K. C. Ajayakumar is a writer and translator from Kerala, India. He has published two novels, two research books and two translations in Hindi and has translated 22 books from Hindi to Malayalam.[1] He has received many notable awards including Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2015).
Biography
Ajayakumar was born in Koyipram panchayat, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala to K. V. Chandran Nair and M.N. Meenakshiamma. He was the Senior Manager at Indian Overseas Bank.[2] Later, while working as the Chief Manager of Corporation Bank, he retired from service to engage full-time writing.[2] Currently he is living in Thiruvananthapuram.
Literary contributions
Original works in Hindi
swatantrata andolan par aadharit Hindi upanyas (Hindi essay based on freedom movement)
Malayalam vyakaran ek parichay (book on Malayalam grammar)
Rabindranath Tagore (Novel) - A novel adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's Swargamanas. This novel was translated to English with the titile Tagore.[4]
Adi Shankara: Introduction to Advaita Vedanta through the life story of Adi Shankara. (ISBN9789386560100) This book was translated to English with the title Shankaracharya.[5]
Translations to Malayalam
Karmayogam - Original work by Narendra Kohli based on the story of Krishna (with Dr. K. C. Sindhu) ISBN9788130020754
Two volumes of Abhyudaya novel by Narendra Kohli based on Ramayana (with Dr. K. C. Sindhu)[2]
Eight volumes of the Mahasamar novel by Narendra Kohli based on the Mahabharata[2]
CV Raman Pillai (Short Biography) Original work by S. Guptan Nair
Chhatrapati Shivaji, sadbharanathinte maatruka - Original by Anil Madhav Dave
Bharatha vikasanasam, Sadyathakal Prasnangal, Pariharangal (Book on Indian Development Possibilities, Problems and Solutions) - Original work by Sundeep Waslekar
Ambedkar samoohika viplava yathra (book on Ambedkar's Social Revolutionary Journey) - Original work by Dattopant Thengadi
Babasaheb Ambedkarrum saamoohya neethiyum - Original work by Ramesh Patange
Yathodharma sthatho jaya - Original work by Narendra Kohli ISBN9788130020518
Sitamanasam (Malayalam translation of Mridula Sinha's novel Sita Puni Boli)
Narendra Modi - Udachuvarkkalinte Perunthachan, Navbharata Shilpi - Original by Dr. R. Balashankar ISBN9788130021669
Narendramodiyute thiranjedutha prasangangal -Selected Speeches of Narendra Modi