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Malayalam literature comprises those literary texts written in Malayalam, a South-Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala. The first travelogue in any Indian language is the Malayalam Varthamanappusthakam , written by Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar in 1785.
Andhanaya Daivam (1999) is a wide-ranging study of Malayalam novel from its beginning in the 1890 s to the end of 20th century. This significant works elicits the caste and class politics underlining the early Malayalam novels. This work focused exclusively on the trajectory of the Malayalam novels which had crossed the centennial mark.
Kocharethi, Narayan's debut novel, won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998. [4] Its English translation as Kocharethi: The Araya Woman by Catherine Thankamma was published by the Oxford University Press in 2011 and won the Economist-Crossword Book Award in the Indian language translation category for 2011.
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P. Thanu Pillai rated the novel as a rare and valuable addition to the literature of Malayalam. [41] Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran and Kodungallur Kunjikkuttan Thampuran ranked the novel as better than the heretofore-released novels [E] in Malayalam. Kilimanoor Ravi Varma Koil Thampuran remarked that he could not keep aside the novel once ...
During early 20th century, Malayalam received outstanding novels, either as translations or adaptations of Western literature. Important among them include Kerala Varma Valiya Koi Thampuran's Akbar (translation of Van Linberg Broaver's Dutch novel of the same title, 1894), independent translations of Samuel Johnson's Rasselas by Pilo Paul (1895) and Kanaran (1898), Robinson Crusoe by C. V ...
Unnichiruthevi Charitham, which is written between the 13th century to 15th century AD has its place in various fields like language, literature, and social and national history. [3] It is one of the oldest works in Malayalam and is considered a work that reflects the social history of the time it was written.
The first Malayalam book ever to be printed is Samkṣepavedārththham authored by Clemente Peani and printed in Rome in 1772. [4] Cherupaithangal is a collection of seven stories for children translated from English by the British missionary Benjamin Bailey and printed in C. M. S. Press, Kottayam in 1824.