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{{Infobox writer&lt;br /&gt;
 | name        = Attoor Ravi Varma&lt;br /&gt;
 | image       = ആറ്റൂർ രവിവർമ്മ.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
 | pseudonym   =&lt;br /&gt;
 | birth_date  = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|12|27}}&lt;br /&gt;
 | birth_place = [[Attoor (Kerala)|Attoor]], [[Trichur]], [[Kingdom of Cochin]]&lt;br /&gt;
 | death_date  = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|7|26|1930|12|27}}&lt;br /&gt;
 | death_place = Trichur, [[Kerala]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
 | occupation  = &lt;br /&gt;
 | nationality = [[India]]n&lt;br /&gt;
 | alma_mater  = [[Zamorin&amp;#039;s Guruvayurappan College|Zamorin&amp;#039;s Guruvayurappan College, Calicut]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[University College, Trivandrum]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Malabar Christian College|Malabar Christian College, Calicut]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Death&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 | genre       = Poetry, translation&lt;br /&gt;
 | subject     =&lt;br /&gt;
 | movement    =&lt;br /&gt;
 | influences  =&lt;br /&gt;
 | spouse      =&lt;br /&gt;
 | awards      = {{Unbulleted list||1996&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]]|1997&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]]|1997&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation]]|2001&amp;amp;nbsp;[[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]]|2005&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Malayalam Literary Awards#P. Kunhiraman Nair Award|P. Kunhiraman Nair Award]]|2012&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]]|2015&amp;amp;nbsp;Vani Samnvay Distinguished Translator Award|2017&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]]|[[Sahitya Akademi|Kendra Sahitya Akademi]] Translation Prize|Premji Award|E. K. Divakaran Potti Award|Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma Kavitha Award}}&lt;br /&gt;
 | website     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Attoor Ravi Varma&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (27 December 1930 – 26 July 2019)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Death&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/poet-attur-ravi-varma-passes-away/article28726258.ece &amp;quot;Poet Attur Ravi Varma passes away&amp;quot;]. Chennai: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Hindu&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. July 26, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was an Indian poet and translator of [[Malayalam literature]]. One of the pioneers of modern [[Malayalam]] [[poetry]], Ravi Varma is a recipient of [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] and [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation]], besides many other honours. The [[Government of Kerala]] honoured him with their highest literary award, the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], in 2012 and the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] inducted him as their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship|distinguished fellow]] in 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Biography ==&lt;br /&gt;
Attoor Ravi Varma was born on 27 December 1930 in [[Attoor (Kerala)|Attoor]], a small village in [[Thrissur district|Trichur district]] of the erstwhile [[Kingdom of Cochin]] (now part of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]]) to Krishnan Namboothiri and Ammini Amma.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;കവിക്കും റിട്ടയര്‍മെന്റുണ്ട്; പക്ഷേ മനസ്സില്‍ കവിത വന്നുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കും&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravivarma-interview--1.3163999|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406181026/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravivarma-interview--1.3163999|archive-date=April 6, 2019|title=കവിക്കും റിട്ടയര്‍മെന്റുണ്ട്; പക്ഷേ മനസ്സില്‍ കവിത വന്നുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കും |last=കെ വിശ്വനാഥ്|first=ആറ്റൂര്‍ രവിവര്‍മ|website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-04-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He joined [[Zamorin&amp;#039;s Guruvayurappan College]], [[Calicut]] for his pre-university course but was expelled from college due to his involvement in [[left-wing politics]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;സഹ്യനൊപ്പം തലപ്പൊക്കമുള്ള ആറ്റൂർ കവിതകൾ&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2019/01/25/attoor-ravi-varma-kerala-sahitya-akademi-award.html |title=സഹ്യനൊപ്പം തലപ്പൊക്കമുള്ള ആറ്റൂർ കവിതകൾ |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml |access-date=2019-04-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Later, he continued studies at [[Malabar Christian College]] before graduating in Malayalam with [[Honours degree|honours]] from the [[University College, Trivandrum]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/attoor_ravi_varma-profile-8757-25.htm |title=Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-04-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Subsequently, he joined [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College, Madras]] Malayalam department&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|last=ലേഖകന്‍|first=സ്വന്തം|title=ആറ്റിക്കുറുക്കിയ കവിതകളുടെ ആറ്റൂര്‍|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravi-varma-poet-and-translator-of-malayalam-literature-1.3989129|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516063011/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/attoor-ravi-varma-poet-and-translator-of-malayalam-literature-1.3989129|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as a faculty where he had the opportunity to be in touch with [[M. Govindan]], the noted writer, which helped him in the studies of [[Tamil language]]. He started his career as a teacher in [[Madras]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=ആറ്റിക്കുറുക്കിയ കവിതകളുടെ ആറ്റൂര്‍...|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/web-specials-magazine/attoor-ravi-varma-pv9433|access-date=2021-05-16|website=www.asianetnews.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; but returned to Kerala to work at [[Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Back Matter&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |title=Back Matter |journal = Journal of South Asian Literature|volume = 15|issue = 2|date=1980 |jstor = 40861198}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; before joining the [[Government Brennen College, Thalassery|Brennen College, Tellicherry]] where prominent politicians [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] and [[A. K. Balan]] were his students.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;കവിക്കും റിട്ടയര്‍മെന്റുണ്ട്; പക്ഷേ മനസ്സില്‍ കവിത വന്നുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കും&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Ravi Varma was married to Sree Devi and the couple resided in Trichur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;സഹ്യനൊപ്പം തലപ്പൊക്കമുള്ള ആറ്റൂർ കവിതകൾ&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;A nostalgic journey into Thrissur&amp;#039;s past&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/02/15/stories/2003021503970300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318135247/http://www.hindu.com/2003/02/15/stories/2003021503970300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-03-18 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=A nostalgic journey into Thrissur&amp;#039;s past |date=2003-02-15 |access-date=2011-11-04 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Ravi Varma died on 26 July 2019. He was 88 and was undergoing treatment for pneumonia in a private hospital in Trichur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Death&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Legacy ==&lt;br /&gt;
Ravi Varma&amp;#039;s poems ignored the metre and used free verse&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Datta1988&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&amp;amp;pg=PA1326|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|pages=1326–}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and he was one among the group of poets who pioneered modernism in Malayalam literature.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; His oeuvre consists of several poems compiled under three anthologies, translation of four novels from Tamil which include two of [[Sundara Ramaswamy]] and one of [[Salma (writer)|Rajathi Salma]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Contemporary social novel&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2010/02/09/stories/2010020950761403.htm |title=Contemporary social novel |access-date=2011-11-04 |newspaper=The Hindu|date=8 February 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; two books of translation of Tamil poetry and an edited work of poems of young writers. It was Ravi Varma who translated the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhakthi poems&amp;#039;&amp;#039; on the Malayalam calendar in [[Vatteluttu script|vattezhuthu script]] published by Moozhikulam Sala.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Malayalam calendar with new features&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article2321553.ece |title=Malayalam calendar with new features |access-date=2011-11-04 |newspaper=The Hindu|date=4 August 2011 |author=Staff Reporter }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Awards and honours ==&lt;br /&gt;
Attoor Ravi Varma received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] for his poetry anthology, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in 1996&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=2019-04-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and he received the [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Asan Puraskaram - list of awardees&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list |title=Asan Puraskaram - list of awardees |date=2019-04-07 |website=asaneducation.com |access-date=2019-04-07 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145952/http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the same year as he received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation]] for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Oru Pulimarathinte Katha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;oru pulimarathinte katha&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://keralaliterature.com/old/book.php?bukid=1654 |title=oru pulimarathinte katha |website=keralaliterature.com |access-date=2019-04-07 |archive-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407181539/http://keralaliterature.com/old/book.php%3Fbukid%3D1654 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; his translation of the debut novel by [[Sundara Ramaswamy]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others_contd.htm#Vivarthanam |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation |date=2019-04-07 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705044712/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others_contd.htm#Vivarthanam |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The [[Sahitya Akademi]] chose the anthology, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, for their [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|annual award]] in 2001&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam)&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) |publisher=Public Relations Department, [[Government of Kerala]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 |url-status = dead|access-date=11 April 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the second part of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Attoor Ravi Varmayute Kavitakal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; fetched him the [[Malayalam Literary Awards#P. Kunhiraman Nair Award|P. Kunhiraman Nair Award]] in 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Winners list of P. Kunhiraman Nair Award&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/kunhiraman-nair-award/577 |title=Winners list of P. Kunhiraman Nair Award |date=2019-04-07 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-07}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Government of Kerala honoured Ravi Varma with their highest literary award of [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram|Ezhuthachan Award]] in 2012&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ezhuthachan award for Attur Ravi Varma&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ezhuthachan-award-for-attur-ravi-varma/article4124096.ece |title=Ezhuthachan award for Attur Ravi Varma |date=2012-11-23 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;എഴുത്തച്ഛന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം ആറ്റൂര്‍ രവിവര്‍മ്മയ്‌ക്ക്&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2012/11/22/kerala-ezhuthachan-award-attoor-ravi-varma-writer-minister-106113.html |title=എഴുത്തച്ഛന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം ആറ്റൂര്‍ രവിവര്‍മ്മയ്‌ക്ക് |last=Aarif |first=Shabnam |date=2012-11-22 |website=malayalam.oneindia.com |language=ml |access-date=2019-04-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and three years later, he received the 2015 &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vani Samnvay Distinguished Translator Award&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Attoor Ravi Varma Wins The Debut Vani-Samanvay Distinguished Translator Award&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.cityairnews.com/content/attoor-ravi-varma-wins-debut-vani-samanvay-distinguished-translator-award |title=Attoor Ravi Varma Wins The Debut Vani-Samanvay Distinguished Translator Award |website=www.cityairnews.com |access-date=2019-04-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Award Winner - Attoor Ravivarma&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://ilfsamanvay.org/2015/award-winner-attoor-ravivarma/ |title=Award Winner - Attoor Ravivarma |website=ILF Samanvay 2015 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Vani Foundation&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.vanifoundation.org/award-winner.asp |title=Vani Foundation |website=www.vanifoundation.org |access-date=2019-04-06 |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406182836/http://www.vanifoundation.org/award-winner.asp |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] inducted him as a [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship|distinguished fellow]] in 2017.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;K N Panikkar, Attoor Ravi Varma bag Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jan/24/k-n-panikkar-attoor-ravi-varma-bag-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-1929182.html |title=K N Panikkar, Attoor Ravi Varma bag Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-04-06 |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406173403/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jan/24/k-n-panikkar-attoor-ravi-varma-bag-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-1929182.html |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-sahitya-akademi-awards-announced/article26073815.ece |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced |date=2019-01-24 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-07}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is also a recipient of the [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] by [[Sahitya Akademi|Kendra Sahitya Akademi]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;A gush of poetry and paeans in documentary on Malayalam writer Attoor Ravi Varma&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://scroll.in/reel/803241/a-gush-of-poetry-and-paeans-in-documentary-on-malayalam-writer-attoor-ravi-varma |title=A gush of poetry and paeans in documentary on Malayalam writer Attoor Ravi Varma |last=Basu |first=Bubla |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-07}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Premji Award,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Attoor&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2012/nov/23/ezhuthachan-puraskaram-for-attoor-427481.html |title=Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Attoor |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-04-07}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; E. K. Divakaran Potti Award,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Attoor&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; [[Deviprasadam Trust Award]] (2010),&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Deviprasadam Trust&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.namboothiri.com/articles/awards.htm &amp;quot;Awards, Trusts and Scholarships: 2. Deviprasaadam Trust&amp;quot;]. Namboothiri.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma Kavitha Award.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Attoor Ravi Varma - Veethi profile&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Maruvili&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a documentary film made on the life and work of Ravi Varma, directed by Anvar Ali.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Maruvili: A picture of Attoor Ravivarma&amp;#039;s poetic word&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Arrackistan/maruvili-a-picture-of-attoor-ravivarmas-poetic-word/ |title=Maruvili: A picture of Attoor Ravivarma&amp;#039;s poetic word |date=2016-03-17 |website=Times of India Blog |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-07}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Attoor Ravivarma&amp;#039;s poetry is a ticking bomb: Anvar Ali&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Arrackistan/attoor-ravivarmas-poetry-is-a-ticking-bomb-anvar-ali/ |title=Attoor Ravivarma&amp;#039;s poetry is a ticking bomb: Anvar Ali |date=2016-03-16 |website=Times of India Blog |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-07}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Poetry===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86364&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Kavitha |last=Ravi Varma Attoor |publisher=Poorna Publications |location=Calicut}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327145&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal (1957–1994) |last=Attoor Ravi Varma |date=1995 |publisher=D. C. Books |location=Kottayam}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83561&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Attoor Ravi Varmayude Kavithakal (1995–2003) |last=Ravi Varma Attoor |date=1995 |isbn=9788171305438 |location=Kottayam}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114657&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Malayalathinte priya kavithakal |last1=Ravi varma |first1=Attoor |last2=Surendran |first2=V. U. |date=2016 |publisher=Green Books |isbn=9789386120212 |location=Thrissur}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=308161&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Attoor kavithakal |last=Ravi Varma |first=Attoor |date=2012 |publisher=D.C.Books |isbn=9788126434473 |location=Kottayam}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Translation from Tamil to Malayalam ===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/j-j-chila-kurippukal#; |title=J. J. Chila Kurippukal |last=Sundara Ramaswamy |publisher=DC Books |year=1998 |isbn=9788171308873 |translator-last=Attoor Ravi Varma |quote=translation of J. J. Silakuripukal |access-date=7 April 2019 |archive-date=17 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917144231/http://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/j-j-chila-kurippukal#; |url-status=dead }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Oru Pulimarathinte Katha |last=Sundara Ramaswamy |publisher=SPCS |year=2014 |isbn=978-9384571399 |translator-last=Attoor Ravi Varma |quote=translation of Oru Pulimarathin Kathai}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://anjalilibrary.com/malayalam-book/833-%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A5 |title=Randaam Yaamangalute Katha |last=Rajathi Salma |publisher=DC Books |year=2009 |isbn=978-81-264-2311-8 |quote=translation of the Tamil novel, Irandaam Jaamangalin Kathai}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.gustobee.com/categories/regional/gb-nale-mattoru-nal-matram-9788126402304?sort=pd.name&amp;amp;order=DESC&amp;amp;limit=25 |title=Nale Mattoru Nal Mathram |last=G. Nagarajan |publisher=DC Books |year=2000 |translator-last=Attoor Ravi Varma }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85811&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Puthunaanooru: Tamizh kavithakalude mozhimaattam |date=2003 |publisher=Current Books |isbn=9788122602975 |editor-last=Ravi Varma |editor-first=Attoor |location=Thrissur}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhakti kavyam (Translation of Nayanars and Azhvars)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Edited poems ===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=326576&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Attoor%2520Ravi%2520Varma |title=Puthumozhi vazhikal |date=1999 |publisher=Current Books |editor-last=Attoor Ravi Varma |location=Thrissur}}&lt;br /&gt;
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*{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/kavitayan/attoorravi.html |title=Poems of Attoor Ravi Varma |access-date=8 October 2010 |url-status = unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026172848/http://www.geocities.com/kavitayan/attoorravi.html |archive-date=26 October 2009 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lox-qhfzmE  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/1lox-qhfzmE |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Documentary film on veteran poet Attoor Ravi Varma by Anvar Ali |last=MediaoneTV Live |website=[[YouTube]] |date=2015-08-08 |access-date=2019-04-06}}{{cbignore}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2figa3LuyUI  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/2figa3LuyUI |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Atoor Ravi Varma with K.R.Tony - Manam Thurannu |last=MediaoneTV Live |website=[[YouTube]] |date=2013-07-07 |access-date=2019-04-06}}{{cbignore}}&lt;br /&gt;
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