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1 Poetry
2 Fiction
3 Literary Criticism
4 Others
5 External Links
Literature written in Malayalam language.

1 Poetry

Manipravalam
Champoos
Sandesakavyam
Niranam poets
Cherusseri Namboodiri
Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan
Poonthanam Namboodiri
Arnos Paathiri (1681-1732)
Kottayam Thampuran
Unnayi Warrier
Kalakkaththu 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)
Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909-1936)
Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911-1948)
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1911-1985)
Balamani Amma

Other Modern Poets

Vayalar Ramavarma
Edasseri Govindan Nair
O. N. V. Kurup
Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
Satchidanandan
Sugathakumari
Vishnunarayanan Namboodiri
Balachandran Chullikkadu
T. P. Rajeevan
Ayyappan

2 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)
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908-1994)
Ponkunnam Varkey (b.1908)
S. K. Pottakkat (1913-1982)
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1914 -1999)
P. C. Kutikrishnan (1915-1979)
Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909-1987)
K. Saraswathi Amma (1919-1974)
P. K. Balakrishnan (1926-1991)
V. K. N. Nair (1932-2004)
O. V. Vijayan
M. Mukundan
Joseph Ayranikudy (1935-2001)
P. Padmarajan
M.T.Vasudevan Nair
T. Padmanabhan
Kamaladas
Anand
Methil Radhakrishnan
N.P.Mohammed
Kovilan
M.P.Narayana Pillai

3 Literary Criticism

A. R. Rajaraja Varma (1863-1918)
Kesari A. Balakrishana Pillai (1889-1960)
Joseph Mundasseri (1901-1977)
Kuttikrishna Marar (1900-1973)
Ronald E. Asher
Sukumar Azhikode
M. Krishnan Nair
K. P. Appan
V. C. SreejanSreejan is a literary critic writing mainly in Malayalam. Born in 1951, he is now works as a lecturer in English in Government College, Kasaragod. He has published more than 100 articles and 8 books in Malayalam and 5 papers in English. Chinthayile Roopak

4 Others

Rev. Dr. Herman GundertHerman Gundert is a German missionary and scholar. He was enguaged in missionary activities in Keralam, India. In 1868 he published the first Malayalam dictionary, Malayala Bhashavyakaranam .

5 External Links



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