E. V. Ramakrishnan

E. V. Ramakrishnan is an English-Malayalam bilingual writer, poet and literary critic from Kerala, India. He received several awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism and the Odakkuzhal Award.

E. V. Ramakrishnan
Born (1951-03-23) 23 March 1951
Payyannur, Kannur district
Occupation(s)Poet, literary critic
AwardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism
Odakkuzhal award

Biography

Born on 23 March 1951, at Valayankot near Payyannur in Kannur district.[1] After educated at Payyannur College, Government Brennen College and Devagiri College, he obtained his PhD from Marathwada University, Aurangabad (Maharashtra).[1] He worked as lecturer in English at Jalna, Maharashtra in 1973-84 and then Lecturer in the Department of English at South Gujarat University, Surat from 1985.[1][2] He is now working as Emeritus Professor in Central University of Gujarat.[3]

The book Indian short stories : (1900-2000), edited by him and published by Sahitya Akademi has been translated to Tamil with title Indiya Chirukathaigal.[4]

Works

Poetry collections
  • Terms of seeing : new and selected poems. Delhi: Konark Publishers. 2006. ISBN 81-220-0711-2.
  • A python in a snake park. New Delhi: Rupa & Co. 1994. ISBN 81-7167-194-2.
  • Being Elsewhere in Myself (1980)[2]
  • Tips for Living in an Expanding Universe[5]

Literary criticism
  • The tree of tongues : an anthology of modern Indian poetry. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study. 1999. ISBN 81-85952-70-1.
  • Crisis and confession : studies in the poetry of Theodore Roethke, Robert Lowell, and Sylvia Plath. Delhi: Chanakya Publications. 1988. ISBN 81-7001-034-9.
  • Making it new : modernism in Malayalam, Marathi, and Hindi poetry. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Studies. 1995. ISBN 81-85952-26-4.
  • Mikhail Bakhtin: A Critical Introduction. ORIENT BLACKSWAN PVT. LTD. 15 February 2023. ISBN 978-9354421563.
  • Indigenous imaginaries : literature, region, modernity. Hyderabad, Telangana, India: The Orient Blackswan. 2017. ISBN 978-9386689450.
  • Locating Indian literature : texts, traditions, translations. New Delhi: The Orient Blackswan. 2017. ISBN 978-9386392404.
  • Narrating India : the novel in search of the nation. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 2005. ISBN 8126020725.
  • From myth to history : the trajectory of modernism in the poetry of Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, and Hindi from the 1950s to the 1970s. Surat: Centre for Social Studies. 1991.
  • Literary Criticism in India: Texts, Trends and Trajectories, published by the Sahitya Akademi.[6]
  • Aksharavum Adhunikathayum. Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 1992. ISBN 9780000129451.
  • Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal (in Malayalam)
  • Viyojippinte vangmayangal, DC Books, 2021 (in Malayalam)
  • We speak in changing languages : Indian women poets 1990-2007. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 2009. ISBN 978-8126026739. (with Anju Makhija)
  • Bakhtinian explorations of Indian culture : pluralism, dogma and dialogue through history. Singapore: Springer. 2018. ISBN 978-9811063121. (with Lakshmi Bandlamudi)

As editor
  • Ramakrishnan, E. V. (2013). Interdisciplinary Alter-natives in Comparative Literature. New Delhi: SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-8132111009.
  • Culture, history, and politics : South Asian narratives. Jaipur: RAWAT PUBLICATIONS. 2019. ISBN 978-8131610619.

Awards and honours

References
  1. "books.puzha.com - Author Details". 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012.
  2. "E.V. Ramakrishnan". www.poetryinternational.com.
  3. "സാഹിത്യവിമര്‍ശനം മധ്യവര്‍ഗ്ഗസംവേദനത്തില്‍ ഒതുങ്ങി- ഇ.വി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന്‍ | തുഞ്ചത്തെഴുത്തച്ഛന്‍ മലയാളസര്‍വകലാശാല". malayalamuniversity.edu.in (in Malayalam).
  4. Indiya Chirukathaigal: 1900-2000. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 2011. ISBN 978-8126029846.
  5. "EV Ramakrishnan- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –| Keralaliteraturefestival.com". keralaliteraturefestival.com.
  6. Kidwai, Shafey (6 October 2021). "Review: Literary Criticism in India edited by EV Ramakrishnan". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. "Mathrubhumi Books - Awards". 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012.
  8. "ഡോ. ഇ.വി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന് ഓടക്കുഴൽ അവാർഡ്". Mathrubhumi Archives (in Malayalam).
  9. "വൈഖരീ പുരസ്കാരം ഇ.വി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന്". ManoramaOnline.
  10. "പ്രൊഫ. സി വി എൻ സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്കാരം ഇ വി രാമകൃഷ്ണന്". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam).
  11. "Dr. E.V. Ramakrishnan" (PDF). Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
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