K. C. Ajayakumar

K. C. Ajayakumar is a writer and translator from Kerala, India. He has published two novels, two research books and two translations in Hindi and has translated 22 books from Hindi to Malayalam.^[1] He has received many notable awards including Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation.

Biography[]

He was born in Koyipram panchayat, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala to K. V. Chandran Nair and M.N. Meenakshiamma. He was the Senior Manager at Indian Overseas Bank.^[2] Later, while working as the Chief Manager of Corporation Bank, he retired from service to engage full-time writing.^[2] Currently he is living in Thiruvananthapuram.

Literary contributions[]

Original Works in Hindi[]

• swatantrata andolan par aadharit Hindi upanyas (Hindi essay based on freedom movement)
• Malayalam vyakaran ek parichay (book on Malayalam grammar)
• Kavikulaguru Kalidas^[2]
• Suryagayatri
• Tagore- Ek jeevani ISBN 8194738520^[2]
• Sathyavan-Savithri ISBN 8194738504^[2]

Translations to Hindi[]

• Valmiki Ramayan, ek adyayan
• Gitashastram - Hindi translation of Sri C. Radhakrishnan's commentary on Gitadarsanam

Original works in Malayalam[]

• Kalidasan (novel) - based on life of Kalidasa^[3] (ISBN : 978126423491)
• Mruthyunjayam (Novel)ISBN 9788124016718
• Rabindranath Tagore (Novel) - A novel adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's Swargamanas. This novel was translated to English with the titile Tagore.^[4]
• Adi Shankara: Introduction to Advaita Vedanta through the life story of Adi Shankara. (ISBN 9789386560100) This book was translated to English with the title Shankaracharya.^[5]

Translations to Malayalam[]

• Karmayogam - Original work by Narendra Kohli based on the story of Krishna (with Dr. K. C. Sindhu) ISBN 9788130020754
• Two volumes of Abhyudaya novel by Narendra Kohli based on Ramayana (with Dr. K. C. Sindhu)^[2]
• Eight volumes of the Mahasamar novel by Narendra Kohli based on the Mahabharata^[2]
• Vivekanandam - Original work by Narendra Kohli
• Gora - Malayalam translation of Bengali novel Gora by Rabindranath Tagore^[2]
• CV Raman Pillai (Short Biography) Original work by S. Guptan Nair
• Chhatrapati Shivaji, sadbharanathinte maatruka - Original by Anil Madhav Dave
• Bharatha vikasanasam, Sadyathakal Prasnangal, Pariharangal (Book on Indian Development Possibilities, Problems and Solutions) - Original work by Sundeep Waslekar
• Ambedkar samoohika viplava yathra (book on Ambedkar's Social Revolutionary Journey) - Original work by Dattopant Thengadi
• Babasaheb Ambedkarrum saamoohya neethiyum - Original work by Ramesh Patange
• Yathodharma sthatho jaya - Original work by Narendra Kohli ISBN 9788130020518
• Sitamanasam (Malayalam translation of Mridula Sinha's novel Sita Puni Boli)
• Narendra Modi - Udachuvarkkalinte Perunthachan, Navbharata Shilpi - Original by Dr. R. Balashankar ISBN 9788130021669
• Narendramodiyute thiranjedutha prasangangal -Selected Speeches of Narendra Modi
• Manassil thottu paranjath - Translation of Narendra Modi's Mann Ki Baat speeches 2017, 2018, 2019^[2] ISBN 9788130021805
• Raveendranatham ISBN 9788130018706

Awards[]

• 2018: Viswahindi samman award by the Ministry of External Affairs of India for outstanding contribution to the promotion of Hindi language and literature.^[1]
• 2015: Sahitya Akademi Award for the Malayalam translation of Bengali novel Gora by Rabindranath Tagore^[6]
• 2002: Central Government Award for Hindi Writers from Non-Hindi Region.^[1]

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