P. K. Rajasekharan

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P. K. Rajasekharan

P. K. Rajasekharan (Born: February 21, 1966) is a Malayalam literary critic, literary researcher, and academician. He has authored Malayalam essays introducing world literature to the general public.

Birth & Education

Rajasekharan was born on February 21, 1966 in Karipur near Malayinkeezh in Thiruvananthapuram district. He completed his Bachelor and Master degrees in Malayalam Literature from University College Trivandrum, Kariyavattam University Campus and received his PhD from Kerala University.

Personal Life

P.K. Rajasekaran previously worked as a journalist. Currently, he is working as a full-time author and also coaches students for civil service examination.

He is married to Dr. Radhika C. Nair.

Journalism

P.K. Rajasekaran worked as the Principal Assistant Editor for the Thiruvananthapuram edition of Mathrubhoomi.

Literary Works

In 1992, P.K. Rajasekharan co-edited with Azad an anthology of essays titled Novel: Bhodhavum Prathibodhavu which started debates about post modernism in Malayalam literature. His subsequent book on O.V. Vijayan called Pitrukadikaram established his critical outlook. His other books Ekantha Nagarangal and Andhanaya Daivam about Malayalam novels are considered significant works in Kerala novel studies.

P.K. Rajasekaran has been writing literary series in weeklies, introducing contemporary European and American literature to the general public. These series have been published as separate volumes.

Literary Research

P.K.Rajasekharan and P. Venugopalan found that the novel Indulekha (Author O.Chandu Menon, Tamil translation by Ka. Appadurai), considered one of the first novels in Malayalam which emphasizes women's emancipation and education, was heavily edited and truncated in many of the editions for the past several decades. They found the original version of the novel in the London Library and published the definitive variorum edition of Indulekha in 2016. It turned out that sections that emphasized women's education were deleted in most editions.

Awards

• Kerala Sahitya Academi Award 1997

• Godavarma Memorial Award 1988

• Vilasini Award 2000

• Thoppil Ravi Award 200

• State Bank of Travancore Award 2009

• Narendra Prasad Award 2009

• Pandalam Kerala Varma Award 2011

• C B Kumar Foundation Award

Books

• Pathu Novelistukal (Ten Novelists)
• Pitrukhadikaaram: O.V. Vijayante Kalayum Darshanavum (O.V. Vijayan's Art and Darshan)
• Andhanaya Daivam: Malayala Novelinte Nooru Varshangal (Hundred years of Malayalam Novels)
• Ekantha Nagarangal: Utharadhunika Malayalathinte Saundarya Sasthram (Aesthetics of Postmodern Malayalam Literature)
• Nishasandarshanangal
• Vakkinte Moonnamkara (The Other Side Of The River)
• Narakathinte Bhoopadangal (Flowers in hell)
• Bookstalgia - A book reader's nostalgia for the past
• Dostoyevsky - Putavishtandre Cayapatam (Dostoyevsky Is A Cartoon)
• Atmavile Bhavakalikar - Experiments in poetry
• Dark Occasions - Crime Literary Reading
• Malayaliyude Madhyama Jeevitham (Middle Age Life of a Malayali)
• Viswasahithya Pariyaadanangal
• Kathantharangal
• Cinema Sandarbhangal (Cinematic Occasions)
• Madhyama Nighantu
• Paschatya Sahitya Sidhantam (Western Literary Aesthetics)

References

• Revised Indulekha

• The lost pages of Indulekha
• Lecture by P.K.Rajasekharan

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