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{{short description|Indian poet}}
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 | birth_place = Pulloot, [[Trichur]], [[Kingdom of Cochin]]
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 | awards      = {{ublist|[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]|[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]|Gangadhar Meher Award}}
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'''K. Satchidanandan''' (born 28 May 1946) is an Indian [[poet]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi: Who's Who of Indian Writers |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=3557 |website=Sahitya Akademi|access-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208093136/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=3557 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and critic, writing in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] and [[English language|English]]. A pioneer of modern [[poetry]] in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], a bilingual [[literary]] [[critic]], [[playwright]], [[editor]], [[columnist]] and [[translator]],<ref name="Featured Writer K.Satchidanandan: Biographical Note">{{Cite web |url=https://rochfordstreetreview.com/2017/12/21/featured-writer-k-satchidanandan-biographical-note/ |title=Featured Writer K.Satchidanandan: Biographical Note |last=Turner |first=Zalehah |date=2017-12-21 |website=Rochford Street Review |language=en |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> he is the former [[editor]] of [[Indian Literature (journal)|''Indian Literature'']] journal and the former secretary of [[Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name="Kerala's top literary award for K. Satchidanandan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/keralas-top-literary-award-for-k-satchidanandan/article19960448.ece |title=Kerala's top literary award for K. Satchidanandan |date=2017-11-01 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> He is also social advocate for [[secular]] anti-caste views, supporting causes like [[environmental movement|environment]], [[human rights]] and free software and is a well known speaker on issues concerning contemporary Indian literature. He is the festival director of [[Kerala Literature Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/K.-Satchidanandan|title=K. Satchidanandan|publisher=Poetryinternationalweb|access-date=2014-08-20|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821100157/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/K.-Satchidanandan|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/ksatchidanandan.html|title=K. Satchidanandan|publisher=The Library of Congress |access-date=2014-08-20}}</ref>

== Life and career ==
Koyamparambath Satchidanandan was born in 1946 in Pulloot, a village in [[Kodungallur]] in the [[Thrissur]] District of Kerala.<ref name="K. Satchidanandan -- Malayalam Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/ksatchidanandan.html |title=K. Satchidanandan -- Malayalam Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office) |date=2019-01-24 |website=www.loc.gov |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>

After his early education in a village school, he was graduated in biology from the [[Christ College, Irinjalakuda]], and had his Masters in English from [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]]. He obtained his PhD in post-structuralist poetics from the [[University of Calicut]]. He joined as a lecturer in English at K.K.T.M. Govt. College, Pulloot in 1968, and moved to [[Christ College, Irinjalakuda]], in 1970 where he became a professor of English. He voluntarily retired from this post in 1992 to take up the editorship of ''Indian Literature'', the English journal of the Indian National Academy in Delhi. In 1996 he was nominated Secretary, the chief executive, of the academy, a post from which he retired in 2006. Later he served as a Consultant to the Indian Government's Department of Higher Education and to the National Translation Mission. He also worked as Director, School of Translation Studies<ref name="K Satchidanandan - Manipal International Literature and Arts Platform 2017">{{Cite web |url=https://milaplitfest.com/k-satchidanandan/ |title=K Satchidanandan – Manipal International Literature and Arts Platform 2017 |date=2019-01-24 |website=M.I.L.A.P. |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-24 |archive-date=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203344/https://milaplitfest.com/k-satchidanandan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Training at the [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]], Delhi.<ref name="K. Satchidanandan (poet) - India - Poetry International">{{Cite web |url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/27/K-Satchidanandan |title=K. Satchidanandan (poet) – India – Poetry International |date=2019-01-24 |website=www.poetryinternationalweb.net |language=en |access-date=2019-01-24 |archive-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012214628/https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/27/K-Satchidanandan |url-status=usurped }}</ref> He edited 'The Katha Library of Indian Literature', 'The Library of South Asian Literature' and ''Beyond Borders'', a journal of South Asian literature and ideas.

Satchidanandan's literary career began with the publication of 'Kurukshetram', a collection of essays on poetry (1970) and 'Anchusooryan', a collection of poems (1971). Since then he has published several books of poetry, criticism, plays, travelogues and translations of poetry and plays and edited several magazines like 'Jwala', 'Uttaram' and 'Pachakkutira' besides many anthologies of poetry and essays in Malayalam, English, Hindi and Slovenian. He has represented India at several national and international literary events like Valmiki World Poetry Festival (Delhi,1985), Sarajevo Poetry Days (1985), Festival of India in the USSR (1988), Printemps des Poetes, France (2003), Berlin Literary Festival (2005), Frankfurt Book fair (2005, 2006), Paris Book fair (2007), Jaipur International Literary Festival (2008, 9, 10, 11,12), London Book fair (2009), Indo-Arab Literary Festival, Abu Dhabi (2008), Blue Metropolis Literary Festival, Montreal (20110, Hay Festival, Trivandrum, 2011) Rotterdam Poetry Festival (2012), Medellin Poetry Festival (2013), Festival of India in Latin America (2013), Sharjah Book fair (2013) and Vilenica Literary Festival, Slovenia (2014, 2015). This is besides readings in Lahore, Manchester, Dubai, Damascus, Aleppo, Bonn, Rome, Madrid, Avila, Segovia and all major cities in India. One of the most widely anthologised and translated of modern poets in India, he has 32 books of poems in 18 languages. He was given the Indo-Polish Friendship Medal by the Government of Poland in 2005 and the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] in 2006.<ref name="Satchidanandan, K. (1946--) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/satchidanandan-k-1946 |title=Satchidanandan, K. (1946--) – Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2019-01-24 |website=www.rem.routledge.com |language=en |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> He was in the Ladbroke list of Nobel probables in 2011.<sup>[3]</sup><ref name="An intuitive poet">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111106/spectrum/book5.htm |title=An intuitive poet |date=6 November 2011 |website=www.tribuneindia.com |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref><ref name="Satchidanandan in contention for literature Nobel race - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Satchidanandan-in-contention-for-literature-Nobel-race/articleshow/10239233.cms |title=Satchidanandan in contention for literature Nobel race – Times of India |date=5 October 2011 |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> A film on him, 'Summer Rain' was released in 2007.<ref name="Summer Rain">{{Cite video |url=https://vimeo.com/29330012 |title=Summer Rain |date=2019-01-24 |last=Disha Global |type=Video |language=ml |publisher=Moksh Films |volume=A biographic documentary on K. Satchidanandan |minutes=42.12}}</ref>

Satchidanandan is a National Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Simla. He co-edits two on-line journals, ''Guftugu'' and ''1 Over the 8th''. His poems appeared in many prestigious poetry anthologies like ''Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry|url=http://bigbridge.org/BB17/poetry/indianpoetryanthology/K_Satchidanandan.html|publisher=BigBridge.Org|access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Dance of the Peacock]]''.<ref name=brook>{{cite news|last1=Grove|first1=Richard|title=The Dance of the Peacock:An Anthology of English Poetry from India|url=http://hiddenbrookpress.com/Book-Indo-EnglishPoetry.html|access-date=5 January 2015|issue=current|publisher=Hidden Brook Press, Canada|archive-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929050126/http://hiddenbrookpress.com/Book-Indo-EnglishPoetry.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=press>{{cite web|last1=Press|first1=Hidden Brook|title=Hidden Brook Press|url=http://hiddenbrookpress.com|publisher=Hidden Brook Press|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>

He worked from 1996 to 2006, as the secretary of [[Sahitya Akademi]]. He returned to teaching after retiring from Sahitya Akademi, and worked as Director and Professor of the School of Translation Studies and Training at the Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi until 2011.<ref>cite web|title="Poetry International": Profile Poet K Satchidanandan|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/27/K-Satchidanandan {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012214628/https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/27/K-Satchidanandan |date=12 October 2018 }}</ref>

Satchidanandan is married, and has two daughters.

== Awards and honours ==
=== Academic awards ===
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* 1984: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] C.B. Kumar Award for Prose for ''Kavitayum Janatayum'' 
* 1989: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] for ''Ivanekkoodi''<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=2019-01-24 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1999: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama]] -for ''Gandhi''<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Play.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama |date=2019-01-24 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516212809/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Play.htm |archive-date=16 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2000: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue]] for ''Pala Lokam Pala Kaalam''<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others_contd.htm#Yathra |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous |date=2019-01-24 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705044712/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others_contd.htm#Yathra |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2009: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation]] for ''Padinjaran Kavithakal''
* 2010: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] Fellowship<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/distinguised-fellows/616 |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |date=2019-01-24 |website=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
* 2012: [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Marannu Vecha Vasthukkal''<ref name="Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012">{{Cite web |url=http://knowindia.gov.in/general-information/sahitya-akademi-awards-2012.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209182238/http://www.knowindia.gov.in/general-information/sahitya-akademi-awards-2012.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 February 2018 |title=General Information – Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012 – Know India: National Portal of India |date=2019-01-24 |website=knowindia.gov.in |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
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=== Other major awards and fellowships ===
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* 1990: Srikant Verma Fellowship, Govt of [[Madhya Pradesh]].
* 1993: Oman Cultural Centre Award, [[Oman]].
* 1997: Mahakavi P. Kunjiraman Nair Award, [[Kerala]].<ref name="P. Kunhiraman Nair Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/kunhiraman-nair-award/577 |title=P. Kunhiraman Nair Award |date=2019-01-24 |website=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
* 1998: Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award, [[Kolkata]]
* 1999: Senior Research Fellowship, Govt of India
* 2001: [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]], [[Chennai]].<ref name="Asan Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/asan-prize/582 |title=Asan Prize |date=2019-01-24 |website=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
* 2002: Baharain Keraleeya Samajam Award, Baharain
* 2002: Gangadhar Meher Award, Sambalpur, [[Odisha|Orissa]]
* 2005: Pandlam Keralavarma Award, [[Kerala]]<ref name="Winners of Vayalar Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Vayalar Award |date=2019-01-25 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>
* 2005: Bappu Reddy National Award, [[Andhra Pradesh]].
* 2005: [[Vayalar Award]], [[Kerala]]<ref name="Winners of Vayalar Award"/>
* 2007: K. Kuttikrishnan Award, [[Kerala]]
* 2008: Subramanya Shenoi Award, [[Kerala]]
* 2009: Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Award, [[Kuwait]]
* 2009: N T Rama Rao National Award, [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* 2009: Birla Fellowship for Comparative Literature, [[Delhi]]
* 2009: Padmaprabha Award, Kerala<ref name="Padmaprabha Literary Award - Padma Prabha Puraskaram">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Padmaprabha Literary Award – Padma Prabha Puraskaram |date=2019-01-25 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>
* 2010: C P Menon Award, Kerala
* 2012: Kusumagraj National Award, Maharashtra<ref name="Kusumagraj National Award for poet K Satchidanandan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-kusumagraj-national-award-for-poet-k-satchidanandan-1637256 |title=Kusumagraj National Award for poet K Satchidanandan |date=2012-01-13 |website=dna |language=en |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
* 2012: Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad Award<ref name="Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad Award">{{Cite web |title=Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad Award |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |access-date=2020-11-18 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en}}</ref>
* 2013: Kamala Surayya Award, Dubai
* 2014: Kuvempu National Award, Karnataka<ref name="Satchidanandan chosen for Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/satchidanandan-chosen-for-kuvempu-rashtriya-puraskar/article5380514.ece |title=Satchidanandan chosen for Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar |date=2013-11-23 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref><ref name="Satchidanandan wins first Kuvempu Award">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/satchidanandan-wins-first-kuvempu-award/article5517561.ece |title=Satchidanandan wins first Kuvempu Award |author=Staff Correspondent |date=2013-12-30 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
* 2014: Manapuram V C Patmanabhan Award, Kerala
* 2014: Kala Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, London
* 2014: [[Muttathu Varkey Award]]<ref name="Muttathu Varkey award for Sachidanandan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/muttathu-varkey-award-for-sachidanandan/article7152233.ece |title=Muttathu Varkey award for Sachidanandan |date=2015-04-29 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
* 2014: SBT Suvarna Mudra Award
* 2015: National Fellowship, IIAS, Shimla
* 2016: [[UAE International Award for Poets of Peace]], Dubai, Government of UAE<ref name="Four Poets of Peace honoured in Dubai">{{Cite web |url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/arts-culture/four-poets-of-peace-honoured-in-dubai-1.1677971 |title=Four Poets of Peace honoured in Dubai |date=2019-01-24 |website=gulfnews.com |language=en |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
* 2016: V. Aravindakshan Memorial Award for Total Contribution
* 2016: Kanhangad Kavyavedi Award for Poetry
* 2017: Kamala Surayya Award for Total Contribution
* 2017: Vengayil Kunhirman Nayanar Kesari Award for Total Contribution
* 2017: P. Govinda Pillai Award for Total Contribution to Society and Literature 
* 2017. U R Ananthamurhy Awards for Total Literary Contribution 
* 2017: [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]]<ref name=" Kerala's top literary award for K. Satchidanandan" />
* 2018: E K Divakaran Potti Memorial Award for Literary Translation 
* 2018: ChiranatanaKalasamiti Award, Dubai, UAE
* 2019: Sahityolsav Award (Sunni Students Federation), Kerala 
* 2019: Kavisamrat Upendra Bhanja National Award for poetry, Orissa
* 2019: Navamalayali Cultural Award, Kerala
* 2019: Kaliayachhan Poetry Award, Kerala
* 2019: Tata Literature Festival Poet Laureate Award, Bombay
* 2020: [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2020 |title=K Satchidanandan wins Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2020 |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/k-satchidanandan-wins-mathrubhumi-literary-award-2020-1.5211874 |access-date=18 November 2020 |website=[[Mathrubhumi]] |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116140045/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/k-satchidanandan-wins-mathrubhumi-literary-award-2020-1.5211874 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2021: [[O. N. V. Kurup|ONV]] Award instituted by the [[University of Kerala]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 February 2021 |title=Poet K Satchidanandan bags ONV Award |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/poet-k-satchidanandan-bags-onv-award-1.5435622 |website=[[Mathrubhumi]] |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213121630/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/poet-k-satchidanandan-bags-onv-award-1.5435622 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2023: [[Kanhaiyalal Sethia|Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia]] Poetry Award, Jaipur<ref name="K Satchidanandan to receive Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia Award">{{Cite news |title=K Satchidanandan to receive Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia Award |language=en |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/books/k-satchidanandan-to-receive-an-award-at-jaipur-literature-festival-1.8217030 |access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref>
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==Works in Malayalam==
=== Poetry ===
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* ''Anchu Sooryan'' (Five Suns, 1971)
* ''Aathmagita'' (The Song of the Self, 1974)
* ''Kavita'' (Poetry, 1977, 82, 84)
* ''Indian Sketchukal'' (Indian Sketches, 1978)
* ''Ezhuthachan Ezhutumbol'' (When the Poet Writes, 1979, 85, 87, 89)
* ''Peedana Kalam'' (Times of Torment, 1981, 89)
* ''Venal Mazha'' (The Summer Rain, 1982)
* ''Randu Deergha Kavyangal'' (Two Long Poems, 1983)
* ''Satchidanandante Kavithakal 1962–82'' (Poems 1962–82, 1983,87)
* ''Socrateesum Kozhiyum'' (Socrates and the Cock, 1984)
* ''Ivanekkoodi'' (Him, too, 1987, 89, 90, 95, 97)
* ''Veedumattam'' (Changing House, 1988)
* ''Kayattam'' (The Ascent, 1990)
* ''Kavibuddhan'' (The Poet as Buddha, 1992)
* ''Enta Satchidanandan Kavitakal'', Ed. Balachandran Chullikkad (Selected poems 1993)
* ''Desatanam'' (Going Places, 1994, 1995)
* ''Malayalam'' (1996, 1998, 2003))
* ''Apoornam'' (Imperfect, 1998)
* ''Theranjedutha Kavitakal'' (Selected Poems, 1999)
* ''Sambhashanathinu Oru Sramam'' (An Attempt to Converse, 2000)<ref name="Sambhashanathinu Oru Shramam">{{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/sambhashanathinu-oru-shramam?t=1 |title=Sambhashanathinu Oru Shramam |last=K. Satchidanandan |publisher=DC Books |year=2000 |isbn=812640082X |access-date=24 January 2019 |archive-date=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203330/https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/sambhashanathinu-oru-shramam?t=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Vikku'', (Stammer, 2002)
* ''Sakshyangal'' (Witness, 2004)
* ''Ghazalukal, Geetangal'' (Ghazals and Geets, 2005)
* ''Satchidanandante Kavithakal'' (Poems 1965–2005, 2006)
* ''Anantam'' (Infinite, 2006)
* ''Onnaam Padham'' (The First Lesson, 2006)
* ''Ente Kavita'' (My Poems, 2008)
* ''Marannunacha Vasthukkal'' (Misplaced Objects, 2009)
* ''Bahuroopi'' (The Shape-shifter, 2011)
* ''Tathagatham''(2013)<ref name="Thathagatham">{{Cite book |title=Thathagatham |last=K. Satchidanandan |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2013 |isbn=9788182656475}}</ref>
* ''Nilkkunna Manushyan'' (The Standing Man, 2015)<ref name="Nilkkunna Manuṣhyan">{{Cite book |title=Nilkkunna Manuṣhyan |last=K. Satchidanandan |year=2015 |isbn=9788126464036 |location=Kotayam |oclc=932618867}}</ref>
* ''Sachidanandante Kavithakal 1965–2015'' (Poems, 2016)<ref name="Satchidanandante Kavithakal 1965 - 2015">{{Cite book |title=Satchidanandante Kavithakal 1965 – 2015 |last=K. Satchidanandan |publisher=DC Books |year=2016 |isbn=978-8126466849}}</ref>
* ''Samudrangalkku Matramalla'' (Not only the Oceans, 2017)<ref name="Samudrangalkku Matramalla">{{Cite book |url=http://merryget.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=253 |title=Samudrangalkku Matramalla സമുദ്രങ്ങൾക്കു മാത്രമല്ല |last=K. Satchidanandan |publisher=DC Books |year=2017 |language=en |access-date=24 January 2019 |archive-date=25 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125020425/http://merryget.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=253 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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* "Pakshikal ente Pirake Varunnu"(Birds Come afrter Me, 2018)
* "Pashuvum Puliyum" (The Cow and the Tiger, Poems for Children, 2019)
* "Pakshikkavitakal" (Bird Poems, Poems for Children, 2019) 
* "Dukham enna Veedu (The House called Sorrow, 2020)
* "Oru Cheriya Vasantam" (A Small Spring", 2020)

=== Plays ===
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* ''Saktan Thampuran'' (One-act Plays, 1983)
* ''Gandhi'' (Full-length Play, 1995)<ref name="Gandhi">{{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/52958061-gandhi |title=Gandhi |last=K. Satchidanandan |publisher=Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad |year=1995}}</ref>
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=== Prose ===
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* ''Kurukshetram'' (Studies in Modern Poetry, 1970)
* ''Janatayum Kavitayum'' ((Poetry and the People, 1982, 84)
* ''Marxian Soundarya Sastram'' (Marxian Aesthetics, 1983, 90)
* ''Thiranjedutha Lekhanangal'' (Selected Essays, 1985)
* ''Pablo Neruda'' (A Lecture on Pablo Neruda, 1985, 1990, Revised, 2007))
* ''Samvadangal'' (Dialogues: on society, culture, politics, religion education, ecology and literature, 1986)
* ''Sameepananangal'' (Approaches, 1986)
* ''Samskarathinte Rashtreeyam'' (The Politics of Culture, 1989)
* ''Sambhashanangal'' (Conversations: a collection of Interviews given, 1989)
* ''Brechtinte Kala'' (The Art of Bertolt Brecht, 1989, Revised, 2007)
* ''Padavukal'' (Steps: Early articles, 1990)
* ''Kazhchakal, Kazhachappadukal'' (Sights and Visions: Travelogues, 1991)
* ''Anveshanangal'' (Enquiries, 1991)
* ''Veenduvicharangal'' (Rethinkings, 1992)
* ''Soundaryavum Adhikaravum'' (Beauty and Power: on Aesthetics and Politics, 1993)
* ''Muhurtangal'' (Moments, selected Essays on Malayalam Literature, 1996)
* ''Pala Lokam, Pala Kalam'' (Many Times, Many Worlds, Travel Writings, 1998)
* ''Kalayum Nishedhavum'' (Art and Dissent, 1999)
* ''Bharateeya Kavitayile Pratirodha Paramparyam'' (The Tradition of Dissent of Indian Poetry, 2002)
* ''Moonnu Yatra'' (Three Travels, Travelogues, 2004)
* ''Kizhakkum Padinjarum'' (East and West, Travelogues, 2005)
* ''Adithattukal'' (Foundations, Essays, 2006)
* ''Mukhamukham'' (Face to Face, Interviews, 2006)
* ''Darshanathinte Ritubhedangal'' (Seasons of Vision, Articles, 2010)
* ''Malayalakavitha Patanangal'' (Studies in Malayalam Poetry, 2009, 2011)
* ''Sahityavum Pratirodhavum'' (Literature and Resistance, Criticism, 2013)
* ''Anubhavam, Orma, Yatra ('' Experience, Memory, Travel, Autobiographical Essays, 2013)
* ''Vithum Vrikshavum'' (The Seed and the Tree, Selected Essays on Literature, 2013)
* ''Varoo, Ee Theruvile Raktham Kaanoo'' (Come and See the Blood in the Streets, 2017)
* ''Kavithayude Lokangal'' (The Many Worlds of Poetry, Essays, and Columns on Poetry, 2018)
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* "Atmagatangal" (Monologues, Talks, 2018)
* "Dakshinam" (Travelogue, 2018)
* "Thiranjedutha Lkehanangal" (Selected Essays, 2018)
* "Chinthayude Mananagal" (The Dimensions of Thought, 2018) 
* "Oru Pratisamskaarathinu Vendi"(For a Counter-Culture, 2020)
* "Anantaram" (Shortstories, 2020)

== Poetry translations in other languages ==
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* ''Andha Admi Jisne Soorya Khoja'' (Selected Poems, [[Hindi]], Delhi, 1987)
* ''Selected Poems'' ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], Ahmedabad 1989)
* ''Irachasakshigal'' (Selected Poems, [[Tamil language|Tamil]], Coimbatore, 1990)
* ''Summer Rain: Three Decades of Poetry'' (English, Delhi, 1995)<ref name="Summer rain: three decades of poetry">{{Cite book |title=Summer rain: three decades of poetry |author=Saccidānandan Dichter, Kritiker |date=1995 |publisher=Nirala |isbn=8185693900 |location=New Delhi |oclc=635847666}}</ref>
* ''Voh Jise Sab Yad Tha'' (Selected Poems, Hindi, Delhi, 1996)
* ''Nanna Mai Nagara'' (Selected Poems, [[Kannada]], Bangalore, 1996)
* ''How To Go To The Tao Temple'' (New Poems, English, Delhi, 1998)<ref name="How to go to the Tao temple and other poems">{{Cite book |title=How to go to the Tao temple and other poems |author=Saccidānandan |date=1998 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=8124105464 |location=New Delhi |oclc=39546331}}</ref>
* ''Sachidanandan Kavitaikal'' (Selected Poems, Tamil, Madras, 1998)
* ''Sareeram Oru Nagaram'' (Selected Poems, Tamil, Madras, 1999)
* ''Apoorna Aura Anya Kavitayem'' (Poems, Hindi, Delhi, 2000)<ref name="Apūrṇa aura anya kavitāem̐">{{Cite book |title=Apūrṇa aura anya kavitāem̐ |author=Saccidānandan |date=2001 |publisher=Rājakamala Prakāśana |isbn=8126701854 |edition=1. saṃskaraṇa |location=Nayī Dillī |oclc=48222772}}</ref>
* ''Imperfect and Other New Poems'' (Poems, English, Calicut, 2000)
* ''Sagar Teerer Kavita'' (Poems, [[Assamese language|Assamese]], Guwahati, 2001)
* ''Matra Ata Sparsatei Barasun Diya Megh'' (Poems, [[Assamese Language]], Compiled and translated by '''Utpal Datta''', published by Publication Board, Assam, Guwahati, 2013
* ''Herai Jowa Bastubor aru ananya kabita'' (Poems, [[Assamese Language]], translated by '''Utpal Datta''', published by Sahitya akademi, 2019, translation of his akademi award-winning book Misplaced Objects and other poems. 
* ''Sachidanandaner Kavita'' (Poems, [[Bengali language|Bengali]], Calcutta, 2001)
* ''So Many Births'' (Poems, English, Delhi, 2001)<ref name="So many births: three decades of poetry">{{Cite book |title=So many births: three decades of poetry |author=Saccidānandan |date=2001 |publisher=Konark Publishers |isbn=8122006035 |location=New Delhi |oclc=47667474}}</ref>
* ''Kavitai Meendum Varum'' (Poems, Tamil, Madras, 2002)
* ''Peele Pathe Da Supna'' (Poems, [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], Delhi, 2002)
* ''Ghar O Anyanya Kabita'' (Poems, [[Odia language|Odia]], Cuttack, 2002)
* ''Tant De Vies: L'Incomplet et autres poemes'' (Poems, [[French language|French]], Paris, 2002)
* ''Haklahat'' (Poems, Hindi, Delhi, 2004)
* ''Ham Jazeeraun Mein Rahte Hein'' (Poems, [[Urdu]], Hyderabad, 2004)
* ''Sareeram Oka Nagaram'' (Poems, [[Telugu language|Telugu]], Hyderabad, 2004)
* ''I Riti Della Terra'' (Poems, [[Italian language|Italian]], Rome, 2004)
* ''Suruatem'' (Poems, Hindi, 2005)
* ''Stammer and Other Poems'' (Poems, English, 2005)
* ''Ich Glaube Nicht An Grenzen'' (Poems, [[German language|German]], 2006)
* ''Luknat'' (Poems, Urdu, 2008)
* ''How Did Mayakovsky Commit Suicide'' (Poems, [[Arabic]], 2009)
* ''While I Write'' (Poems, English, 2011)<ref name="While I Write: new and selected poems.">{{Cite book |title=While I Write: new and selected poems. |last=K. |first=Satchidanandan |date=2011 |publisher=Harpercollins India |isbn=978-9350290385 |location=[Place of publication not identified] |oclc=941026657}}</ref>
* ''Rogha Danta'' (Selected Poems, [[Irish language|Irish]], 2012)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/K-Satchidanandan-Rogha-D%25C3%25A1nta-Selected-ebook/dp/B007A0FTMW |title=Rogha Dánta: Selected Poems in Irish |last1=K. Satchidanandan |last2=Mícheál Ó hAodha, Gabriel Rosenstock |publisher=Original Writing |year=2012 |asin=B007A0FTMW}}</ref>
* ''K Satchidanandanyanchi Kavita'' (Marathi, 2013)
* ''Misplaced Objects and Other Poems'' (English, 2014)
* ''While I Write'' (Poems, Chinese, 2015)
* ''The Missing Rib'' (Poems, English, 1965–2015, 2016)<ref name="The missing rib: collected poems 1973-2015">{{Cite book |title=The missing rib: collected poems 1973–2015 |last=K. |first=Saccidānandan |year=2016 |isbn=9789382749400 |location=Mumbai |oclc=973480767}}</ref>
* "Not Only the Oceans" (Poems, English,2018)
* "The Whispering Tree" (Love Poems, English, 2020)
* "The Duet" (Poems in Japanese, tr. Miki Starfield) 
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* "The Duet" (Poems in Spanish, with Miki Starfield)

== Prose translation in other languages ==
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* ''Marxiya Azagiyar'' (Marxian Aesthetics, Tamil, 1986)
* ''Bharatiya Sahitya: Sthapanayem Aur Prasthavanayem'' (Indian Literature: Positions and Propositions, 2003)
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== Original works in English ==
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* ''Indian Literature: Positions and Propositions'' (Essays in Indian Literature, Delhi, 1999)<ref name="Indian literature: positions and propositions">{{Cite book |title=Indian literature: positions and propositions |author=Saccidānandan |date=1999 |publisher=Pencraft International |isbn=8185753253 |location=Delhi |oclc=41002974}}</ref>
* ''Authors, Texts, Issues'' (Essays in Indian Literature, Delhi 2002)
* ''Indian Literature Paradigms and Perspectives'' (Essays in Indian Literature, Delhi, 2008)
* ''Readings, Indian Literature and Beyond'' (Essays in Indian Literature, Delhi, 2009)<ref name="Readings, Indian Literature and Beyond">{{Cite book |title=Readings, Indian Literature and Beyond |last=K. Satchidanandan |date=2009 |publisher=Yash Publications|id={{ASIN|8189537687|country=in}} }}</ref>
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* "Positions: Essays on Indian Literature" (Delhi, 2019)

== Translations into Malayalam ==
=== Poetry ===
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* ''Thiranjedutha Kavithakal'' (Selected Poems of [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]]), Trichur, 1976
* ''Nerudayude Kavithakal'' (Selected Poems of [[Pablo Neruda]], Trivandrum, 1976; Reissued with more poems from Calicut, 1985, 1987, 1998)
* ''Jail Diary'' ([[Ho Chi Minh]]'s Prison Diary, Trivandrum, 1976, Kottayam 1982, Calicut, 1998)
* ''Brechtinte Nooru Kavithakal'' (100 poems of [[Bertolt Brecht]], Calicut, 1985)
* ''Naleyude Kavitha'' (Poems by [[Alexander Blok]], [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]] and [[Yevgeny Yevtushenko]]. Irinjalakuda, 1982)
* ''Karutha Kavitha'' (Black Poetry from Three Continents, Badagara, 1982, 2012)
* ''Latin American Kavithal'' (Poetry from Latin America, Guruvayur, 1982)
* ''Maoyude Kavithakal'' ([[Mao Zedong]]'s Poems, Kottayam, 1984)
* ''Kavithaparyadanangal'' (Poetry from Across the World, Ernakulam, 1986)
* ''Pathu Naveena Kavikal'' (Ten Modern Poets: [[Cesar Vallejo]], [[Federico García Lorca]], [[Giuseppe Ungaretti]], [[Eugenio Montale]], [[Yehuda Amichai]], [[Chairil Anwar]], [[Zbigniew Herbert]], [[Attila József]], [[Nazim Hikmet]], [[Lu Hsun]] – Payyannur, 1989, Reissued as ''Oliyum Palunkum'' with two more poets, [[Wisława Szymborska]] and [[Mahmoud Darwish]], Trivandrum, 2009)
* ''Nooru Russian Kavithakal'' (100 Russian Poems, Calicut, 1989)
* ''Samakaleena Hindi Kavitha'' (Contemporary Hindi Poetry, Calicut, 1989)
* ''Magadha'' ([[Shrikant Verma]]'s Long Hindi Poem, Magadh, Calicut, 1990)
* ''Muppathu Indian Kavayathrikal'' (30 Indian Women Poets, calicut, 1990)
* ''Vakkukalude Akasham'' ([[Sitakant Mahapatra]]'s Oriya poems, Sabdara Akash, Delhi, 1999)
* ''Urangunnavarkkulla Kathukal'' (Modern Swedish Poetry, Kottayam, 2007)
* ''Padinjaran Kavitha'' (Collected Translations, Vol 1. European Poetry, Calicut, 2008)
* ''Kettiyitta Koladu'' (The Last Poems of [[Kamala Das]] from Closure, Kottayam, 2010)
* ''Maram'' (Translation of Safdar Hashmi's Tree, Poetry for children, Trivandrum, 2010)
* ''Moonnam Loka Kavitha'' (Collected Translations, Vol. 2. Third World Poetry, Calicut), 2012
* ''Indian Kavitha'' (Collected Poems, Vol.3. Indian Poetry, Calicut, 2014)
* ''Palaloka Kavitha'' (Collected Poems, Vol. 4. Poetry from Around the World, Calicut, 2014)
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* "Nerudayude Pranayakavithakavithakal" (Pablo Neruda's Love poems, 2020)
* "Daivavumayulla Sambhashanangal" (Conversations with God, Kabir Poems, 2021)

=== Plays ===
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* ''Lukkallassinte Vicharana'' ([[Bertolt Brecht]]'s [[The Trial of Lucullus]], in TWO BRECHT PLAYS, Trichur, 1978)
* ''Ezhu Laghunadakangal'' (Seven Short Plays by [[W. B. Yeats]], Bertolt Brecht and [[Ben Caldwell (filmmaker)|Ben Caldwell]], Delhi, 2010)
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== Works on K. Satchidanandan ==

=== In Malayalam ===
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* ''Satchidanandante Lokangal'': (The Worlds of Satchidanandan): Essays on the poet's works
* ''Navasargam'' [[M. Leelavathy]] (A Chapter on the Poet)
* ''Haritha Niroopanam Malayalathil'' – Ed. G. Madhusudanan (An eco-aesthetic study on the poem, Ezhimala)
* ''Bible Adhunika Kavithayil'' – Fr. Joseph Cheeran (A 100-page chapter on Bible and Satchidanandan's Poetry)
* ''Sambhashanangal'' Conversations with Satchidanandan
* ''Mukhamukham'' Collection of Interviews with Satchidanandan
* ''Grandhalokam'' a [[festschrift]] on Satchidanandan
* "Mathrubhumi" Weekly, a festschrift on Satchidanandan
* "Alilayum Nelkkatirum" (The Banyan Leaf and the Cornstalk), Studies on Sachidanandan's Poetry ed. P. Suresh 
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=== In English ===
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* ''Malayalam Literary Survey'': Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Trichur (Article 'Under the Bodhi Tree: A Study of the Images of Thathagatha in Satchidanandan's poems' by A. R. Vijayaraghavan
* ''Making it New'': IIAS, Shimla 1995: [[E. V. Ramakrishnan]] (Chapter 'Living on the Faultline: The Poetry of Satchidanandan; with Interview)
* ''Indian Review of Books'', Chennai, 8 Dec–Jan.1998–99. Review Article, 'Sensitive Reflections' by Pramod Menon
* ''The Book Review'', Delhi, April 2001, Review Article, 'The Dialectic of Poetry' by E. V. Ramakrishnan
* ''World Literature Today'', Minnesota, Spring 2002, Review Article, 'So Many Births' by John Oliver Perry
* ''Deccan Herald'', Bangalore, 4 Oct 2003, Article 'Reminiscences of a Poet' by Lakshmee Rajeev
* ''GBD's of Assam Letters'', Guwahati, 2004, Article 'Reflection's on Life' by Jaykanta Sharma
* ''How To Go To The Tao Temple'', Delhi, 1998, 'Modernism and Beyond', Interview by Makarand Paranjape
* ''The Gulf Today'', Dubai, 24 May 2001, 'Packaging Exotic Life', Article by Rajeev Poduval
* ''The Creative Mind'', Delhi, July–Sept. 2004, 'Master Magician in Literature', Interview and article by Sujata Chowdhuri
* ''About Poetry, About Life'', Author's essay on his life and work in ''While I Write'' (Harper-Collins, Delhi, 2011)
* ''A Conversation with Satchidanandan'' (Interview with Rizio Raj) in ''Misplaced Objects and Other Poems'' ([[Sahitya Akademi]], Delhi, 2014)<ref name="A Conversation with Satchidanandan">{{Cite web |url=http://www.samyukta.info/wp-content/uploads/January%202009/2%20RIZIO%20RAJ.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203421/http://www.samyukta.info/wp-content/uploads/January%202009/2%20RIZIO%20RAJ.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=24 January 2019 |title=A Conversation with Satchidanandan |date=2019-01-24 |website=Samyukta |access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
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=== In German ===
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* ''Literatur Nachrichten'', Frankfurt, February 2006 'Auch nach Tagore line Mange intelligentes Schariben', Interview
* ''Ich Glaube Nicht An Grenzen'', Frankfurt, 2006, Introduction, Interview
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=== In French ===
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* ''Visions et révisions (Introduction); Genèse; L'homme qui se souvenait de tout''; in Digraphe no. 80/81, 1997
* ''Les survivants; in Europe'' vol. 80, no. 883–884, 2002
* ''Tant de vies: L'incomplet et autres poèmes'', Editions Caractères, Paris, 2002, introd. et trad. Martine Chemana
* ''Ragmala – Anthologie, Anne Cestaing'' (ed.) L'Asiathèque – Langues & Mondes, Paris, 2005: Introd. article and Extract
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=== In Italian ===
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* ''India'', Rome, 2002, 2 Article, 'Poesia di Satchidanandan' by Antonio Menniti Ippolito
* ''I Riti Della Terra'', Castelvecchi, Rome, Feb. 2005, Introduction 'Tradurre Versi' by Giulia Gatti
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.littlemag.com/belonging/satchi.html |title=The Little Magazine – Belonging – K. Satchidanandan |date=2019-01-24 |website=www.littlemag.com |access-date=2019-01-24|archive-date=2021-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425104938/http://www.littlemag.com/belonging/satchi.html|url-status=dead}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.museindia.com/showcurrent2.asp?id=624 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026115026/http://www.museindia.com/showcurrent2.asp?id=624 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-26 |title=Satchidanandan K: In Conversation with Manu Dash |date=2007-10-26 |publisher=Muse India |access-date=2019-01-24}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://satchida.blogspot.com/ |title=CACTUS (Blog of Satchidanandan) |date=2019-01-24 |website=satchida.blogspot.com |access-date=2019-01-24}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.museindia.com/showcurrent4.asp?id=732 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009170205/http://www.museindia.com/showcurrent4.asp?id=732 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-09 |title=Prostitute to Her Daughter |last=K. Satchidanandan |date=2007-10-09 |publisher=Muse India |access-date=2019-01-24}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/V7N1/MMM/satchidanandan.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013235941/http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/V7N1/MMM/satchidanandan.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-10-13 |title=How Spring Arrived This Year |last=K. Satchidanandan |date=2008-10-13 |publisher=Colorado Edu |access-date=2019-01-24}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/638238.K_Satchidanandan |title=Books by K. Satchidanandan|website=[[Goodreads]]}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2723 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721051722/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2723 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-21 |title=K. Satchidanandan |website=[[Poetry International Web]]}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.museindia.com/showauth2.asp?id=460 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071019232044/http://www.museindia.com/showauth2.asp?id=460 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-19 |title=Muse India profile |website=[[Muse India]]}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.ntm.org.in/PAC/Satchidana.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae on National Translation Mission |website=[[National Translation Mission]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827050159/http://www.ntm.org.in/PAC/Satchidana.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}
* www.ksatchidanandan.com (The writer's Website)

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