Puthussery Ramachandran

Puthussery Ramachandran Pillai (23 September 1928 – 14 March 2020) was an Indian poet of the Malayalam language. He was a scholar of Dravidian linguistics. He was a professor of Malayalam for more than three decades.

Puthussery Ramachandran Pillai
Born(1928-09-23)23 September 1928
Mavelikkara , Travancore
Died14 March 2020(2020-03-14) (aged 91)
NationalityIndian
EducationB.A. (Hons), Ph.D
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Poet, professor
Notable workGrameena Gayakan,Aavunnathra Uchchathil,Puthiyakollanum Puthiyoralayum,Utsavabali,Kannassa Ramayanam,Keralcharitrathinte Adisthanarekhakal

He was General Secretary of First World Conference on Malayalam language and Kerala Culture organised by the University of Kerala in 1977. He was the Organizing Secretary of the First All India Conference on Dravidian Linguistics in 1971.[1]

He died on 14 March 2020, aged 91.[2][3][4]

Poems
  • Ente Swathantryasamara Kavithakal (Poems written for India's Freedom Struggle), 1948 (Reprint 1998)
  • Grameena Gayakan (1948)
  • Aavunnathra Uchchathil (1954)
  • Puthiyakollanum Puthiyoralayum (1960)
  • Sakthipooja (1965)
  • Akalumthorum (1970)
  • Agnaye Swaha (1988)
  • Puthusseri Ramachandrante Kavithakal (Selected Poems) (1988)
  • Utsavabali (1998)
  • Ee Veettil Aarumille (2003)
  • Puthusserikkavithakal (Complete poetical works) (2008)

References
  1. "All India Conference on Dravidian Linguistics". Dravidian Linguistics Association.
  2. "Veteran poet and Malayalam scholar Puthussery Ramachandran passes away at 91". The New Indian Express.
  3. "Puthusssery-ramachandran died". ManoramaOnline.
  4. "Poet Puthusssery Ramachandran, who fought for freedom and Malayalam, passes away". OnManorama.
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