B. Rajeevan

B. Rajeevan is a Malayalam author and literary critic from Kerala, India.

B. Rajeevan
Rajeevan in 2013
Born1946
Kayamkulam, Travancore
OccupationLiterary critic, author
NationalityBritish
EducationSN College, Quilon
University College, Trivandrum
Period1997–present
GenreLiterary criticism, essay
Notable worksVakkukalum Vasthukkalum

Biography

He was born in 1946 in Kayamkulam near Quilon, Kerala. He studied at SN College, Quilon and University College, Trivandrum.[1] He has been teaching Malayalam literature in government colleges since 1971. During the Emergency in 1975, he was branded as a Naxalite sympathiser and had to face police harassment and house arrest. In the eighties, he served on the State Committee of the Janakeeya Samskarika Vedi (People's Cultural Forum) and participated in various struggles. He was arrested and was expelled from his long-time college post. Since 1969, he has written and published essays on philosophy, aesthetics, history, political thought, film and poetry.[1] He has been living together with poet Savithri Rajeevan from 1975 onwards.[2]

List of works
  • Swathanthryathinte Samagratha (The Integrity of Freedom)
  • Jaivarashtreeyavum Janasanjayavum (Biopolitics and Populism)
  • Marxisavum Shasthravum (Marxism and Science)
  • Anyavalkaranavum Yogavum (Alienation and Destiny)
  • Jananibidamaya Danthagopuram
  • Varthamanathinte Charithram (History of the Present)
  • Vakkukalum Vasthukkalum (Words and Objects)
  • EMSinte Swapnam (The Dream of EMS)

Awards
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References
  1. "ബി. രാജീവൻ". Puzha.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. "സർഗയൗവനത്തിൽ സാവിത്രി രാജീവൻ". Deshabhimani. April 4, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  3. "Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Hindu. August 2, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  4. "ചിന്ത രവീന്ദ്രന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം ബി.രാജീവന്". DC Books. July 13, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  5. "B. Rajeevan to receive MN Vijayan award". Times of Oman. PressReader. July 9, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  6. "O.V. Vijayan Award for B. Rajeevan". Mathrubhumi. October 26, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  7. "ഡോ. സി പി മേനോന്‍ പുരസ്കാരങ്ങള്‍ വിതരണംചെയ്തു". Deshabhimani. September 29, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  8. "The Award Winners". Basheer Smaraka Trust. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
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