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Kundalatha (or Kundalata, Malayalam: കുന്ദലത) is a novel by Appu Nedungadi, published in 1887. It is considered to be the first Malayalam novel. See also
His 1889 work, Indulekha, was the first Malayalam fictional work which met with all the requisite characteristics of a novel according to widely accepted Malayalam literary convention. [7] It is not the first novel per se, as Kundalatha (a much inferior work) by Appu Nedungadi pre-dates it by two years.
Appu Nedungadi (11 October 1863 – 6 November 1933) was an Indian writer and banker best known as the author of Kundalatha, which was published in 1887, making it the first novel published in the Malayalam language. He was associated with several literary publications including Kerala Pathrika, Kerala Sanchari and Vidya Vinodini. [3]
The first novel conceived and published in Malayalam was Appu Nedungadi's Kundalatha (1887). [75] Though Kundalatha is not considered a major novel, it gets the pride of place as the first work in the language having the basic characteristics of a novel. O. Chandhu Menon's Indulekha was the first major novel in Malayalam language.
Joris-Karl Huysmans – En rade (Becalmed; serialization concludes, book publication) Petre Ispirescu – Sarea în bucate; Pierre Loti – Madame Chrysanthème; Paolo Mantegazza – Testa; William Morris – The Tables Turned, Or, Nupkins Awakened: A Socialist Interlude [7] Appu Nedungadi – Kundalatha (കുന്ദലത)
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 ...
The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with E: Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p ...
Taylor published ten books, hundreds of articles and contributed to multi-authored volumes on the subjects of history of geography and mathematics. [3] Taylor's work was valued for its practical use by historians and museum professionals working with scientific instruments, and built upon by Peter and Ruth Wallis and Gloria Clifton . [ 3 ]