M.R. Chandrasekharan

Malappurath Raman Chandrasekharan ( ml, മലപ്പുറത്ത് രാമൻ ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ; born 26 February 1929), popularly known as M.R. Chandrasekharan ( ml, എം. ആർ. ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ) or simply M. R. C. ( ml, എം.ആര്‍.സി.), is a Malayalam literary critic and author from Kerala, India. Chandrasekharan has published more than 50 books in different literary sections like literary criticism, translations, politics, social etc. He also works in the field of journalism and education. He won the 2010 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism.

Biography

Chandrasekharan was born on 26 February 1929 at Pottore, Thrissur district, Thrissur (Trichur) 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 the master's degree from Kerala University in Malayalam language and literature.

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.

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, 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 has also worked as Malayalam Professor in Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit.

He is now settled at Ananganadi P.O.Panamanna, Ottappalam in Palghat district, Kerala. He is active with his writings and enjoys the challenge of organic farming.

Positions held

Chandrasekharan was very much involved in The All Kerala Private College Teachers' Association (AKPCTA) 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.

Chandrasekharan was one of the directors of the Calicut City Service Co-Operative Bank from the 2006 to 2013.

He is a member of the Academic Council of Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University established in 2012

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.

He published the literary critical journal ''Sahithya Samithi Masika'' from Payyanur in 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'' ( ml, വിജ്ഞാനകൈരളി ).

After retirement in 1989, he took-up the editorship of a magazine called ''Chindana'' ( ml, ചിന്തന ) published in Kannur.

He was the editor of CMP's weekly journal ''Malayala Mannu'' (Malayalam:മലയാളമണ്ണ്) from 1990 to 2013.

Awards and honours

Chandrasekharan has won the 2010 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism for his book ''Malayalam Novel Innum Innaleyum''.

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.

He has 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.

He was awarded the MVR award in 2018

Bibliography

Literary criticism

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, align = "left", The Critic's Sway
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, align = "left", Reality and Poetry
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, align = "left", The Tower
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, align = "left", Grandhapooja
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, align = "left", Worshiping Books
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, align = "left", Communist Kavithrayam
ml, കമ്മ്യൂണിസ്റ്റ് കവിത്രയം
, align = "left", Three Communist Poets - P. Bhaskaran, Vayalar Ramavarma , O.N.V. Kurup
, align = "left", 1998, Current Books Thrissur
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, align = "left", Malayala Sahityam Swaathanthrya Labdikku Shesham
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, align = "left", Malayalam Literature after the attainment of Independence
, align = "left", 1999, S.P.C.S.Ltd Kottayam
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, align = "left", Ezhuthile Ponnu
ml, എഴുത്തിലെ പൊന്ന്
, align = "left", The Golden Writing
, align = "left", 2001,Prabhat Book House Trivandrum
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, align = "left", Maneeshikal
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, align = "left", The visionaries among writers
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, align = "left", Malayalam Novel Innum Innaleyum
ml, മലയാളനോവല്‍ ഇന്നും ഇന്നലെയും
, align = "left", Malayalam Novel - Today and Yesterday
, align = "left", 2007, Samayam Books Kannur
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, align = "left", Mundassery - Sahithya Vimarshanathinte Prathaapa Kaalam
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, align = "left", Mundasseri - Golden Years of Literary Criticism
, align = "left", 2008, Green Books Thrissur
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, align = "left", Krishnagadha Vimarshanam - chila thiruthalukal
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, align = "left", Criticism of Krishnagatha- Some Corrections
, align = "left", 2008, Poorna Books Calicut
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, align = "left", Adyathma Ramayanam Vimarshanam
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, align = "left", Criticism of Ramayana, The Epic
, align = "left", 2008, Samayam Books Kannur
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, align = "left", Shishirathile Pookkal
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, align = "left", Flowers in the Winter
, align = "left", 2010, S.P.C.S.Ltd Kottayam
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, align = "left", Karamullum Kaattupookkalude Karachilum
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, align = "left", The Thorns and Cries of Wild flowers
, align = "left", 2012, Kerala Sahithya Academy Thrissur
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, align = "left", Theechoolayil Venthurukaathe
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, align = "left", Life inside a Furnace
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, align = "left", Keralathile purogamana sahitya prastanathinte charithram - Sahithya prastana padanam
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, align = "left", History of Forward Thinking Literary Movement in Kerala
, align = "left", 1996, Olive Books Calicut
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, align = "left", Swapnadanam
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, align = "left", Literary Criticism of selected works of O.V.Vijayan and Mohan Kumar.
, align = "left", 2022, India Books Calicut
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, align = "left", Mahakavi Sapthakam
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, align = "left", Poetical Criticism of seven Poets in malayalam
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Political thinking

, align = "left", Communism - Some Critical notes
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, align = "left", Keralathile Communism
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, align = "left", Communism in Kerala
, align = "left", 2000, Kalaveekshanam Books Calicut
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, align = "left", Kerala modelilekku oru kilivaathil
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, align = "left", An eye on the Kerala Model
, align = "left", 2001, Haritham Books Calicut
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, align = "left", Marx nte viplavavum Lenin nte athiviplavavum
ml, മാർക്സിന്റെ വിപ്ലവവും ലെനിന്റെ അതിവിപ്ലവവും
, align = "left", Revolution of Marx and Extreme revolution of Lenin
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Social

List of Social Books by M. R. C.

, align = "left", Human Rights (Translation)
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, align = "left", India innu evide nilkkunnu
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, align = "left", whither stands India Today
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, align = "left", Universitykalile Upaplavangal
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, align = "left", Heteronomy in Universities
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Memoirs

, align = "left", A Book of Memories
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, align = "left", Sahithyathil Diggajangalude oru kalaghattam
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, align = "left", The Time of Colossal figures in Malayalam Literature
, align = "left", 2006, Poorna Publications Calicut
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, align = "left", Ente jeevithakadhayile N.V parvam
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, align = "left", The N. V. Chapter in my literary life story
, align = "left", 2010, 2016 2nd Edition Green Books Thrissur

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, align = "left", Kudumba parvam
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, align = "left", The Family Chapter of my life story
, align = "left", 2011, Maluban Publishers Trivandrum
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, align = "left", Balikuteerangalkkoru Ormapusthakam
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, align = "left", A memoir for sacrificial stone temples
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Novel Translation

, align = "left", At the outer gate
, align = "left", On the eve, Russian, Ivan Turgenev
, align = "left", 1955, Prabhath Book House Ernakulam
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, align = "left", Kokoro
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, align = "left", KokoroKokoro
, align = "left", Japanese Novel
, align = "left", 1962, Southern Languages Book Trust Madras
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, align = "left", Uzhuthumaricha Puthumannu
ml, ഉഴുതുമറിച്ച പുതുമണ്ണ്
, align = "left", Virgin Soil Upturned
, align = "left", Russian, Mikhail Sholokhov
, align = "left", 1962, CICC Books Ernakulam
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, align = "left", Don Nadeetheerathe Koithu
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, align = "left", Harvest on the Don
, align = "left", Russian, Mikhail Sholokhov
, align = "left", 1962, CICC Books Ernakulam
2015, S.P.C.S. Ltd. Kottayam
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, align = "left", Genghis Khan
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, align = "left", Genghis Khan-The world Conqueror (Historical Biography)
, align = "left", Harold Lamb
, align = "left", 1963, Current Books Thrissur
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, align = "left", Timoor
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, align = "left", Timoor Historical Biography
, align = "left", Tamerlane Harold Lamb
, align = "left", 1963, Current Books Thrissur
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, align = "left", Maattivecha Talakal
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, align = "left", The Transposed Heads
, align = "left", German, Thomas Mann
, align = "left", 1979, Chintha Books Trivandrum
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, align = "left", Kalanju Kittiya Mookku
ml, കളഞ്ഞുകിട്ടിയ മൂക്ക്
, align = "left", The Nose (Gogol short story), The Nose
, align = "left", Russian, Nikolai Gogol
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Science Translation

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, align = "left", 1959, Mathrubhumi Co Calicut
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, align = "left", maanathekku nookkumpol
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, align = "left", Let us Look at the Sky
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Children's Literature

, align = "left", A Fox Named Srigalan
, align = "left", Reynard the fox(British Folklore)
, align = "left", 2004, Current Books Thrissur
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, align = "left", moonnu bala saahithya kruthikal
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, align = "left", Three Stories for Children
, align = "left", Oscar Wilde
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Other genres

, align = "left", Poem Collections Kerala Sahithya Samiti
, align = "left", 2004, Prabhakar Book Stall Shornur
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, align = "left", aana undaayirunna veedu
ml, ആന ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന വീട്
, align = "left", A House which owned an elephant (novel)
, align = "left", 2012, Samayam Books Kannur
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, align = "left", Vilakkukal Puthiyathum Pazhayathum
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, align = "left", Collection of literary articles
, align = "left", 2016, S.P.C.S Ltd. Kottayam
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, align = "left", Vilakkukal Puthiyathum Pazhayathum
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, align = "left", Collection of essays by N.V.Krishna Warrier
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Journals edited

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, align = "left", Vijnana Kairali
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, align = "left", Journal of Kerala Language Institute, Tvm
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, align = "left", Sahithya Samithi Masika
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, align = "left", Published from Payyannur, Kannur District
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, align = "left", Chinthana Weekly
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, align = "left", Malayala Mannu Weekly
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References

Other Links

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/akpcta-district-convention/article3174584.ece

https://www.amazon.com/M.R.Chandrasekharan/e/B00JQAO64G

http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/author/product&author_id=1709

http://www.mkbhasi.com/mypdf/Mazha1/M%20R%20Chandrasekharan.pdf

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