E. V. Ramakrishnan

E. V. Ramakrishnan is an English-Malayalam bilingual writer, poet and literary critic from Kerala, India. He received several awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism and the Odakkuzhal Award. Born on 23 March 1951, at Valayankot near Payyannur in Kannur district. After educated at Payyannur College, Government Brennen College and Devagiri College, he obtained his PhD from Marathwada University, Aurangabad (Maharashtra). He worked as lecturer in English at Jalna, Maharashtra in 1973-84 and then Lecturer in the Department of English at South Gujarat University, Surat from 1985. He is now working as Emeritus Professor in Central University of Gujarat. The book Indian short stories : (1900-2000), edited by him and published by Sahitya Akademi has been translated to Tamil with title Indiya Chirukathaigal.