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Malayalam literature

Literature written in Malayalam language.

Table of contents
1 Poetry
2 Fiction
3 Literary Criticism
4 External Links

Poetry

Manipravalam
Champoos
Sandesakavyam
Niranam poets
Cherusseri Namboodiri
Thunchathu Ezhuthachan
Poonthanam Namboodiri
Kottayam Thampuran
Unnayi Warrier
Kunchan Nambiar (1705-1770)
Irayimman Thampi
Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran
K C Kesava Pillai (1868-1914)
Kumaran Asan (1873-1924)
Ulloor 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)
Balamani Amma
Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909-1936)
Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911-1948)
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1911-1985)

Other Modern Poets
Balachandran Chullikkadu
Edasseri Govindan Nair
Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
O N V Kurup
Satchidanandan
Sugathakumari
Vayalar Ramavarma
Vishnunarayanan Namboodiri

Fiction

19th Century
O Chandhu Menon (1847-1900)
C V Raman Pillai (1858-1922)

Modern
Karur Neelakanta Pillai (1898-1974)
P Kesava Dev (1904-1983)
Ponkunnam Varkey (b.1908)
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1912-1994)
S K Pottakkat (1913-1982)
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1914 -1999)
P C Kutikrishnan (1915-1979)
Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909-1987)
K Saraswathi Amma (1919-1974)

Kamaladas
O V Vijayan
Mukundan
M T Vasudevan Nair
T Padmanabhan

Literary Criticism

A R Rajaraja Varma (1863-1918)
A.Balakrishana Pillai (1889-1960)
Joseph Mundasseri (1901-1977)
Kuttikrishna Marar (1900-1973)
Sukumar Azhikkod

External Links