His oeuvre consists of several poems compiled under three anthologies, translation of four novels from Tamil which include two of Sundara Ramaswamy and one of Rajathi Salma, two books of translation of Tamil poetry and an edited work of poems of young writers.
MALAYALAM KAVITHAKAL KUNJIRAMAN NAIR FREE
Ravi Varma's poems ignored the metre and used free verse and he was one among the group of poets who pioneered modernism in Malayalam literature. He was 88 and was undergoing treatment for pneumonia in a private hospital in Trichur. Ravi Varma was married to Sree Devi and the couple resided in Trichur. He started his career as a teacher in Madras but returned to Kerala to work at Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi before joining the Brennen College, Tellicherry where prominent politicians Pinarayi Vijayan and A. Govindan, the noted writer, which helped him in the studies of Tamil language. Subsequently, he joined Presidency College, Madras Malayalam department as a faculty where he had the opportunity to be in touch with M. Later, he continued studies at Malabar Christian College before graduating in Malayalam with honours from the University College, Trivandrum. He joined Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut for his pre-university course but was expelled from college due to his involvement in left-wing politics.
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