K. Satchidanandan (born May 28, 1946) is a well-known Malayalam poet, whose works bring subtle poetic verses to a contemporary political context.
He was born in Thrissur district of Kerala, India. There are more than 50 books including translations on his credit. Through his powerful translations, he introduced many of the international radical voices like Antonio Gramsci and Pablo Neruda to the readers of Malayalam literature. He was a faculty of languages in University of Calicut, Kerala and is the secretary of Sahitya Akademi (National Academy for Literature, India) from 1996. He received Kerala Sahitya Akademi award for poetry, prose and drama in 1984, 1989 and 1999. Some of his works are Ezhuthachan Ezhuthumbol, Satchidanandante Kavitakal and Desatanam.
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.
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