P. K. Chandran (born 10 May 1952) is an Indian translator and creative writer in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

and

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

. His ''Karnan'', a translation of Shivaji Sawant's

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novel ''Mrityunjay'', won the

Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize or Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation is a literary honour in India, presented by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, given to "outstanding translations of creative and critical works" in 24 ...

in 2001.

Early life

Personal life

Books

* Insulted and Humiliated Characters in Puranas (Sarthak Prakasan, New Delhi) * ''Kunthiparvam'' (Chithra Publishers, Tvm) * ''Droupati'' (DC Books, Kottayam) * ''Gandhari'' (DC Books, Kottayam) * ''Sita'' (DC Books, Kottayam) * ''Kunthi'' (DC Books, Kottayam) * ''Drona''(DC Books, Kottayam) * ''Sathivathy'' (DC Books, Kottayam) * Bheeshma (DC Books, Kottayam) * Yayathi (DC Books, Kottayam) * Ravanan (DC Books, Kottayam)

Translations

* ''Karnan'' (Mrityunjaya of Sivaji Sawant - DC Books Marathi) * ''Yantra'' (

Malayattoor Ramakrishnan K. V. Ramakrishna Iyer, better known by his pen name, Malayattoor Ramakrishnan (27 May 1927 – 27 December 1997), was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, cartoonist, lawyer, Magistrate, judicial magistrate, and Indian Administrative Servi ...

- National Books Trust -Malayalam) *''Samakaleena'' Cherukathakal (National Books Trust - Malayalam) * ''Yugandharan'' (Yugandhar of Sivaji Sawant- Kendra Sahitya Academy, New Delhi - Marathi ) * Mohammed Rafi - sangeethavum jeevithavum (Hindi) * Njan Hinduvanu (Asghar Wajahat - Hindi) * Saadat Hasan Mantoyude Kathakal (

Saadat Hasan Manto Saadat Hasan Manto (; Punjabi, , , ; 11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author who was active in British India and later, after the 1947 partition of India, in Pakistan. Writing mainly in Urdu, he produc ...

- Urdu) * Avarnan ( Sharan Kumar Limbale -Marathi)

Awards

for Karnan

References

External links

AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2015)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandran, P K 1952 births Living people Translators to Malayalam Writers from Kozhikode