Muttathu Varkey
Muttathu Varkey | |
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| Born | 28 April 1913 |
| Died | 28 May 1989 (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, poet |
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Life
Varkey was born in Chethipuzha, a small village near Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He began his career as a school teacher at Saint Berchmans High School, Changanassery. He then took up the job of an accountant in a timber factory. For a brief period, Varkey taught in a Tutorial College run by M. P. Paul. He then joined Deepika newspaper as an associated editor and remained there for next 26 years until his retirement in 1974.
Literary career
Muttathu Varkey emerged as one of the popular writers of Malayalam fiction.
Selected works
- Paadaatha Painkili
- Oru Kudayum Kunjupengalum
- Inapravukal
- Karakanakkadal
- Mayiladum Kunnu
- Velutha Kathreena
- Akkarappacha
- Azhakulla Selina
- Pattuthoovaala
- Mriyakutty
Filmography
- Padatha Painkili (1957)
- Inapravukal(1965)
- Velutha Kathreena (1968)
- Mayiladum Kunnu(1972)
- Azhakulla Saleena (1973)
- Karakanakadal (1971)
- Kottayam Kunjachan (1990)
Muttathu Varkey Award
Muttathu Varkey Foundation has instituted the Muttathu Varkey Award to be presented yearly to Malayalm writers. The winner is selected by popular vote with final decisions made by prominent judges.
See also
References
- ^ Muttathu Varkey at puzha.com
- ISBN 9780210227350.
- ^ Ancy Bay 2015. "At the End of the Story: Popular Fiction, Readership and Modernity in Literary Malayalam", in Satheese Chandra Bose and Shiju Sam Varughese (eds.). Kerala Modernity: Ideas, Spaces and Practices in Transition, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, pp. 92-108.
- ISBN 978-0-471-92452-4.
- ^ Vijayakumar, B. (13 January 2013). "Old is Gold: Inapravukal (1965)". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "PAADATHA PAINKILI 1957". The Hindu. 14 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ "Muttathu Varkey award for Zacharia". The Hindu. 29 April 2005. Archived from the original on 13 May 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- ^ "Sarah Joseph wins Muttathu Varkey Award". Malayala Manorama. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
External links
- muttathuvarkey.com
- Muttathu Varkey at IMDb
- Kid Athan (1 November 2014). "Documentary Muttathu Varkey". YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- Jolly George (9 April 2013). "Asianet Report on Muttathu Varkey". YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
