M. R. Chandrasekharan
M. R. Chandrasekharan | |
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 Chandrasekharan in 2012 | |
| Born | 26 February 1929 |
| Died | 4 December 2024 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Education | Master's |
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| Occupation(s) | Literary Critic, Professor, Editor |
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Malappurath Raman Chandrasekharan (26 February 1929 – 4 December 2024), also known as M. R. C., was an Indian Malayalam literary critic and author from Kerala. Chandrasekharan published more than 50 books in different literary sections like literary criticism, translations, politics, social etc. He also worked in the field of journalism and education. He won the 2010 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism.
Biography
[edit]Chandrasekharan was born on 26 February 1929 at Pottore, Thrissur in Kerala. His childhood days were spent in the village where he attended the Tirur Lower Secondary School and Vivekodayam High School, Thrissur. He took his bachelor's degree from Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur, BOL from University of Madras and later his master's degree from Kerala University in Malayalam language and literature.[citation needed]
Chandrasekharan started his career as a journalist in Navajeevan edited by Joseph Mundassery for the CPI. Subsequently, he joined as a sub-editor in Mathrubhumi daily in Kozhikode, but was sent out for his communist leanings.[citation needed]
He worked as a school teacher at Kodakara National High School and Bekal Govt. High School. He joined as a lecturer at Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode,[1] in 1956 and moved to Payyannur College, Kannur as senior lecturer in 1965. He retired from Payyannur College, Kannur after over 30 years of teaching service in the year 1989. After retirement he also worked as Malayalam Professor in Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit.[citation needed]
He later settled at Ananganadi P.O.Panamanna, Ottappalam in Palghat district, Kerala. He was active with his writings and enjoyed the challenge of organic farming.[citation needed]
Chandrasekharan died on 4 December 2024, at the age of 95.[2]
Positions held
[edit]Chandrasekharan was very much involved in The All Kerala Private College Teachers' Association (AKPCTA)[3] and was a college committee secretary, regional secretary, regional president, general secretary and president of the association. As association representative, he was elected to the Calicut University senate and syndicate.
He was a member of Kerala Sahithya Academy general council and its executive committee.[4]
Chandrasekharan was one of the directors of the Calicut City Service Co-Operative Bank[5] from 2006 to 2013.
He was a member of the Academic Council of Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University[6] established in 2012.[7]
In 1961, when Kerala Sahithya Samiti was formed with Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai as president, S. K. Pottekkatt as vice-president, N. V. Krishna Warrier as general secretary in Kozhikode, MRC and Vayalar Ramavarma were named secretaries. MRC was later general secretary and president of the organisation.
He was also involved in the formation in 1969 of the Deshabhimani Study Circle, cited as a vigorous and widespread literary movement in Kerala along with E. M. S. Namboodiripad, M.S.Devadas and P.Govindapillai.[8]
He published the literary critical journal Sahithya Samithi Masika from Payyanur from 1976 to 1980.
In 1969, when he was the research officer at Kerala Bhasha Institute, he worked as the executive editor of the magazine Vignana Kairali (Malayalam: വിജ്ഞാനകൈരളി ).
After retirement in 1989, he took up the editorship of a magazine called Chindana (Malayalam: ചിന്തന ) published in Kannur.
He was the editor of CMP's weekly journal Malayala Mannu (Malayalam:മലയാളമണ്ണ്) from 1990 to 2013.
Awards and honours
[edit]Chandrasekharan won the 2010 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism for his book Malayalam Novel Innum Innaleyum.[9]
He won the Dr. C.P.Menon Award for The Study of the Progressive School in Literature for his book Keralathile purogamana sahitya prastanathinte charithram in 2005.[citation needed]
Chandrasekharan also won the M. N. Sathyaardhi Award in recognition of his contributions to Malayalam literature as a translator. The award was instituted by the M.N. Sathyarthi Trust in memory of the writer who is remembered for his translations of many popular Indian-language works into Malayalam.[citation needed]
He was awarded the MVR award in 2018.[10]
Bibliography
[edit]Literary criticism
[edit]List of Literary Criticism by M. R. C.
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Political thinking
[edit]List of Political Monographs by M. R. C.
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Social
[edit]List of Social Books by M. R. C.
List of Social Books by M. R. C.
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Memoirs
[edit]List of Memoirs by M. R. C.
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Novel translation
[edit]List of Novel Translation by M. R. C.
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Science translation
[edit]List of Science Translation by M. R. C.
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Children's literature
[edit]List of Children's Literature by M. R. C.
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Other genres
[edit]List of other genres by M. R. C.
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Journals edited
[edit]List of journels edited by M. R. C.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Malabar Christian College".
- ^ "സാഹിത്യ നിരൂപകന് എംആര് ചന്ദ്രശേഖരന് അന്തരിച്ചു". Deshabhimani. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "AKPCTA Official Website - Official Website". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Administration of the Akademi". Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Calicut City Service Co-Operative Bank Ltd".
- ^ "Malayalam Sarvakalasala".
- ^ "The Academic Council - Malayalam Sarvakalasala". Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ Pillai, P. Govinda (1 January 1975). "Deshabhimani Study Circles: Literary Movement in Kerala". Social Scientist. 4 (2): 56–60. doi:10.2307/3516305. JSTOR 3516305.
- ^ Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism [1]
[2]
- "2010 Sahitya Akademi fellowships, awards presented". Jotzilla. Retrieved 14 February 2011. - ^ എം.വി.ആർ. അവാർഡ് എം.ആർ. ചന്ദ്രശേഖരന് Archived 22 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "JustBooksCLC".
- ^ Mundassery, Joseph (January 2012). Vimarshanathinte Prathapakalam. Green Books. ISBN 979-8184230573. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Joseph Mundassery - Vimarshanathinte Prathapakalam". Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ Kokoro
External links
[edit]- "AKPCTA district convention". The Hindu. 5 February 2006. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- "M R Chandrasekharan". indulekha.com. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- 1929 births
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- Indian literary critics
- People from Thrissur district
- Writers from Thrissur
- Indian children's writers
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- 20th-century Indian translators
- Indian political writers
- Indian literary historians
- Malayalam-language writers
- Indian memoirists
- Indian social sciences writers
- Scholars from Kerala
- Novelists from Kerala
- 20th-century Indian novelists
- 21st-century Indian novelists
- 21st-century Indian translators