VALLATHOL NARAYANA MENON was a poet in the MALAYALAM language.
The MAHAKAVI [Great poet]was applied to him in 1913 after the publication of his MAHAKAVYA CHITRAYOGAM.
He was a nationalist poet and wrote series of poems on various aspects of the INDIAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT and AGAINST CASTE RESTRICTION AND ORTHODOXIES.
He did not receive any formal Education but was trained in SANSKRIT LANGUAGE.
RAMUNNI MENON also thought him “ASHTANGA HRIDAYAM”, a medical treatise, and young narayana menon soon began helping his uncle in “MEDICAL PRACTICE AND TEACHING”.
He worked as the Manager in “KALPADRUMAM” press in Thrissur from 1905 to 1910. During this period, “his hearing began to weaken”.
In 1915 he started working in ‘KERALODAYAM’ newspaper and later joined AMRIT RITESH, a journal published from Thrissur.
He founded the “KERALA KALAMANDALAM” in 1930 and is credited with uplifting the traditional Keralite dance from known as “KATHAKALI”.
PROFILE
NAME - [MAHAKAVI]VALLATHOL NARAYANA MENON DATE OF BIRTH - 16th OCTOBER,1878 PLACE OF BIRTH -CHENARA,THRISSUR,KERALA NATIONALITY - INDIAN LIFE PARTNER - VANNERI CHITTAZHI VEETTIL MADHAVI AMMA AWARDS - PADMA BHUSHAN[1954] WORKS - ABHIVADYAM -BADHIRAVILAPAM -BAPUJI -CHITRAYOGAM -ENTE GURUNATHAN DIED - 13th MARCH,1958
