Nationality Indian Role Poet Name Puthussery Ramachandran | Occupation Poet, professor Ethnicity Malayali Education Master of Arts | |
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Born 23 September 1928 (age 95) ( 1928-09-23 ) Vallikunnam, Travancore Residence Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Alma mater Pope Pius XI English High School, Kattanam
Sree Narayana College, Kollam
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram Notable work Grameena Gayakan,Aavunnathra Uchchathil,Puthiyakollanum Puthiyoralayum,Utsavabali,Kannassa Ramayanam,Keralcharitrathinte Adisthanarekhakal | ||
Puthussery ramachandran gets ezhuthachan award
Puthussery Ramachandran Pillai is an Indian poet of the Malayalam language. He is a scholar of Dravidian linguistics and has been a professor of Malayalam for more than three decades.
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- Puthussery ramachandran gets ezhuthachan award
- Malayalam padyam chollal 20 paavakkoothu puthussery ramachandran
- Career
- Poetry
- Awards
- Positions held
- References
Malayalam padyam chollal 20 paavakkoothu puthussery ramachandran
Career
Puthussery Ramachandran's academic career started as lecturer at Sree Narayana College, Kollam in 1957. He became lecturer in the Department of Malayalam at the University of Kerala in 1969. After his retirement as Professor of Malayalam and Dean of Oriental Faculty in 1988 with an experience of 32 years of teaching, he became the Honorary Director of International Centre for Kerala Studies, University of Kerala.
Ramachandran was a member of the Syndicate of the University of Kerala and was the General Secretary of First World Conference on Malayalam language and Kerala Culture organised by the University of Kerala in 1977. He was the Organizing Secretary of the First All India Conference on Dravidian Linguistics in 1971, which led to the formation of Dravidian Linguistics Association and establishment of International School of Dravidian Linguistics in Thiruvananthapuram. He is the President of Place Name Society and the Director of Asian-African and Latin American Studies.
Poetry
His first poem, Onnanthyakkuttam, was published in 1944 when the poet was just 16 years old. The themes of his early works were evolved from the experience developed by the life and struggle of his surroundings. Most of his early poems were written in the background of freedom struggle. The later evolution of his poetry occurred in the period of his involvement in revolutionary politics. In the period known as Pink Decade (1945–1955) in Malayalam Poetry, young poets inspired by revolutionary ideology of Marxism was active, Puthussery was in the forefront. In the later period he was the critical insider to the left politics and his poems, thee peyyaruthe mazhamukile, moongayum pananmarum etc. reflect this sentiment. Though he shared some common characteristics in theme and style picked from the daily life of the common man, he later developed his own poetic identity drawing inspiration from the spiritual tradition of Indian Philosophy.
Ramachandran's literary efforts have been recognised by the Sahitya Akademi, who gave him their national award for translation. In 2009 Kerala Sahitya Akademi conferred him with the Fellowship, the most distinguished honour of the Academy. He has done much to promote Malayalam language and literature. On the basis of the elaborate document prepared and submitted by Government of Kerala with his guidance and leadership, Malayalam was recognised as a classical language by the Government of India in 2013. He had taken the initiative in organising the first World Malayalam Conference in 1977 in Thiruvananthapuram.
In recognition of his contributions to the studies on Early and Medieval Malayalam language and literature, the Sahitya Akademi has selected Dr. Puthussery for Bhasha Samman in 2014.