindia.com . 2019-01-24.
  11. Web site: Satchidanandan in contention for literature Nobel race – Times of India . 5 October 2011 . The Times of India . 2019-01-24.
  12. Summer Rain . 2019-01-24 . Disha Global . Video . ml . Moksh Films . A biographic documentary on K. Satchidanandan . 42.12.
  13. Web site: Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry. BigBridge.Org. 9 June 2016.
  14. News: Grove. Richard. The Dance of the Peacock:An Anthology of English Poetry from India. 5 January 2015. current. Hidden Brook Press, Canada. 29 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180929050126/http://hiddenbrookpress.com/Book-Indo-EnglishPoetry.html. dead.
  15. Web site: Press. Hidden Brook. Hidden Brook Press. Hidden Brook Press. 5 January 2015.
  16. cite web|title="Poetry International": Profile Poet K Satchidanandan|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/27/K-Satchidanandan
  17. Web site: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry . 2019-01-24 . Kerala Sahitya Akademi . 2019-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm . 26 June 2018 . dead .
  18. Web site: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama . 2019-01-24 . Kerala Sahitya Akademi . 2019-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180516212809/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Play.htm . 16 May 2018 . dead .
  19. Web site: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous . 2019-01-24 . Kerala Sahitya Akademi . 2019-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170705044712/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others_contd.htm#Yathra . 5 July 2017 . dead .
  20. Web site: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship . 2019-01-24 . Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala . 2019-01-24.
  21. Web site: General Information – Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012 – Know India: National Portal of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20180209182238/http://www.knowindia.gov.in/general-information/sahitya-akademi-awards-2012.php . dead . 9 February 2018 . 2019-01-24 . knowindia.gov.in . 2019-01-24.
  22. Web site: P. Kunhiraman Nair Award . 2019-01-24 . Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala . 2019-01-24.
  23. Web site: Asan Prize . 2019-01-24 . Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala . 2019-01-24.
  24. Web site: Winners of Vayalar Award . 2019-01-25 . www.keralaculture.org . en . 2019-01-25.
  25. Web site: Padmaprabha Literary Award – Padma Prabha Puraskaram . 2019-01-25 . www.keralaculture.org . en . 2019-01-25.
  26. Web site: Kusumagraj National Award for poet K Satchidanandan . 2012-01-13 . dna . en . 2019-01-24.
  27. Web site: Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad Award . 2020-11-18 . www.keralaculture.org . en.
  28. Web site: Satchidanandan chosen for Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar . 2013-11-23 . The Hindu . en-IN . 2019-01-24.
  29. Web site: Satchidanandan wins first Kuvempu Award . Staff Correspondent . 2013-12-30 . The Hindu . en-IN . 2019-01-24.
  30. Web site: Muttathu Varkey award for Sachidanandan . 2015-04-29 . The Hindu . en-IN . 2019-01-24.
  31. Web site: Four Poets of Peace honoured in Dubai . 2019-01-24 . gulfnews.com . en . 2019-01-24.
  32. Web site: 16 November 2020 . K Satchidanandan wins Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2020 . 18 November 2020 . . 16 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201116140045/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/k-satchidanandan-wins-mathrubhumi-literary-award-2020-1.5211874 . dead .
  33. Web site: 13 February 2021 . Poet K Satchidanandan bags ONV Award . . 9 March 2021 . 13 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210213121630/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/poet-k-satchidanandan-bags-onv-award-1.5435622 . dead .
  34. News: K Satchidanandan to receive Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia Award . en . 2023-01-14.
  35. Book: K. Satchidanandan . Sambhashanathinu Oru Shramam . DC Books . 2000 . 812640082X . 24 January 2019 . 24 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203330/https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/sambhashanathinu-oru-shramam?t=1 . dead .
  36. Book: K. Satchidanandan . Thathagatham . Mathrubhumi Books . 2013 . 9788182656475.
  37. Book: K. Satchidanandan . Nilkkunna Manuṣhyan . 2015 . 9788126464036 . Kotayam . 932618867.
  38. Book: K. Satchidanandan . Satchidanandante Kavithakal 1965 – 2015 . DC Books . 2016 . 978-8126466849.
  39. Book: K. Satchidanandan . Samudrangalkku Matramalla സമുദ്രങ്ങൾക്കു മാത്രമല്ല . DC Books . 2017 . en . 24 January 2019 . 25 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190125020425/http://merryget.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=253 . dead .
  40. Book: K. Satchidanandan . Gandhi . Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad . 1995.
  41. Book: Summer rain : three decades of poetry . Saccidānandan Dichter, Kritiker . 1995 . Nirala . 8185693900 . New Delhi . 635847666.
  42. Book: How to go to the Tao temple and other poems . Saccidānandan . 1998 . Har-Anand Publications . 8124105464 . New Delhi . 39546331.
  43. Book: Apūrṇa aura anya kavitāem̐ . Saccidānandan . 2001 . Rājakamala Prakāśana . 8126701854 . 1. saṃskaraṇa . Nayī Dillī . 48222772.
  44. Book: So many births : three decades of poetry . Saccidānandan . 2001 . Konark Publishers . 8122006035 . New Delhi . 47667474.
  45. Book: K., Satchidanandan . While I Write : new and selected poems. . 2011 . Harpercollins India . 978-9350290385 . [Place of publication not identified] . 941026657.
  46. Book: Rogha Dánta: Selected Poems in Irish . K. Satchidanandan . Mícheál Ó hAodha, Gabriel Rosenstock . Original Writing . 2012 . B007A0FTMW.
  47. Book: K., Saccidānandan . The missing rib : collected poems 1973–2015 . 2016 . 9789382749400 . Mumbai . 973480767.
  48. Book: Indian literature : positions and propositions . Saccidānandan . 1999 . Pencraft International . 8185753253 . Delhi . 41002974.
  49. Book: K. Satchidanandan . Readings, Indian Literature and Beyond . 2009 . Yash Publications. .
  50. Web site: A Conversation with Satchidanandan . 2019-01-24 . Samyukta . 2019-01-24.

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