Malayalam_literature

Poet Azhakath Padmanabha Kurup

The term Malayalam literature refers to Literature written in Malayalam language. Malayalam is the language spoken by nearly thirty million people, mainly the inhabitants of the state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep Islands in India. Malayalam is a Dravidian language and thus has close association with the other Dravidian languages, especially Tamil. Malayalam has also close association with Sanskrit. Historically Kerala had been receptive to foreign influence and this has had effect on the Malayalam literature also, which has evolved over time.

Contents 1 Art 2 Poetry 3 Fiction 4 Literary criticism 5 Others 6 See also 7 External links

Art

Nātyakalpadrumam Theatrical Study by Padma Shri Guru Māni Mādhava Chākyār

Poetry

Manipravalam

Champoos

Sandesakavyam

Niranam poets

Cherusseri Namboothiri

Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan

Poonthanam Namboothiri

Arnos Paathiri (1681-1732)

Kottayathu Thampuran

Unnayi Warrier

Kunchan Nambiar (1705-1770)

Irayimman Thampi

Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran

Kattakayam Cherian Mappila (1859-1936)

K. C. Kesava Pillai (1868-1914)

Kumaran Asan (1873-1924)

Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer (1877-1949)

Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878-1958)

Modern Romantics

Kuttippurathu Kesavan Nair (1883-1959)

Nalappat Narayana Menon (1887-1955)

G. Sankara Kurup (1900-1978)

Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909-1936)

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911-1948)

Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1911-1985)

Other modern poets

Vayalar Ramavarma

Edasseri Govindan Nair

K. Ayyappa Panicker

M. Govindan

O. N. V. Kurup

N. N. Kakkad

Attoor Ravi Varma

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

Madhavan Ayyappath

M. N. Paloor

Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan

Satchidanandan

Sugathakumari

Lalitha Lenin

Venu .V. Desom

Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri

D. Vinayachandran

Balachandran Chullikkadu

A. Ayyappan

Desamangalam Ramakrishnan

Nellikkal Muraleedharan

Post-modern poets

Anvar Ali

Anitha Thampi

A. C. Sreehari

K. R. Tony

Manoj Kuroor

Mohanakrishnan Kaladi

M. B. Manoj

O.P.Suresh

Pavithran Theekkuni

P. Raman

P. A. Nasimudin

P. P. Ramachandran

Rose Mary

Roopesh Paul

Rafeeq Ahammad

S. Joseph

Sebastian (kodungalloor)

T. P. Rajeevan

V. M. Girija

Veerankutty

K. V. Maniraj

Murukan Kaattakada

Mubarack Kambrath

VINUKRISHNAN

Fiction

Nineteenth century

O. Chandhu Menon (1847-1900)

C. V. Raman Pillai (1858-1922)

Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar

Modern Asian literature
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Modern

Karur Neelakanta Pillai (1898-1974)

P. Kesava Dev (1904-1983)

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908-1994)

• Baalyakaalasakhi
• Premalekhanam

Ponkunnam Varkey (1908-2004)

S. K. Pottekkatt (1913-1982)

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1914 -1999)

Uroob (1915-1979)

Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909-1987)

Malayatoor Ramakrishnan (1927-1997)

K. Saraswathi Amma (1919-1974)

P. K. Balakrishnan (1926-1991)

V. K. N. (1932-2004)

O. V. Vijayan (1930-2005)

Leela Devi

M. Mukundan

P. Padmarajan (1945-1991)

Zacharia

M. T. Vasudevan Nair

T. Padmanabhan

Madhavikkutti (Kamala Das)

Anand

Methil Radhakrishnan

N. S. Madhavan

N. P. Mohammed

Kovilan

M. P. Narayana Pillai

Sara Joseph

B.M.Suhara

E. Harikumar

C. Radhakrishnan

K. Surendran

K.L.Mohanavarma

Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath (1969 -)

T.V. Varkey

Joseph Ayranikudy (1935-2001)

Elcy Yohannan Sankarathil

Post-modern fiction

B. Murali

E. Santhosh Kumar

G. R. Indugopan

Indu Menon

K. Rekha

K. R. Meera

Manoj Jathavedaru

Santhosh Echikkanam

Sithara. S

Unni R.

Sriraj Namboothiri A.K

Adarsh Anchal

George Joseph.K

Children\'s literature

Sumangala

Sippy Pallipuram

Sooranadu Ravi

"Mali" Madhavan Nair

[[Nandanar (writer)|Nandanar (P. C. Gopalan)]

[M.P.Beena]

Venuvariath( K. R. venugopal)

savi s Anand(saveen.s.s)

Literary criticism

A. R. Rajaraja Varma (1863–1918)

Dr. M.M. Basheer

Joseph Mundasseri (1901–1977)

K.P. Appan

Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960)

Kuttikrishna Marar (1900–1973)

M. Krishnan Nair

M.N. Vijayan

K.E.N. Kunhahammed]

M. P. Paul (1904–1952)

Prof. K. Gopalakrishnan

Ronald E. Asher

Sukumar Azhikode

V. C. Sreejan

Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar

Prof. R. Narendra Prasad

Others

Jyesthadevan

Rev. Dr. Hermann Gundert

Kottarathil Sankunni

See also

• Indian literature
• List of Malayalam poets
• Malayalam Literary Awards

External links

• http://www.harithakam.com Harithakam, Malayalam poetry site. Profile of Malayalam poets
• Information on Malayalam Literature at Department of Public Relations, Government of Kerala
• The first Malayalam literature based online web forum
• One Hundred Years of Malayalam Literature: A Brief Survey
• Puzha.com -The First Online Malayalam Literary Magazine
• A List of Malayalam Authors and their works

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