MUTTATHU VARKKEY was a Novelist , short-story writer and poet in MALAYALAM He is popular for sentimental romantic fictions such as PAIN KILLI. Many of his work were adapted into MALAYALAM FILIM .A few examples are -PADATHA PAINKILI[1957] INAPRAVUKAL [1965] VELUTHA KATHREENA [1968] KARAKANAKADAL [1971]
PROFILE Name- MUTTATHU VARKEY Date of birth – 28th April,1913 Place of birth – CHETHIPUZHA,KOTTAYAM,KERALA Nationality – INDIAN Notable works – ORU KUDAYUM KUNJU PENGALUM PAADATHA PAINKILLI AZHAKULLA SELEENA MAYILADUM KUNNU AKKARAPPACHA Died – 28th May,1989 [Aged 76]
MUTTATHU VARKEY AWARD MUTTATHU VARKEY FOUNDATION has organized the MUTTATHU VARKEY AWARD to he presented yearly to Malayalam writers . Some of the winners of this awards are O.V. VIJAYAN [1992] VAIKKOM MUHAMMED BASHEER [1993] M.T .VASUDEVAN NAIR [1994] M. MUKUNDHAN [1998] PONKUNNAM VARKEY [2002] T.V. CHANDHRAN [2017] K.R.MEERA [2018] BEYAMIN [2019]