The term Malayalam literature refers to Literature written in Malayalam language. Malayalam is the language spoken by nearly thirty million people, mainly the inhabitants of the state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep Islands in India. Malayalam is a Dravidian language and thus has close association with the other Dravidian languages, especially Tamil. Historically, Kerala had been receptive to foreign influence and this has had effect on the Malayalam literature also, which has evolved over time.
Art
- Nātyakalpadrumam Theatrical Study by Padma Shri Guru Māni Mādhava Chākyār
Poetry
- Manipravalam
- Champukkal
- 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
- Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai (1859-1936)
- K. C. Kesava Pillai (1868-1914)
- Kumaran Asan (1873-1924)
- Ulloor S 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
- K. Ayyappa Panicker
- M. Govindan
- O. N. V. Kurup
- N. N. Kakkad
- Attoor Ravi Varma
- Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
- Madhavan Ayyappath
- M. N. Paloor
- Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
- Satchidanandan
- Sugathakumari
- Lalitha Lenin
- Venu .V. Desom
- Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
- D. Vinayachandran
- Balachandran Chullikkadu
- A. Ayyappan
- Desamangalam Ramakrishnan
- Nellikkal Muraleedharan
- Post-modern poets
- Anvar Ali
- Anitha Thampi
- A. C. Sreehari
- K. R. Tony
- Manoj Kuroor
- Mohanakrishnan Kaladi
- M. B. Manoj
- N. P. Chandrasekharan
- O.P.Suresh
- Pavithran Theekkuni
- P. Raman
- P. A. Nasimudin
- P. P. Ramachandran
- Prabhavarma
- Ravunny
- Rose Mary
- Roopesh Paul
- Rafeeq Ahammad
- S. Joseph
- Sebastian (kodungalloor)
- T. P. Rajeevan
- V. M. Girija
- Veerankutty
- K. V. Maniraj
- Murukan Kaattakada
- Mubarack Kambrath
- VINUKRISHNAN
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)
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- Ponkunnam Varkey (1908-2004)
- S. K. Pottekkatt (1913-1982)
- Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1914 -1999)
- Uroob (1915-1979)
- Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909-1987)
- Malayatoor Ramakrishnan (1927-1997)
- K. Saraswathi Amma (1919-1974)
- P. K. Balakrishnan (1926-1991)
- V. K. N. (1932-2004)
- O. V. Vijayan (1930-2005)
- Leela Devi
- 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
- Sara Joseph
- B.M.Suhara
- E. Harikumar
- C. Radhakrishnan
- K. Surendran
- K.L.Mohanavarma
- Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath (1969 -)
- T.V. Varkey
- Joseph Ayranikudy (1935-2001)
- Elcy Yohannan Sankarathil
- Post-modern fiction
- Asokan Charuvil
- B. Murali
- E. Santhosh Kumar
- G. R. Indugopan
- Indu Menon
- K. Rekha
- K. R. Meera
- Manoj Jathavedaru
- Santhosh Echikkanam
- Sithara. S
- Unni R.
- Sriraj Namboothiri A.K
- Adarsh Anchal
- George Joseph.K
- Children's literature
- Sumangala
- Sippy Pallipuram
- Sooranadu Ravi
- "Mali" Madhavan Nair
- Nandanar a.k.a P C Gopalan
- [M.P.Beena]
- Venuvariath( K. R. venugopal)
- Savi S Anand(Saveen.S.S)
- Sudhir Neerattupuram
Literary criticism
- A. R. Rajaraja Varma (1863–1918)
- Dr. M.M. Basheer
- Joseph Mundasseri (1901–1977)
- K.P. Appan
- Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960)
- Kuttikrishna Marar (1900–1973)
- M. Krishnan Nair
- M.N. Vijayan
- K.E.N. Kunhahammed
- M. P. Paul (1904–1952)
- Prof. K. Gopalakrishnan
- Ronald E. Asher
- Sukumar Azhikode
- V. C. Sreejan
- Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar
- Prof. R. Narendra Prasad
- Reghunathan Parali
Others
- Jyesthadevan
- Rev. Dr. Hermann Gundert
- Kottarathil Sankunni
See also
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