Sudhakaran Ramanthali

Sudhakaran Ramanthali is a Malayalam language writer and translator from Kerala, India. He has translated 27 works from Kannada to Malayalam. He received many awards including Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for Translation and Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize.

Biography Born in the village of Ramanthali near Payyanur in Kannur district, Sudhakaran completed his primary education in a government Malayalam medium school in his native place. After his higher education in Mysore, he joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bangalore. He later served as a leader of the association for many years. During his tenure at HAL, the company has a Workers' Education class. When the opportunity arose to study English or Kannada, Sudhakaran chose to study Kannada. He started learning Kannada after deciding for himself that Kannada, the state language, should be used to address the workers. He also served as the President of the Bengaluru Kairali Arts Committee and Kairali Nilayam Schools.

Selected works Original works in Malayalam Novel . Arangozhiyunna Achuthan Greeshmasandhyakal

Awards Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2020 for Malayalam translation of ‘’Shikhara Surya’’ by Chandrashekhara Kambar. Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for Translation Literature 2022, for Shivante Kadumthudi, the Malayalam translation of ‘’Shivana Damgura’’ by Chandrashekhara Kambar. CV Chathunni Nair Memorial Award for his contribution to Malayalam translation Poorna Uroob Award The first Mangalam Novel Award for "Ramapurathinte Katha" Tejaswini Award of the Mahakavi P Kunhiraman Nair Foundationfor Shivante Kadumthudi, the Malayalam translation of Shivana Damgura by Chandrashekhara Kambar.