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'''Kilimanoor Ramakantan''' (1938 August 2 - 2009 November 30) was a renowned [[Malayalam]] poet, writer, translator and lyricist from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Dante's ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' was translated into Malayalam by Ramakanthan. This is the first translation of ''Divine Comedy'' in India.<ref name=webdunia>{{cite news |title =കിളിമാനൂർ രമാകാന്തൻ അന്തരിച്ചു |url =http://malayalam.webdunia.com/newsworld/news/keralanews/0911/30/1091130069_1.htm|publisher=Malayalam Webduniya|date=November 30, 2009|accessdate =April 4, 2022|language =ml}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Ramakanthan was born in 1938 in [[Kilimanoor]]. Educated at Kilimanoor Rajaraja Varma High School, Thiruvananthapuram Arts College and University College. He worked as a teacher in Sreenarayana College, Kollam for a long time.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*2005 Asan Memorial award for Poetry<br />
*Sahithya Academy Award for Best Translation<br />
*Mooloor Award Kavitharangam Award<br />
*Kavishresta Puraskaram by the Sree Narayana Academi<br />
*Velutheri Kesavan Award<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
===Poems and anthology===<br />
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|Anpathu Premaganangal, songs<br />
|Marmaram<br />
|Kalpantham<br />
|Thrippadangalil [songs]<br />
|Boottasing [Khandakavyam ]<br />
|Kanneerinakkare<br />
|''Gurupatham'<br />
|Panthante pattu,<br />
|Kilimanoor ramakanthante Kavithakal,<br />
|Manushyamaramgal,<br />
|Illa,<br />
|Gopalakrishnante Kannukal,<br />
|Iphigenia, Greek Drama<br />
|Thachante Makante Makan<br />
|Jeevithamudra, Khanda Kavyam<br />
|Aro Oral<br />
|Danteyude Nattil, Travel<br />
|Kilimanoor Remakanthante Thiranjedutha kavithakal}}<br />
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===Books on Kilimanoor Remakanthan===<br />
#Orma kallukal by K.Indira [ Biography ]<br />
#Kilimanoor Remakanthan prakrithiye guruvakkiya kavi written by Malayalapuzha Sudhan { Criticism ]<br />
#Prakrithiyude snehagayakan by Nirmala Rajagopal [Biography ]<br />
#Kilimanoor Remakanthan [Biography 2 ]<br />
#JOTHIR GAMAYA essays edited by DR.D.BENJAMIN<br />
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===Translations===<br />
Kilimanoor's Malayalam translation of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante's]] ''Divine Comedy'', published by Kendra Sahithya Academy, was the first translation of the Italian epic into any Indian language. He also translated [[Nikos Kazantzakis|Nikos Kazantzakis's]] ''The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel'' into Malayalam, where it was published in three parts by Kendra Sahithya Academy under the title ''Odyssey Aadhunika Anubandham''.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060218171308/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/08/stories/2005100809020400.htm The Hindu dated 08/10/2005]<br />
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