Malayalam literature

Literature written in Malayalam language.

Poetry

:Manipravalam:Champoos:Sandesakavyam:Niranam poets:Cherusseri Namboothiri:Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan:Poonthanam Namboothiri:Arnos Paathiri (1681-1732):Kottayathu Thampuran:Unnayi Warrier:Kunchan Nambiar (1705-1770):Irayimman Thampi:Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran:Kattakkayaththil Cherian Mappila (1859-1936):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)

Other Modern Poets:Vayalar Ramavarma:Edasseri Govindan Nair:O. N. V. Kurup:Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan:Satchidanandan:Sugathakumari:Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri:Balachandran Chullikkadu:Ayyappan:S.Jithesh

Fiction

Nineteenth Century:O. Chandhu Menon (1847-1900):C. V. Raman Pillai (1858-1922):Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar

Modern:Karur Neelakanta Pillai (1898-1974):P. Kesava Dev (1904-1983):Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908-1994)::*Baalyakaalasakhi::*Premalekhanam:Ponkunnam Varkey (1908-2004):S. K. Pottakkat (1913-1982):Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1914 -1999):Uroob (1915-1979):Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909-1987):K. Saraswathi Amma (1919-1974):P. K. Balakrishnan (1926-1991):V. K. N. (1932-2004):O. V. Vijayan (1930-2005):M. Mukundan:P. Padmarajan (1945-1991):Zacharia:M. T. Vasudevan Nair:T. Padmanabhan:Madhavikkutti (Kamala Das):Anand:Methil Radhakrishnan:N S Madhavan:N. P. Mohammed :Kovilan:M. P. Narayana Pillai:E. Harikumar:C. Radhakrishnan:K. Surendran

Children's Literature:Sumangala:Sippy Pallipuram:"Mali" Madhavan Nair:Nandanar (P. C. Gopalan)

Literary Criticism

:A. R. Rajaraja Varma (1863–1918):Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar:Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960):Joseph Mundasseri (1901–1977):Kuttikrishna Marar (1900–1973):M. P. Paul (1904–1952):Ronald E. Asher:Sukumar Azhikode:M. Krishnan Nair:K. P. Appan:V. C. Sreejan

Others

:Jyesthadevan:Rev. Dr. Hermann Gundert:Kottarathil Sankunni

See also

* Indian literature

External links

* Information on Malayalam Literature at Department of Public Relations, Government of Kerala
* The first Malayalam literature based online web forum
* One Hundred Years of Malayalam Literature: A Brief Survey