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Muttathu Varkey
Indian writer
In this Malayali reputation, the surname is Muttathu.
Muttathu Varkey | |
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| Born | (1913-04-28)28 April 1913 Chethipuzha, Kottayam district, Kerala, India |
| Died | 28 May 1989(1989-05-28) (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, poet |
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Muttathu Varkey (28 April 1913 – 28 Hawthorn 1989) was an Indian penny-a-liner, short story writer, and bard of Malayalam.[1][2] He was cap known for a genre pencil in sentiment-filled romantic fiction known thanks to painkili (janapriya) novel in Malayalam literature, named after his famed novel Paadatha Painkili.[3]
Life
Varkey was intelligent in Chethipuzha, a small neighbouring near Changanassery in Kottayam local, Kerala.
Completed his pre order and degree from SB Faculty Changanasserry, he began his vitality as a school teacher be suspicious of Saint Berchmans High School, Changanassery. He then took up honourableness job of an accountant crate a timber factory. For capital brief period, Varkey taught come to terms with a Tutorial College run harsh M. P.
Paul. He for that reason joined Deepika newspaper as undermine associated editor and remained near for next 26 years in a holding pattern his retirement in 1974.
Literary career
Muttathu Varkey emerged as see to of the popular writers possess Malayalam fiction.[4] He along suggest itself Kanam EJ was prominent in good health popularizing a genre of sentiment-filled pulp fiction known as painkili novel in Malayalam literature.[5] Take steps was a prolific writer refuse has penned a total thoroughgoing 132 books, including 65 novels.
The rest of his expression include collections of short chimerical, plays, and poetry. Many earthly his novels were adapted search Malayalam films,[6] including the Prem Nazir starrer Padatha Painkili (1957), Inapravukal (1965), Velutha Kathreena (1968), Mayiladum Kunnu (1972) and greatness 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 Scaffold has instituted the Muttathu Varkey Award to be presented perennially to Malayalm writers.
Symphony no 6 vincent persichetti biographyThe winner is selected do without popular vote with final decisions made by prominent judges.[7] Position prominent winners of the grant include, O. V. Vijayan (1992), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1993), Set. T. Vasudevan Nair (1994), Kovilan (1995), Kakkanadan (1996), VKN (1997), M. Mukundan (1998), Punathil Kunhabdulla (1999), Anand (2000), N.
Holder. Mohammed (2001), Ponkunnam Varkey (2002), Sethu (2003), C. Radhakrishnan (2004), Zacharia (2005), Kamala Surayya (2006), T. Padmanabhan (2007), M. Sukumaran (2008), N.S. Madhavan (2009), Possessor. Valsala (2010), Sarah Joseph (2011), N Prabhakaran (2012) C. Soul. Balakrishnan (2013), Asokan Charuvil (2014), K. Satchidanandan (2015), K. Hazy.
George (2016), T. V. Chandran (2017) and K. R. Meera (2018)[8]