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O N V Kurup: Selected Poems
O N V Kurup and K Jayakumar (tr.)
Price
850.00
ISBN
9789352870844
Language
English
Pages
184
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2017
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Orient BlackSwan

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Poet, lyricist and scholar, Jnanpith and Padma Vibhushan awardee ONV Kurup (1931–2016) has been a towering presence in Kerala’s cultural landscape for more than six decades. A loved and venerated teacher of Malayalam literature, a powerful orator and public intellectual, his poetry reverberates with the pains, hopes and dreams of the deprived, and the eternal value of love. This selection of poems, beautifully translated by K. Jayakumar, celebrates his humanist vision and his multidimensional genius.

The poems and songs of ONV, as he is known, have an unmistakable honesty, gravitas and restraint. Distinctive for their blend of spoken Malayalam with folk lyrics, ballads and epics, images drawn from everyday life, and an enduring empathy for the oppressed and the abandoned, ONV’s poetry conveys his universal vision of an equal, free and just world for all people across class and caste. His early belief in the essential unity of humankind and human progress continued till the end to be the core of his poetry, even as it addressed the vicissitudes of history and changing literary trends. Encompassing themes ranging from nature, ecology, mythology, history, nostalgia, memory, the flowering of humankind, reflections on mortality, to the cosmic dimension, his rich oeuvre proves that ‘nothing under the sun is alien to poetry.’

This volume will be a treat for poetry lovers, for those familiar with ONV and those reading him for the first time.

O. N. V. Kurup (1931–2016), poet, lyricist, teacher and scholar, has been a towering presence in Kerala’s cultural landscape for over six decades. While deeply rooted in the socio-political milieu of Kerala, his poetry has an unmistakable universality and humanism which has won him widespread acclaim and numerous awards, including the Jnanpith (2007) and the Padma Vibhushan (2011). He has published over thirty volumes of poetry, including Agni Shalabhangal (1971), Aksharam (1974), Uppu (1980) and Ujjayini (1994), and several works of prose and memoirs. He was also one of the foremost lyricists of Malayalam theatre and cinema who left behind a large corpus of popular songs.

The Translator
K. Jayakumar is a bilingual poet, translator and lyricist who writes in Malayalam and English. He has published thirty books, translated Rabindranath Tagore, Kahlil Gibran and Rumi into Malayalam, and Jayadev’s Geet Govind into English. He has served as Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala, and as founding Vice-Chancellor of the Malayalam University, Tirur, Kerala.

O. N.V.: Poetry Framed by Music
Rudhramoorthy Cheran
Translator’s Note and Acknowledgements
The Poetry of O. N. V. Kurup: A Testament of Undying Hope and Optimism
K. Jayakumar

1. An Ode to Orpheus 
2. The Voice of India 
3. Go Fly! 
4. Bangle Shards 
5. A Drop of Light 
6. Once Again
7. The Earth 
8. The Promised Land 
9. Barren Clouds 
10. Fireflies
11. I Dissected a Thousand Flowers 
12. Thank You
13. Phoenix
14. Forgive Us, Michelangelo
15. Night Lily, How Blessed are You!
16. Little Grief
17. The Heaviness of Love

18. This Journey is Dear to Me
19. To the Seagull
20. Salt
21. Kannaki
22. Stones
23. Santhal Dancers
24. Fire
25. To the Dark Ferryman
26. An Ode to David
27. Baul Singer
28. In Mayakovski Square
29. Ode to the Sun
30. A Requiem for Earth
31. A Song in the Dark Lunar Phase
32. The Turmoil Canto
33. Sarngaka Birds
34. Homes
35. An Ode to Solomon
36. Into Sarayu
37. Moonlight Sonata
38. Sister
39. A Note on Day’s End
40. The Tree of Life
41. Mother Calls
42. Should There Be Another Incarnation...
43. At the Hospital
44. On the Seashore
45. Bhairava’s Thudi
46. Mud Vessels
47. Forest! Forest!
48. Gandhar
49. War: A Balance Sheet
50. The Death of God
51. This Ancient Lyre
52. Raindrops
53. Those Who Never Loved Enough (excerpts)
54. Momentary, Yet...
55. I am Fire
56. Apology
57. Oasis
58. The Lamb and the Wolf
59. Windows
60. End of Day (excerpts)
61. The Prey and the Hunter
62. The Conch
63. To the Children of Palestine with Love
64. Legacy
65. Death of the Sun
A homage to ONV, Not lost in translation
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