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| birth_date = 1946<br />
| birth_place = [[Kayamkulam]], [[Travancore]]<br />
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| education = SN College, Quilon<br>[[University College, Trivandrum]]<br />
| occupation = Literary critic, author<br />
| nationality = British<br />
| period = 1997–present<br />
| genre = Literary criticism, essay<br />
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| notableworks = ''Vakkukalum Vasthukkalum''<br />
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'''B. Rajeevan''' is a [[Malayalam]] author and literary critic from [[Kerala]], India. <br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born in 1946 in [[Kayamkulam]] near [[Quilon]], Kerala. He studied at SN College, Quilon and [[University College, Trivandrum]].<ref name="Bio"/> He has been teaching Malayalam literature in government colleges since 1971. During the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] in 1975, he was branded as a [[Naxalite]] sympathiser and had to face police harassment and house arrest. In the eighties, he served on the State Committee of the Janakeeya Samskarika Vedi (People's Cultural Forum) and participated in various struggles. He was arrested and was expelled from his long-time college post. Since 1969, he has written and published essays on philosophy, aesthetics, history, political thought, film and poetry.<ref name="Bio">[http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=308 "ബി. രാജീവൻ"]. ''Puzha.com''. Retrieved June 3, 2020.</ref> He has been [[Cohabitation|living together]] with poet [[Savithri Rajeevan]] from 1975 onwards.<ref>[https://www.deshabhimani.com/women/savithri-rajeevan/716687 "സർഗയൗവനത്തിൽ സാവിത്രി രാജീവൻ"]. ''[[Deshabhimani]]''. April 4, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2020.</ref><br />
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==List of works==<br />
* ''Swathanthryathinte Samagratha'' (The Integrity of Freedom)<br />
* ''Jaivarashtreeyavum Janasanjayavum'' (Biopolitics and Populism)<br />
* ''Marxisavum Shasthravum'' (Marxism and Science)<br />
* ''Anyavalkaranavum Yogavum'' (Alienation and Destiny)<br />
* ''Jananibidamaya Danthagopuram''<br />
* ''Varthamanathinte Charithram'' (History of the Present)<br />
* ''Vakkukalum Vasthukkalum'' (Words and Objects)<br />
* ''EMSinte Swapnam'' (The Dream of EMS)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]], 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=Sahitya Akademi awards announced |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sahitya-akademi-awards-announced/article3715418.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=August 2, 2012 |access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref><br />
* Chintha Ravindran Award, 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=ചിന്ത രവീന്ദ്രന് പുരസ്കാരം ബി.രാജീവന് |url=https://www.dcbooks.com/chintha-ravi-award-for-b-rajeevan.html |website=[[DC Books]] | date=July 13, 2019 |access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref><br />
* Kerala Library Council Award, 2015<br />
* M. N. Vijayan Award, 2014<ref>{{cite news |title=B. Rajeevan to receive MN Vijayan award |url=https://www.pressreader.com/oman/times-of-oman/20140709/282192239091370 |newspaper=[[Times of Oman]] |publisher=[[PressReader]]| date=July 9, 2014 |access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref><br />
* [[O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram]], 2013<ref>{{cite news|url=http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/362750/Outside-Kerala/26-OCTOBER-2014#page/7/2|title=O.V. Vijayan Award for B. Rajeevan|date=October 26, 2014|newspaper=Mathrubhumi|access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref><br />
* C. P. Menon Award, 2013<ref>{{cite news |title=ഡോ. സി പി മേനോന് പുരസ്കാരങ്ങള് വിതരണംചെയ്തു |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/books/general-news/358293 |newspaper=[[Deshabhimani]] | date=September 29, 2013 |access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref><br />
* [[Basheer Award]], 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.basheersmarakatrust.com/ |title=The Award Winners |publisher=Basheer Smaraka Trust |access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref><br />
* Narendra Prasad Foundation Award, 2011{{cn|date=July 2020}}<br />
* Guru Darshana Award, 2011{{cn|date=July 2020}}<br />
* Shanthakumaran Thampi Foundation Award, 2011{{cn|date=July 2020}}<br />
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