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Guptan Nair Sukumar Azhikode Literary criticism Joseph Mundasseri (1901вЂ“1977) Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889вЂ“1960) Kuttikrishna Marar (1900вЂ“1973) M.

Venugopalan Pradeep Children's literature Sumangala Nandanar a.k.a P C Gopalan Shebaly Sippy Pallippuram Essayists Sanjayan S. Kaimaparamban Benyamin Post-modern fiction G. Taj (1956вЂ“1990) Kamala Surayya (Madhavikkutti, Kamala Das) Anand N. Mathai) Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair K.Surendran Pattathuvila Karunakaran M. Modern Karur Neelakanta Pillai (1898вЂ“1974) P. Raman Pillai (1858вЂ“1922) Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar Modern Asian literature Girija Veerankutty Kavitha Balakrishnan Kattakada Murugan Satyan Madakkara Fiction Nineteenth century O. Sreehari Manoj Kuroor Mohanakrishnan Kaladi M.S. Ayyappan Nellikkal Muraleedharan V Madhusoodanan Nair Attoor Ravi Varma Post-modern poets Adiyeri Gangadharan Anvar Ali A. Vinayachandran Kureepuzha Sreekumar Balachandran Chullikkadu A. Ayyappa Panicker Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Attoor Ravi Varma Satchidanandan Lalitha Lenin Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri D. Kurup Punaloor Balan Akkitham Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad Sugathakumari M. Krishna Warrier Thirunalloor Karunakaran Vayalar Ramavarma O. Sankara Kurup (1900вЂ“1978) Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1911вЂ“1985) Edasseri Govindan Nair N. Kunhiraman Nair (1906вЂ“1978) Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup Pala Narayanan Nair M.P.Appan Bodheswaran Other modern poets G. Kesava Pillai (1868вЂ“1914) Kumaran Asan (1873вЂ“1924) Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer (1877вЂ“1949) Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878вЂ“1958) Modern Romantics Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909вЂ“1936) Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911вЂ“1948) P. Art criticism Guru MДЃni MДЃdhava ChДЃkyДЃr, author of the NДЃtyakalpadrumam theatrical study Poetry Ramakatha pattu of Ayyappilli Asan Manipravalam Champukkal Niranam poets Cherusseri Namboothiri Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan Poonthanam Namboothiri Arnos Paathiri (1681вЂ“1732) Unnayi Warrier Kunchan Nambiar (1705вЂ“1770) Irayimman Thampi Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai (1859вЂ“1936) K. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. List of early prose literature in 19th century. Hermann Gundert who compiled the first dictionary in Malayalam language, Ramacharitham shows the ancient of Malayalam language. Ramacharitham is considered as a book written during the forming years of Malayalam. Rajaraja Varma who heavily contributed in the development of Malayalam grammar, is of the opinion that Malayalam originated from ancient Tamil. Some experts consider it as a Tamil literary piece. Krishnan Nair claim that the origin of the book is in north Kerala citing the use of certain words in the book and also the fact that the manuscript of the book was actually recovered from Neeleshwaram in north Kerala. Parameshwaya Aiyer was Sree Veerarama Varman, a king of Travancore from AD 1195 to 1208. It is written by a poet named Cheeramakavi who, according to poet Ulloor S. Ramachritham mainly consists of stories from Yuddha Kanda of Ramayana. It is the oldest Malayalam book available. Ramacharitham is a collection of poems written at the end of preliminary stage in Malayalam literature's evolution. All these names were not used historically, but are used in modern times to describe the song genres of at that time. Bhardakali pattu, thottam pattu, mavaratham pattu, sasthanga pattu, nizhalkoothu pattu, sarpa pattu, sastham pattu, thiyyattu pattu, pulluvar pattu, mannar pattu, panar pattu, krishi pattu, thamburan pattu, pada pattu, villadichan pattu, onappattu, kummi and lullaby were some of the major subgenres.

The most prominent among them were songs praising the goddesses of the land, ballads of brave warriors, songs related to the work of a particular caste and songs intended just for entertainment. During this time, Malayalam literature consisted mainly of various genres of songs. For the first 500 years of the Malayalam calendar, Malayalam literature remained in a preliminary stage.

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