K. Satchidanandan (1946) is a leading Indian poet writing in Malayalam, his mother tongue. He was born in Pullut village in the Thrissur region of Kerala, and has been living in Delhi since 1992, visiting Kerala often. He completed a Masters in English at the University of Kerala and a doctorate in post-structuralist literary theory at the University of Calicut. He worked as a university teacher before joining Sahitya Akademi (India’s National Academy of Letters) as the editor of the literary journal: Indian Literature. From 1996 until 2006, he was Secretary of the Akademi. He returned to teaching before retiring as Director and Professor of the School of Translation Studies and Training at the Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi in 2011.