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 Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2015).
Biography[edit]
Ajayakumar 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[edit]
Original works in Hindi[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Valmiki Ramayan, ek adyayan
- Gitashastram - Hindi translation of Sri C. Radhakrishnan's commentary on Gitadarsanam
Original works in Malayalam[edit]
- Kalidasan (novel) - based on life of Kalidasa[3] (ISBN 978126423491 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: length)
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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 Translation Prize for translation of Bengali novel Gora by Rabindranath Tagore[6]
- 2002: Central Government Award for Hindi Writers from Non-Hindi Region.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "'വിശ്വഹിന്ദി സമ്മാൻ' പുരസ്കാരത്തിനു മലയാളിയായ ഡോ.കെ.സി.അജയകുമാർ അർഹനായി". ManoramaOnline. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "ഹിന്ദി ദിനത്തില് മലയാളിയുടെ നാലു ഹിന്ദി നോവലുകള്; സ്വന്തം സൃഷ്ട്രിയുമായി ഡോ.കെ സി അജയകുമാര്". Janmabhumi. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "കാളിദാസകവിയുടെ കാവ്യായനം". Keralaliterature.com. 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ AJAYAKUMAR, K.C. (2019). TAGORE : a novel. [S.l.]: RUPA & CO. ISBN 978-9353335397.
- ^ Ajayakumār, Ke Si (2020). Sankaracharya : a novel /. ISBN 9789389967562. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.