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'''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]]. In 2023 Ramakrishnan received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his literary study ''Malayala Novelinte Deshakalangal''.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born on 23 March 1951, at Vilayancode near [[Payyannur]] in [[Kannur district]].<ref name="puzha">{{cite web |title=books.puzha.com - Author Details |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=678 |date=23 September 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923093239/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=678 | archive-date=2012-09-23 }}</ref> After educated at Payyannur College, [[Government Brennen College]] and [[St. Joseph's College, Devagiri|Devagiri College]], he obtained his PhD from [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University|Marathwada University]], Aurangabad ([[Maharashtra]]).<ref name="puzha"/> He worked as lecturer in English at Jalna, Maharashtra in 1973-84 and then lecturer in the Department of English at [[Veer Narmad South Gujarat University|South Gujarat University]], [[Surat]] from 1985.<ref name="puzha"/><ref name="poetryinternational">{{cite web |title=E.V. Ramakrishnan |url=https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-14027_Ramakrishnan |website=www.poetryinternational.com |language=en |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222070131/https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-14027_Ramakrishnan |url-status=live }}</ref> He is now working as emeritus professor in [[Central University of Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite web |title=സാഹിത്യവിമര്ശനം മധ്യവര്ഗ്ഗസംവേദനത്തില് ഒതുങ്ങി- ഇ.വി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന് {{!}} തുഞ്ചത്തെഴുത്തച്ഛന് മലയാളസര്വകലാശാല |url=http://malayalamuniversity.edu.in/ml/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0/ |website=malayalamuniversity.edu.in |language=ml-IN |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222071627/http://malayalamuniversity.edu.in/ml/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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The book ''Indian short stories : (1900-2000)'', edited by him and published by [[Sahitya Akademi]] has been translated to [[Tamil language|Tamil]] with title ''Indiya Chirukathaigal''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Indiya Chirukathaigal: 1900-2000 |date=2011 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-8126029846}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
===Poetry collections===<br />
*{{cite book |title=Terms of seeing : new and selected poems |date=2006 |publisher=Konark Publishers |location=Delhi |isbn=81-220-0711-2}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=A python in a snake park |date=1994 |publisher=Rupa & Co |location=New Delhi |isbn=81-7167-194-2}}<br />
* ''Being Elsewhere in Myself'' (1980)<ref name="poetryinternational"/><br />
* ''Tips for Living in an Expanding Universe''<ref>{{cite web |title=EV Ramakrishnan- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –{{!}} Keralaliteraturefestival.com |url=https://keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=Nzc1 |website=keralaliteraturefestival.com |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222081533/https://keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=Nzc1 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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===Literary criticism===<br />
*{{cite book |title=The tree of tongues : an anthology of modern Indian poetry |date=1999 |publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study |location=Shimla |isbn=81-85952-70-1}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Crisis and confession : studies in the poetry of Theodore Roethke, Robert Lowell, and Sylvia Plath |date=1988 |publisher=Chanakya Publications |location=Delhi |isbn=81-7001-034-9}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Making it new : modernism in Malayalam, Marathi, and Hindi poetry |date=1995 |publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Studies |location=Shimla |isbn=81-85952-26-4}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Mikhail Bakhtin: A Critical Introduction |date=15 February 2023 |publisher=ORIENT BLACKSWAN PVT. LTD. |isbn=978-9354421563}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Indigenous imaginaries : literature, region, modernity |date=2017 |publisher=The Orient Blackswan |location=Hyderabad, Telangana, India |isbn=978-9386689450}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Locating Indian literature : texts, traditions, translations |date=2017 |publisher=The Orient Blackswan |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-9386392404}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Narrating India : the novel in search of the nation |date=2005 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |location=New Delhi |isbn=8126020725}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=From myth to history : the trajectory of modernism in the poetry of Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, and Hindi from the 1950s to the 1970s |date=1991 |publisher=Centre for Social Studies |location=Surat |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/221711641 |language=en}}<br />
*''Literary Criticism in India: Texts, Trends and Trajectories'', published by the [[Sahitya Akademi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Review: Literary Criticism in India edited by EV Ramakrishnan |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/reviewliterary-criticism-in-india-edited-by-ev-ramakrishnan-101633542907249.html |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=6 October 2021 |language=en |first=Shafey |last=Kidwai |accessdate=6 May 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222081318/https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/reviewliterary-criticism-in-india-edited-by-ev-ramakrishnan-101633542907249.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
*{{cite book |title=Aksharavum Adhunikathayum |date=1992 |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=9780000129451}}<br />
*''Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal'' (in Malayalam)<br />
*''Viyojippinte vangmayangal'', [[DC Books]], 2021 (in Malayalam)<br />
*{{cite book |title=We speak in changing languages : Indian women poets 1990-2007 |date=2009 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |location=[[New Delhi]] |isbn=978-8126026739}} (with Anju Makhija)<br />
*{{cite book |title=Bakhtinian explorations of Indian culture : pluralism, dogma and dialogue through history |date=2018 |publisher=Springer |location=Singapore |isbn=978-9811063121}} (with Lakshmi Bandlamudi)<br />
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===As editor===<br />
*{{cite book |last1=Ramakrishnan |first1=E. V. |title=Interdisciplinary Alter-natives in Comparative Literature |date=2013 |publisher=SAGE Publications |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-8132111009}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Culture, history, and politics : South Asian narratives |date=2019 |publisher=RAWAT PUBLICATIONS |location=Jaipur |isbn=978-8131610619}}<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] 2023 for his work ''Malayala Novelinte Deshakalangal''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chakrabarty |first=Sreeparna |date=2023-12-20 |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2023 announced |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/sahitya-akademi-awards-for-2023-announced/article67658599.ece |access-date=2023-12-21 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
*[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism]] for the work ''Aksharavum Adhunikathayum'' (1995)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mathrubhumi Books - Awards |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/awards.php?award=15 |date=9 August 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809050716/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/awards.php?award=15 | archive-date=2012-08-09 }}</ref><br />
*[[Odakkuzhal Award]] for his work ''Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal'' (2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=ഡോ. ഇ.വി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന് ഓടക്കുഴൽ അവാർഡ് |url=https://archives.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/odakkuzhal-award-for-e-v-ramakrishnan-1.3465246 |work=Mathrubhumi Archives |language=ml |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222070131/https://archives.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/odakkuzhal-award-for-e-v-ramakrishnan-1.3465246 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
*Dr. T. Bhaskaran Memorial Vaikhari Award for his work ''Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal''<ref>{{cite news |title=വൈഖരീ പുരസ്കാരം ഇ.വി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന് |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2018/08/01/vykhiri-award-for-ev-ramakrishnan.html |work=ManoramaOnline |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222070125/https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2018/08/01/vykhiri-award-for-ev-ramakrishnan.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
*Prof. CVN Literary Award for the work ''Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal'' (2022)<ref>{{cite news |title=പ്രൊഫ. സി വി എൻ സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്കാരം ഇ വി രാമകൃഷ്ണന് |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/books/prof-cvn-award/1027990 |work=Deshabhimani |language=ml |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222070124/https://www.deshabhimani.com/books/prof-cvn-award/1027990 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
*[[University Grants Commission (India)|U.G.C]] Career Award for young scholars (1987)<ref name="franklin">{{cite web |title=Dr. E.V. Ramakrishnan |url=https://www.franklin.uga.edu/sites/default/files/Ramakrishnan%20lecture%20flyer.pdf |publisher=[[Franklin College of Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429185601/http://franklin.uga.edu/sites/default/files/Ramakrishnan%20lecture%20flyer.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
*Fellowship from [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]] (1993)<ref name="franklin"/><br />
*Fellowship from [[K. K. Birla Foundation]] (1999)<ref name="franklin"/><br />
*[[Fulbright Fellowship]] (2001)<ref name="franklin"/><br />
*Government of Canada Fellowship (2012)<ref name="franklin"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.ntm.org.in/download/ttvol/volume14-2/interview%201.pdf An Interview with E. V. Ramakrishnan]<br />
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