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|name = Prof. Dr. K.M.Tharakan
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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|10|06}}
|birth_place = [[Puthencavu]], [[Chengannur]], [[Travancore]], British India
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|7|15|1930|10|6}}
|death_place = [[Thiruvalla]], Kerala, India
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|occupation = Writer, critic, novelist, professor, editor, orator
|nationality = Indian
|alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]] [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]]
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|spouse = Prof. Rachel Tharakan
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'''K. M. Tharakan''' (1930–2003) was a noted Indian critic, novelist, litterateur and educationalist from Kerala. He was the President of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name=president>{{cite web|title=Succession list of Presidents, Vice Presidents and Secretaries.|url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/History/Html/Admin.htm|publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi|accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=President2 />

== Biography ==

=== Early life ===

K. M. Tharakan was born on 6 October 1930 at [[Puthencavu]], the son of Mariamma and [[Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan|Mahakavi Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan]].<ref name=B&F>{{cite web|title=K M Tharakan|url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=529|work=Profile|publisher=Puzha Books|accessdate=28 July 2013|location=India|language=Malayalam}}</ref> He was married to Prof. Rachel Tharakan. He had two sons and two daughters.<ref name=B&F />

In 1946, he completed his [[SSLC]] in English medium from the Chengannur English High School. He obtained his Master of Arts degree in Literature from the [[Banaras Hindu University]]. After his MA he continued with his studies in Religion & Culture at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.<ref>{{cite web|title=കെ.എം. തരകന്‍ അന്തരിച്ചു|url=http://malayalam.oneindia.in/news/2003/07/16/ker-tharakan.html|publisher=One India|accessdate=27 July 2013|language=Malayalam|date=16 July 2003}}</ref>

=== Career ===

Tharakan worked as a lecturer at [[St. Albert's College]] from 1952 to 1959.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni|url=http://www.alberts.ac.in/alumni.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041210072551/http://www.alberts.ac.in/alumni.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 December 2004|publisher=St. Albert's College|accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> From 1959 to 1979, he worked at Mar Athanasius College of Arts, Kothamangalam, retiring in 1980 as the department head.<ref>{{cite web|title=English Department|url=http://www.macollege.in/php/showDept.php?deptid=10|publisher=Mar Athanasius College of Arts|accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> He was appointed as the editor of the Malayala [[Manorama Weekly]] in 1979 and also served as the editor of [[Bhashaposhini]]. In 1991 he was appointed as the President of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name=president /><ref name=President2>{{cite book|title=Development/Digression Diary of India – 3rd Companion volume to Information India|year=1993|publisher=Concept Publishing Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-7022-305-9|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltoaVsL8f8cC|author=S P Agrawal|edition=First|chapter=Awards}}</ref>
He authored over 50 books and various literary critiques and articles. He also translated many Malayalam works into English. He was awarded a Ph.D. from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]] in 1995 for his thesis, ''Theory of Synaesthesis in the Perspective of Rasa Sidantha''.<ref>{{cite document|title=Indian ETD Despository|work=Theory of Synaesthesis in the perspective of Rasa Siddhantha|publisher=Shodhganga|author=K M Tharakan|year=1995|hdl=10603/644}}</ref>

Among other awards, he was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 1975 for his work Paschathya Sahitya Thatwasastram, a literary criticism.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of winners from 1966–2003|url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Criticism_Studies.htm|publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi|accessdate=26 July 2013|language=Malayalam}}</ref>

=== Death ===

K. M. Tharakan died on 16 July 2003, at a private hospital in Tiruvalla after a prolonged illness.<ref>{{cite news|title=Literary critic K M Tharakan dies|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-07-16/thiruvananthapuram/27210461_1_literary-profound-grief-eminent-writer|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130729174828/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-07-16/thiruvananthapuram/27210461_1_literary-profound-grief-eminent-writer|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2013|accessdate=26 July 2013|date=16 July 2003|agency=PTI|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Pathanamthitta}}</ref> He was buried at [[St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Puthencavu|St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral]] in [[Puthencavu]].

=== K. M. Tharakan Foundation ===

The K. M. Tharakan Foundation was set up in 1990 in his honour. The foundation awards the Aacharya Award, which carries a citation and a cash prize of US$100. The award is given to individuals who make significant contributions in the fields of society, culture and education.<ref>{{cite web|title=Award to TK Thomas|url=http://cca.org.hk/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/00-12.pdf|work=CCA News|publisher=Christian Conference of Asia|pages=34|date=December 2000|access-date=27 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819223431/http://cca.org.hk/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/00-12.pdf|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Winners of the Aacharya Award include [[Cyriac Thomas]], [[D. Babu Paul]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr.Babu Paul has been awarded Dr. K. M. Tharakan Foundation "Achaarya" Award|url=http://www.malankarasyriacvoice.com/2011/October2011Archives.htm|publisher=Malankara Syriac Voice|accessdate=27 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130729174746/http://www.malankarasyriacvoice.com/2011/October2011Archives.htm|archive-date=29 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Fr. V. M. Varghese Kallooparambil.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acharya award for Fr Varghese Kalloparambil|url=http://soc.culture.indian.kerala.narkive.com/lCRZ9iKB/why-only-acharya-why-not-sainthood|accessdate=27 July 2013}}</ref>

== Selected works ==

=== Critiques ===

* Tarangini (1970)<ref name=EILSZ>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Literature: sassay to zorgot|year=1992|isbn=81-260-1221-8|page=4325|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&q=Encyclopedia+of+Indian+Literature|author=Sahitya Akademi|edition=First -reprinted 2001|editor=Mohan Lal|accessdate=27 July 2013|format=Book}}</ref>
* Pattu novalukal (1970)<ref name=EILSZ />
* Atyadhinika sahityam (1971)<ref name=EILSZ />
* Adhhunikha sahityadarshanam (1980)<ref name=EILSZ />
* Nobel Sammanrhar (1981)<ref name=EILSZ />
* Moral foundations of the Indian civilisation<ref>{{cite book|title=Moral foundations of the Indian civilization|year=1990|publisher=India Peace center|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B8w7MwEACAAJ}}</ref>
* Western and Eastern Poetics: A Comparative Study of Reader Response in I. A. Richards and Abhinavagupta<ref>{{cite book|title=Western and Eastern Poetics|year=1999|publisher=Sangam Books Limited|location=India|isbn=9780861323838|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3fRdPwAACAAJ}}</ref>

=== Novels ===

* Avalannu bharya <ref>{{cite web|title=Avalanu Bharya|url=http://hebbalorthodoxchurch.com/book/avalanu-bharya|accessdate=27 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042309/http://hebbalorthodoxchurch.com/book/avalanu-bharya|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Ninakkayi mathram
* Ormakalude rathri
* Athmavil sugandham
* Ennil aliyunna dukham

=== Biographies ===

* M P Paul (1999)<ref name=biographies>{{cite web|title=Biography Archives|url=http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/2010%20pdf/list_biographies.pdf|work=List of biographies in KCHR archives|publisher=Kerala Council for Historic Research|accessdate=27 July 2013|location=Kerala}}</ref>
* O Chanthumenon (1994)<ref name=biographies />
* K C Mammen Mappilai – Portrait of KC Mammen Mappilai (1998)<ref name=biographies />
* Kesava Dev – Thoolika padavaalakiya Kesava Dev (1986)<ref name=biographies />
* Anugraheethanaya Basheer (1989)<ref>{{cite book|title=Anugraheethanaya Basheer|year=1989|publisher=Janata Services|location=Cochin|isbn=9788187649526|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1atscCEQ74C&q=%22K+M+Tharakan%22&pg=PT177}}</ref>

== References ==

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