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Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (11 May 1911 – 22 December 1985) (also written as Vailoppilli) was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature.Known for his works such as Kudiyozhikkal, Kannikkoythu and Mambazham, Menon was the founder president of the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham, an organisation of Kerala-based artists, writers and art and literature enthusiasts.
The history of Malayalam poetry dates back to the 12th century; the earliest poetic work in a near-Malayalam language, or what might be a mixture of Tamil and Malayalam, is the Rama Charitam. [1] [2] First poets are called Kannassan Poets and also called Niranam Poets. Dispute is still going in this case.
A collection of her poems written between 1985 through 1993 were published in a book form as Nandithayude Kavithakal, under the initiative of the Malayalam literary critic, M. M. Basheer. [6] The first edition of the book was published in 2002 [7] and ninth edition (ISBN 978-9385269585) in 2021 by Olive Books.
Edasseri Govindan Nair (23 December 1906 – 16 October 1974) was an Indian poet and playwright of Malayalam literature.Known as one of the major poets of Malayalam, Edasseri was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry.
Vallathol Narayana Menon (16 October 1878 – 13 March 1958) was a Malayalam poet and one of the triumvirate of modern Malayalam poetry, along with Asan and Ulloor.The honorific Mahakavi was applied to him in 1913 after the publication of his Mahakavya Chitrayogam. [1]
"Mambazham" (മാമ്പഴം)( lit. Ripen Mango)is the most famous poem by Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon.He penned it in 1936. The poem portrays a mother mourning her son and was a part of a collection published in 1936, in the Onam Edition of the Mathrubhumi newspaper. [1]
Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award 1982 (Kadammanittayude Kavithakal) [15] Asan Prize 1995 (Kadammanittayude Kavithakal) [16] Abu Dhabi Malayalam Samajam Award [14] New York Malayalam International Foundation Award [17] Muscat Kerala Samskarika Kendram Award [14] Basheer Puraskaram (2004) [17] Mahakavi Pandalam Keralavarma Poetry Award(2006) [14]
[18] [19] She has also received the 'Changmpuzha Award for literature' and the 'Basheer Amma Malayalam Puraskaram' [20] and one of her books is a prescribed academic text for graduate course in Malayalam at the University of Calicut. [21] She received Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram in 2024 [22] and Mahakavi Pandalam Keralavarma Puraskaram in 2025.