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Maythil Radhakrishnan aka Rad Maythil (born 24 July 1944), popularly known as Maythil (Malayalam മേതില്‍ രാധകൃഷ്ണന്‍), born in Pudiyankom (Alathur, Palakkad district of Kerala), is an all-rounder in Malayalam literature,^[1] who has written poetry and fiction as well as non-fiction.

Biography

Maythil did his graduation in Economics from Kerala University in 1968. For the next eight years, he did research in insect ethology, while working as a freelance journalist. From 1976 to 1984 he worked in Kuwait for a Norwegian shipping firm as EDP Coordinator. For the next three years, he ran his own Computer Aided Design and Drafting Center in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Since 1987, except for a four-year stint as Editor, Youth Express of The New Indian Express (then The Indian Express) group, at Trivandrum and Chennai, Maythil has spent his time mostly in writing; on occasions working as a freelance journalist, quizmaster and a web developer. He writes popular columns in The Sunday Express (Zebra Crossing, now available online as a social network created by the author himself) and in Madhyamam Weekly (Moonnu Vara a.k.a. Three Stripes). Presently he lives in Trivandrum. He is a widower left with a daughter (June) and a son (Julian).

Writing

Maythil's first novel, Sooryavamsam, published in 1970, announced the arrival of a major talent in Malayalam literature. Four novels and many stories and poems later, his is still a fresh voice. His oeuvre reflects the whole gamut of unrelated experience—from computers to insects—that he had acquired. Essence of his writing is summed up by Professor K Satchidanandan in the following words:

There are very few in Indian fiction who can compare with this author in artistic innovation, intellectual subtlety and original perception of things and of life. The three novellas here represent all that is newest in Indian fiction.^[2]

Bibliography

Novels

Sooryavamsam (Sun Dynasty), novel, 1970
Bra, novel, 1974
Chuvanna Vidooshakarute Anchampathi (Fifth Column of the Red Jesters), novel, 1974
Hitchkkokkinte Itapetal (Hitchcock's Intervention), novel, 1994
Laingikathayekkurichu Oru Upanyasam (An Essay on Sexuality), novel, 1995

Poetry

Penguin, poems, 1973
Bhoomiyeyum Maranatheyum Kurichu (Of The Earth and Death), poems, 1991

Short fiction

Naayakammaar Shavapetakangalil (Heroes in Coffins), short stories, 1994
Dylan Thomassinte Panth, (The Ball of Dylan Thomas) short stories, 1994
Sangeetham Oru Samayakalayaanu (Music Is A Time-art), short stories, 1995
Sooryamalsyathe vivarikkal, Novella, 2017

Collected works in English

The Love Song of Alfred Hitchcok, 2004

Collected works in Malayalam

Maythil Kathakal, 2013

Non-fiction (Science)

Romam (Hair), Year of publication N/A
Daivam, Manushian, Yanthram (God, Man, Machine) Year of publication N/A

External links

Notes

^ Torcato, Ronita. "Literary sojourns". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
^ Satchidanandan, Prof. K: Introduction to The Love Song of Alfred Hitchcock, Maythil Radhakrishnan Translated by V. C. Harris

[1] Torcato, Ronita. "Literary sojourns". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

[2] Satchidanandan, Prof. K: Introduction to The Love Song of Alfred Hitchcock, Maythil Radhakrishnan Translated by V. C. Harris

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-'''Maythil Radhakrishnan''' aka Rad Maythil(born 24 July 1944), popularly known as '''Maythil''' ([[Malayalam]] മേതില്‍ രാധകൃഷ്ണന്‍), born in Pudiyankom (Alathur, [[Palakkad]] district of [[Kerala]]), is an all-rounder in [[Malayalam]] literature,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/lr/2006/10/01/stories/2006100100140400.htm|title=Literary sojourns|last=Torcato|first=Ronita|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref> who has written [[poetry]] and [[fiction]] as well as [[non-fiction]].
+'''Maythil Radhakrishnan''' aka Rad Maythil (born 24 July 1944), popularly known as '''Maythil''' ([[Malayalam]] മേതില്‍ രാധകൃഷ്ണന്‍), born in Pudiyankom (Alathur, [[Palakkad]] district of [[Kerala]]), is an all-rounder in [[Malayalam]] literature,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/lr/2006/10/01/stories/2006100100140400.htm|title=Literary sojourns|last=Torcato|first=Ronita|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref> who has written [[poetry]] and [[fiction]] as well as [[non-fiction]].
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