Malayalam literature

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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.

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

[edit] Art

Nātyakalpadrumam Theatrical Study by Padma Shri Guru Māni Mādhava Chākyār

[edit] Poetry

Sandesakavyam

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 Mappillai (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; N. P. Chandrasekharan; O.P.Suresh; Pavithran Theekkuni; P. Raman; P. A. Nasimudin; P. P. Ramachandran; Prabhavarma; Ravunny; 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

[edit] Fiction

Nineteenth century: O. Chandhu Menon (1847-1900); C. V. Raman Pillai (1858-1922); Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar

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Modern

Karur Neelakanta Pillai (1898-1974)

P. Kesava Dev (1904-1983)

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908-1994)

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

Asokan Charuvil

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 a.k.a P C Gopalan; [M.P.Beena]; Venuvariath( K. R. venugopal); Savi S Anand(Saveen.S.S)