Literature written in Malayalam language.

Contents

1 Poetry 2 Fiction 3 Literary Criticism 4 External Links

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

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

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. Sreejan

External Links

• Information on Malayalam Literature at Department of Public Relations, Government of Kerala

• One Hundred Years of Malayalam Literature: A Brief Survey