Attoor Ravi Varma

Attoor Ravi Varma
Born	Attoor, Thrissur, Kerala
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Poetry, translation studies

Attoor Ravi Varma is one of the pioneers of modern Malayalam poetry who has won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for his contributions to literary world. He hails from a small village called Attoor, in Thrissur District of Kerala.^[1][2][3]

Poetry works

• Kavitha
• Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal (1957–1994), Kottayam: D. C. Books, 1995. ISBN 81-7130-543-1
• Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal (1995–2003), Kottayam: D. C. Books, 2003. ISBN 81-264-0611-9

Translation from Tamil to Malayalam

• J. J. Chila Kurippukal (Sundara Ramaswami, Novel)
• Oru Pulimarathinte Katha (Sundara Ramaswami, Novel)
• Nale Mattoru Nal Mathram (G.Nagarajan, Novel)
• Randaam yaamangalute katha (Selma, Novel)
• Puthunaanooru (Poems of 59 Modern poets)
• Bhakti kavyam (Translation of Nayanars and Azhvars)

Edited poems

• Putumozhi vazhikal (Poems of young poets)

Awards and honours

• 1996: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Poetry) for Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal
• 1997: Aasan Prize
• 2001: Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (Poetry) for Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal
• 2005: P. Kunhiraman Nair Award for Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal Bhagam Randu
• 2012: Ezhuthachan Award^[4]
• Translation prize by Kerala Sahitya Akademi
• Translation prize by Kendra Sahitya Akademi
• Premji Award
• E. K. Divakaran Potti Award
• Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma Kavitha Award

References

1. "Malayalam calendar with new features". ‘‘The Hindu’’. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
2. "Contemporary social novel". ‘‘The Hindu’’. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
3. "A nostalgic journey into Thrissur's past". ‘‘The Hindu’’. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
4. "Ezhuthachan award for Attur Ravi Varma". The Hindu. November 23, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2013.

External links

• "Poems of Attoor Ravi Varma". Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Retrieved October 8, 2010.