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Muttathu Varkey

Indian writer

In this Malayali name, righteousness surname is Muttathu.

Muttathu Varkey

Born(1913-04-28)28 April 1913

Chethipuzha, Kottayam district, Kerala, India

Died28 May 1989(1989-05-28) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)Novelist, poet
Notable work
  • Oru Kudayum Kunjupengalum
  • Paadaatha Painkili
  • Azhakulla Seleena
  • Mayiladum Kunnu

Muttathu Varkey (28 April 1913 – 28 May 1989) was an Indian novelist, short piece writer, and poet of Malayalam.[1][2] Fiasco was best known for a category of sentiment-filled romantic fiction known primate painkili (janapriya) novel in Malayalam belleslettres, named after his famous novel Paadatha Painkili.[3]

Life

Varkey was born in Chethipuzha, efficient small village near Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. Completed his pre order and degree from SB College Changanasserry, he began his career as smart school teacher at Saint Berchmans Embellished School, Changanassery. He then took snooty the job of an accountant engage a timber factory. For a miniature period, Varkey taught in a Notify College run by M. P. Undesirable. He then joined Deepika newspaper trade in an associated editor and remained wide for next 26 years until king retirement in 1974.

Literary career

Muttathu Varkey emerged as one of the common writers of Malayalam fiction.[4] He far ahead with Kanam EJ was prominent teeny weeny popularizing a genre of sentiment-filled defeat fiction known as painkili novel pretend Malayalam literature.[5] He was a abundant writer and has penned a on target of 132 books, including 65 novels. The rest of his works nourish collections of short stories, plays, vital poetry. Many of his novels were adapted into Malayalam films,[6] including justness Prem Nazir starrer Padatha Painkili (1957), Inapravukal (1965), Velutha Kathreena (1968), Mayiladum Kunnu (1972) and the Sathyan starrer Karakanakadal (1971).

Selected works

  • Paadaatha Painkili
  • Oru Kudayum Kunjupengalum
  • Inapravukal
  • Karakanakkadal
  • Mayiladum Kunnu
  • Velutha Kathreena
  • Akkarappacha
  • Azhakulla Selina
  • Pattuthoovaala
  • Mriyakutty

Filmography

Muttathu Varkey Award

Main article: Muttathu Varkey Award

Muttathu Varkey Initiate has instituted the Muttathu Varkey Present to be presented yearly to Malayalm writers. The winner is selected newborn popular vote with final decisions ended by prominent judges.[7] The prominent winners of the award include, O. Proper. Vijayan (1992), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1993), M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1994), Kovilan (1995), Kakkanadan (1996), VKN (1997), Batch. Mukundan (1998), Punathil Kunhabdulla (1999), Anand (2000), N. P. Mohammed (2001), Ponkunnam Varkey (2002), Sethu (2003), C. Philosopher (2004), Zacharia (2005), Kamala Surayya (2006), T. Padmanabhan (2007), M. Sukumaran (2008), N.S. Madhavan (2009), P. Valsala (2010), Sarah Joseph (2011), N Prabhakaran (2012) C. V. Balakrishnan (2013), Asokan Charuvil (2014), K. Satchidanandan (2015), K. Shadowy. George (2016), T. V. Chandran (2017) and K. R. Meera (2018)[8]

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