Literature written in Malayalam language.
Poetry
- Manipravalam
- Champoos
- Sandesakavyam
- Niranam poets
- Cherusseri Namboodiri
- Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan
- Poonthanam Namboodiri
- Arnos Paathiri (1681-1732)
- Kottayam Thampuran
- Unnayi Warrier
- Kalakkaththu Kunchan Nambiar (1705-1770)
- Irayimman Thampi
- Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran
- Kattakkayaththil Cherian Mappila (1859-1936)
- K. C. Kesava Pillai (1868-1914)
- Kumaran Asan (1873-1924)
- Ulloor 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)
- Balamani Amma
Other Modern Poets
- Vayalar Ramavarma
- Edasseri Govindan Nair
- O. N. V. Kurup
- Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
- Satchidanandan
- Sugathakumari
- Vishnunarayanan Namboodiri
- Balachandran Chullikkadu
- T. P. Rajeevan
- Ayyappan
Fiction
19th Century
- O. Chandhu Menon (1847-1900)
- C. V. Raman Pillai (1858-1922)
Modern
- Karur Neelakanta Pillai (1898-1974)
- P. Kesava Dev (1904-1983)
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908-1994)
- Ponkunnam Varkey (b.1908)
- S. K. Pottakkat (1913-1982)
- Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1914 -1999)
- P. C. Kutikrishnan (1915-1979)
- Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909-1987)
- K. Saraswathi Amma (1919-1974)
- P. K. Balakrishnan (1926-1991)
- V. K. N. Nair (1932-2004)
- O. V. Vijayan
- M. Mukundan
- P. Padmarajan
- M.T. Vasudevan Nair
- T. Padmanabhan
- Kamaladas
- Anand
- Methil Radhakrishnan
- N.P.Mohammed
- Kovilan
- M.P.Narayana Pillai
- E.Harikumar
Literary Criticism
- A. R. Rajaraja Varma (1863-1918)
- Kesari A. Balakrishana Pillai (1889-1960)
- Joseph Mundasseri (1901-1977)
- Kuttikrishna Marar (1900-1973)
- Ronald E. Asher
- Sukumar Azhikode
- M. Krishnan Nair
- K. P. Appan
- V. C. Sreejan
Others
- Rev. Dr. Herman Gundert
See Also
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