B. Rajeevan | |
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Rajeevan in 2013 | |
Born | 1946 Kayamkulam, Travancore |
Occupation | Literary critic, author |
Nationality | British |
Education | SN College, Quilon University College, Trivandrum |
Period | 1997–present |
Genre | Literary criticism, essay |
Notable works | Vakkukalum Vasthukkalum |
B. Rajeevan is a Malayalam author and literary critic from Kerala, India.
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]
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B. Rajeevan | |
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Rajeevan in 2013 | |
Born | 1946 Kayamkulam, Travancore |
Occupation | Literary critic, author |
Nationality | British |
Education | SN College, Quilon University College, Trivandrum |
Period | 1997–present |
Genre | Literary criticism, essay |
Notable works | Vakkukalum Vasthukkalum |
B. Rajeevan is a Malayalam author and literary critic from Kerala, India.
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]
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biography of a living person does not
include any
references or sources. (May 2023) |