E. V. Ramakrishnan

E. V. Ramakrishnan is an English-Malayalam bilingual writer, poet and literary critic from Kerala, India. He received several awards, including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism and the Odakkuzhal Award. In 2023 Ramakrishnan received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his literary study Malayala Novelinte Deshakalangal.

Biography Born on 23 March 1951, at Vilayancode near Payyannur in Kannur district. After educated at Payyannur College, Government Brennen College and Devagiri College, he obtained his PhD from Marathwada University, Aurangabad (Maharashtra). He is now working as emeritus professor in Central University of Gujarat.

The book Indian short stories : (1900-2000), edited by him and published by Sahitya Akademi has been translated to Tamil with title Indiya Chirukathaigal.

Works Poetry collections

Being Elsewhere in Myself (1980)

Literary criticism

Literary Criticism in India: Texts, Trends and Trajectories, published by the Sahitya Akademi.

Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal (in Malayalam) Viyojippinte vangmayangal, DC Books, 2021 (in Malayalam) (with Anju Makhija) (with Lakshmi Bandlamudi)

As editor

Awards and honours Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 for his work Malayala Novelinte Deshakalangal. Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism for the work Aksharavum Adhunikathayum (1995) Odakkuzhal Award for his work Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal (2018) Dr. T. Bhaskaran Memorial Vaikhari Award for his work Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal Prof. CVN Literary Award for the work Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal (2022) U.G.C Career Award for young scholars (1987) Fellowship from Indian Institute of Advanced Study (1993) Fellowship from K. K. Birla Foundation (1999) Fulbright Fellowship (2001) Government of Canada Fellowship (2012)