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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.
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. Along with Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Moorkoth Kumaran ...
Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan. Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (pronunciation ⓘ, Tuñcattŭ Rāmānujan Eḻuttacchan) (fl. 16th century) was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist. [1] He was one of the prāchīna kavithrayam (old triad) of Malayalam literature, the other two being Kunchan Nambiar and Cherusseri.
Old Malayalam, the inscriptional language found in Kerala from c. 9th to c. 13th century CE, [1] is the earliest attested form of Malayalam. [2] [3] The language was employed in several official records and transactions (at the level of the Chera Perumal kings as well as the upper-caste village temples). [2]
The use of the pronoun ī and the lack of the literary Tamil -ai ending are archaisms from Proto-Dravidian rather than unique innovations of Malayalam. [note 3] The early literature of Malayalam comprised three types of composition: [60] Malayalam Nada, Tamil Nada and Sanskrit Nada. [60] Classical songs known as Nadan Pattu [60]
K. Sukumaran (writer) K. Sukumaran (20 May 1876 – 11 March 1956) was a short story writer, humourist, poet, essayist and playwright from Malabar, India. He was one of the pioneers of the short story in Malayalam. [ 1][ 2] He is sometimes referred to as Malabar K. Sukumaran to distinguish him from other writers with similar names.
Kerala Sahitya Akademi C.B.Kumar endowment award. Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan (21 May 1911 – 28 October 1981) was an Indian writer and scholar of Malayalam literature. He was one among the principal followers of the idea of social impact on literature. Ezhuthachan supported Marxist literary criticism and interpreted Indian literary ...