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  K. Satchidanandan -- Malayalam Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi ...
Satchidanandan, poet, critic and Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi, is one of the best-known literary personalities in India.
A poet of intense political and ethical sensitivity, Satchidanandan achieves a fine balance between the cerebral, the visceral, and the emotional in his poetry.
While the subtle and the nuanced expressions in his poetry appealed to the literary sensibilities of more enlightened and refined connoisseurs of poetry, its indignant tone and tenor combined with its ardent humanism and emancipatory vision appealed to a wider public.
www.loc.gov /acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/ksatchidanandan.html   (316 words)

  
 Satchidanandan Definition / Satchidanandan Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Satchidanandan (born May 28May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years).
Satchidanandan is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Sahitya Akademi Award and Oman Cultural Centre Award.
Satchidanandan is the Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi (the National Academy of Letters) of India.
www.elresearch.com /Satchidanandan   (750 words)

  
 The Hindu : Theorising Indian Writing in English
Satchidanandan, currently Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, is acknowledged in academic circles as a knowledgeable poet, critic and man of letters.
Satchidanandan's view is that it would be more realistic to accept Sarojini Naidu as a product of her circumstances, historical and literary.
Satchidanandan maintains that there is a need to evolve an Indian theory of autobiography which would be very different from the "self-portraits" we are accustomed to read.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/lr/2003/06/01/stories/2003060100200300.htm   (1221 words)

  
 K. Satchidanandan
One of Kerala’s leading writers, K. Satchidanandan is regarded as one of the pioneers of the New Poetry in Malayalam.
Satchidanandan’s poetry is often seen as a microcosm of the larger trends in modern Malayalam literature.
Satchidanandan did his Masters in English from the Unviersity of Kerala and his doctorate in post-structuralist literary theory from the University of Calicut.
india.poetryinternational.org /cwolk/view/23263   (892 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 355   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Satchidanandan was speaking at a function organized by the Asiatic Society of Mumbai for the release of its bicentenary volume, Culture and the Making of Identity in Contemporary India', a collection of 17 essays edited by Kamala Ganesh and Usha Thakkar and published by Sage.
Tracing its development from Partition literature and the "maelstrom of perpetual disintegration", Satchidanandan referred to the anti-Tagore syndrome that swept through a whole generation of modernist writers, who were concerned with the complexities of life and alternate modes of thought and expression.
Satchidanandan also spoke of the new post-modernist literature, the intrusion of the market in everyday life, a forced standardization of culture and the subtle authoritarianism of the state, among other things.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/05/28/d505282103116.htm   (1215 words)

  
 The Hindu : `Literature under grave attack'
The secretary of the Kendra Sahithya Akademi, K. Satchidanandan, has said that the young writers of the country had to create literature at a time when the very institution of literature was under attack, and thinkers had started doubting whether it would survive the onslaught of cyber technology.
Satchidanandan said numbers and quantities seem to have gained an upper hand over the uncertainty of ideas and the mystery of imagination.
Satchidanandan pointed out that by the time the young writers started writing, major literary movements had already died down or lost their initial energy.
www.hindu.com /2003/02/26/stories/2003022603900300.htm   (745 words)

  
 Controversy: The BJP tries to tame a stubborn Sahitya Akademi Feb 16, 2003 The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
But they are at the centre of a raging debate which threatens to change the fate of the three cultural shibboleths of the country: the Sahitya Akademi, the Sangeet Natak Akademi and the Lalit Kala Akademi, founded 50 years ago as autonomous bodies to preside over India's culturescape.
Naidu's letter was apparently a reaction to poems penned by K. Satchidanandan, secretary of the Sahitya Akademi, in the aftermath of the Gujarat violence.
Satchidanandan denies any ideological sympathies with the Left or the Right.
www.the-week.com /23feb16/events11.htm   (811 words)

  
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Discerning readers of Malayalam poetry started noticing Satchidanandan's verse around the time of India's Emergency in 1975, though he started penning poems since he was 11.
Satchidanandan (born on 25 May 1946), is an essayist and translator, and has so far published more than 20 volumes of poetry including Anchu Sooryan (Five Suns); Peedanakalam (The Times of Torment); Venal Mazha (The Summer Rains) and Socrattessum Kozhiyum (Socrates and the Cock).
Satchidanandan has a flair for translating Indian, African, Latin American and Chinese poetry.
www.viewsunplugged.com /VU/20031111/interactives_spotlight_Satchidanandan_pf.shtml   (1059 words)

  
 Interview: Authors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Prof K Satchidanandan (born May 1946) is a prominent Indian poet and intellect of national and international recognition.
Having done his MA in English Literature from the University of Kerala an his Ph D in Post-Structuralist Literary Theory from the University of Calicut, he worked as Professor of English at Christ College Kerala.
Prof Satchidanandan has been on several important academic and literary bodies and the jury of national awards for literature and cinema.
www.meghdutam.com /authtemp.php?name=auth4.htm&&printer=0   (1608 words)

  
 Koyamparambath Satchidanandan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Koyamparambath Satchidanandan (né en mai 1946) est un poète et intellectuel indien de langue malayalam.
Comme poète, Satchidanandan a été salué par les critiques comme pionnier de la poésie moderne et post-moderne en malayalam.
Koyamparambath Satchidanandan est également un grand traducteur de poésie.
www.cipmarseille.com /statique/pages/auteurs/fiches/satchidanandan.html   (289 words)

  
 Crimson feet, a forum for creative labour: Interview With K Satchidanandan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
K Satchidanandan, well-known Malayalam poet and president, Kendriya Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, speaks with Sunil K Poolani
Modern Malayalam poetry without Koyamparambath Satchidanandan is like Indian poetry in English without Nissim Ezekiel.
Satchidanandan (born on 25 May 1946), is an essayist and translator, and has so far published more than 20 volumes of poetry including
crimsonfeet.recut.org /article112.html   (1102 words)

  
 LETTERS
Satchidanandan concludes his review of Paul Zacharia's two novellas by stating that Zacharia and N.S. Madhavan have few peers among their Indian contemporaries ("Retrieving the narrative art", July 20).
Being the Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi, Satchidanandan has been associated with writers of and writings in most of the Indian languages.
But Satchidanandan's observation, in the course of narrating the plot of "Praise the Lord...", that Zacharia portrays his female characters as being stronger and wiser than his male characters is a conscious effort to paint Zacharia as a feminist co-traveller.
www.flonnet.com /fl1816/18161090.htm   (3496 words)

  
 Other important Seminars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Professor K. Satchidanandan, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, gave the welcome speech and key-note address was delivered by Sri Kamleshwar.
Professor K. Satchidanandan, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, gave the welcome speech and key-note address was delivered by Sri Krishna Kumar.
Professor K. Satchidanandan gave the welcome address and Professor Gopi Chand Narang presided while Sri Ahmad Faraz, an eminent Pakistani writer, was the Guest of Honour.
www.iconsoftec.com /sahitya-akademi/seminars.htm   (5687 words)

  
 The Hindu : Kerala / Pathanamthitta News : Shelter for the elderly to come up at Aranmula temple
Devaswom Commissioner C.G. Satchidanandan inspected the site for the proposed shelter, adjoining the temple, on the banks of the Pampa, recently.
Satchidanandan told The Hindu that the project was part of the infrastructure development scheme under the Endogenous Tourism Project, jointly sponsored by the Union Government and the United Nations Development Programme.
Satchidanandan said the proposed shelter was estimated at Rs.
www.hindu.com /2005/07/12/stories/2005071207850300.htm   (326 words)

  
 Iran Culture House, New Delhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Satchidanandan has also been a major translator of poetry and has 15 collections of world and Indian poetry in translation.
Satchidanandan has also been a campaigner for religious pluralism, ecological causes, women's liberation, civil rights and democratic socialism, music, painting, philosophy, culture, religion and political thought.
He has been on several important Academic and literary bodies and the jury of national awards for literature and cinema.
www.iranhouseindia.com /dioloque_makingof.htm   (650 words)

  
 RAHA opinion: Sunil K Poolani : Interview with K Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
RAHA opinion: Sunil K Poolani : Interview with K Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet
An interview with K Satchidanandan, well-known Malayalam poet and president, Kendriya Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.
Discerning readers of Malayalam poetry started noticing Satchidanandan’s verse around the time
kabulpress.org /RAHA_interview_s2.htm   (1080 words)

  
 domain-B : Indian business : economy : After war, work
Iraq needs restoring and reconstruction, and the immediate need is to recruit cheap labour, assign work to builders and buy building material from suppliers.
Says S Satchidanandan, the proprietor of Bindu Recruitment Agency, who owns a office in a dilapidated building in the city's Fort area: "I don't even get time to eat lunch these days; job-aspirants throng in my small office, phones never cease to ring, and I can't cope up with the speed.
I need more staff." These words come from a man who was seriously planning to give up his dwindling business just one month ago.
www.domainb.com /economy/general/200304apr/20030422_war.html   (714 words)

  
 Omchery's famed satires to reach English readers:- - Entertainment News - Webindia123.com
Translator A.J. Thomas, assistant editor of "Indian Literature", won applause at the function for ensuring that the original flavour was not lost in translation.
Dancer Sonal Mansingh, Sahitya Akademi secretary and Malayalam poet K. Satchidanandan, journalist and author V.K. Madhavan Kutty, writer M. Mukundan, the playwright's wife and classical singer Lila Omchery and their daughter Deepthi Omchery-Bhalla were present at the launch.
A recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Parishad Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards and SPCS award, Omchery's plays have been translated into English, German, Hindi, Bengali and other languages.
www.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=77136&cat=Entertainment   (618 words)

  
 K Satchidanandan born May 28 1946 is a...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
K Satchidanandan born May 28 1946 is a...
"K. Satchidanandan" (born May 28, 1946) is a well-known Malayalam poet, whose works bring subtle poetic verses to a contemporary political context.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
www.geodatabase.de /Satchidanandan   (168 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Language-wise, certainly, India’s multicultural project is by no means a modern phenomenon.
In his essay, “The Case of a Wounded Literature,” Malayalam poet and critic K. Satchidanandan points out that quite a few Indian poets between the 10th and 19th centuries — Guru Nanak, Mira and Kabir for instance — wrote in two, three or even four languages, without any conscious effort or cultivated scholarship.
In addition to generous doses of Sanskrit and Tamil, it has, in day-to-day use, naturalized words from Urdu, Kannada, English, Dutch and Portuguese.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030615/asp/opinion/story_2054749.asp   (1125 words)

  
 ‘Uphold sanctity of the written word’
Narang also quoted a couplet of 17th century Urdu poet Vali Gujarati, who was pioneer of ghazals, to drive home his point that there was eternal scope for fresh thinking in writing.
Akademi secretary K Satchidanandan said the challenge before young writers is to become morally responsible and aesthetically innovative.
He said that young writers will find it difficult to express themselves subtly amid onslaught of cultural, communal violence and globalisation.
cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=109870   (545 words)

  
 Röster från Indien
Från vänster syns Sri Abdul Rasheed, Sri Kanji Patel, Sri Prasanna, Sri Balchandrah Chullikad, Sri K. Satchidanandan, Ms Pratibha Nandakumar och dr. B Chandrika.
I tre veckor har tio författare från Indien varit i Sverige för att lära känna vårt land och litteratur och samtidigt ge en bild av den indiska litteraturen idag.
- Vi är ett land fullt av paradoxer, berättar den indiska författargruppens samordnare Sri K. Satchidanandan när han ska beskriva den indiska litteraturen.
www.hb.se /arkiv/vb/97/9746/indien.htm   (404 words)

  
 Kaumudi Online India News Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In Marathi, Mrinalini Gadkari won for 'Devdas', the Marathi translation of renowned Bengali author Saratchandra Chattopadhyay's novel of the same title.
The awards, carring Rs 20,000 and a plaque each, will be presented in in August, said Akademi Secretary K Satchidanandan.
The Translation Prizes are given for the best works published in the past five years.
www.kaumudi.com /news/021605/india.stm   (3281 words)

  
 GKJIF 2002 - SRI SWARNA KUNCHITHANGREEM AND ANAND SATCHIDANANDAN, India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
GKJIF 2002 - SRI SWARNA KUNCHITHANGREEM AND ANAND SATCHIDANANDAN, India
Tickets price: Rp 30.000,- and Rp Penampil/Presenter: Anand Satchidanandan, Roopa Kiran, B. Venkatesh, Kalpana Gopalakrishnan, Ramya Rangarajan, Sonal Sathe, Amitha Sampath, Komang Budhi Yasa
Budding talents for the fine arts is continuing to blossom in Anand Satchidanandan.
www.gkj-online.com /gkjif.gkj-online.com/events/13.html   (1101 words)

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