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The earliest known literary works in Malayalam are Ramacharitam (late 12th or early 13th century) [10] and Thirunizhalmala, two epic poems written in Old Malayalam. In the subsequent centuries, besides a popular Pattu ("song") literature, the manipravalam poetry also flourished.
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.
Old Malayalam, or Early Malayalam, the inscriptional variety found in Kerala from c. 9th to c. 13th century CE, is the earliest attested form of Malayalam language. [1] [2] The language was employed in several official records and transactions (at the level of the medieval Chera kings as well as the upper-caste village temples). [1]
Oduvil Kunhikrishna Menon (26 October 1869 – 18 May 1916) was a Malayalam–language poet, short-story writer, journalist and literary critic from Kerala, India.Menon was associated with the Venmani School of Malayalam poetry and was also a major figure in early prose literature.
It is the first Maha Kavya in Malayalam. Udaya Varma rewarded him with the title Veerasrinkhala and other honors. Cherusseri is the originator of the Gadha style of poetry in Malayalam. Krishna Gadha [2] [3] is the detailed description of the boyhood pranks of Lord Krishna based on the 10th canto of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, an early Puranic text.
The chief poems of Poonthanam are Jnanappana, Bhasha Karnamritam and Kumaraharanam or Santanagopalam Pana. Jnanappana (transliteration: The Song of Divine Wisdom) is a veritable storehouse of transcendental knowledge which is firmly rooted in the experiences of this world. In a language, absolutely free from regionalism and dialectal influences ...
The first Malayalam book ever to be printed is Samkṣepavedārththham authored by Clemente Peani and printed in Rome in 1772. [4] Cherupaithangal is a collection of seven stories for children translated from English by the British missionary Benjamin Bailey and printed in C. M. S. Press, Kottayam in 1824.
These medieval era triumvirate poets was chosen in the basis of Bhakthi. The modern triumvirate poets were chosen on the basis of their impact on social activism. The Ādhunika kavitrayam (modern triumvirate) of Malayalam poetry are N. Kumaran Asan, Vallathol Narayana Menon and Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer. [1]