K Satchidanandan
K. Sachidanandan (Malayalam: കെ സച്ചിദാനന്ദൻ) is a Indian poet and critic writing in Malayalam and English. A pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam, a bilingual critic , playwright, editor, literary columnist and translator, he is the former Editor of Indian Literature journal and the former Secretary of Sahitya Akademi.He is also a public intellectual of repute upholding secular democratic views, supporting causes like environment, human rights and free software and a well known speaker on issues concerning contemporary Indian literature.
