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magazine emerged around this time with the intention of publishing good stories. Menon was one of the first to write stories with a social theme. He remarkably succeeded in the narrative style and characterisation of his stories. His stories were not without some flaws. But the short story as a genre
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Menon did not write any long poems yet was regarded as a great poet. Most of his poems have an element of humour in them. Although he followed the tradition of his predecessors, the influence of western culture can be observed in his poems at many points. According to Ulloor, among the poets of the
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Mookambika Amma was his first wife. After her death, he married Alathu Puthan Veettil Chinnammu Amma, and after her death, he married Achatil Kochukutti Amma. He had three daughters and one son from these three marriages. His younger brother Oduvil Sankarankutty Menon (1883โ1945), who was
433:"Otuvil Kunju Krishna Menon's stories are not really short, and it is rather difficult to bring them within the limits of the short story proper. All of them have love themes ending in happy marriages, whatever the difficulty in between. They were mainly meant to be read to while away the time."
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of literature had only developed so much then. The longest among his stories is "Malathi" which runs into eight chapters. The stories "Kalyanikutty", "Janu", "Narayanikutty" and "Kelunni Moopil Nair" have been compiled and published in a book titled
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Menon wrote poetry, short story, novel, farce and criticism. A gradual growth can be seen in his literature, starting from the traditional poetic style like praise poems, through the stylistic and linguistic innovation started by the
497:(Trichur: Mangalodayam, 1925). "Sarojini Bhai", "Vicharam Thetti", "Oru Rathri", "Sathyam Thelinju", "Kaumudi" and several other stories were published in various magazines of the time. The story "Janu" was included in the book
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The pioneers of the short-story in
Malayalam were Vengayil Kunju Raman Nayanar, Oduvil Kunjukrishna Menon, C. S. Gopala Panikkar, Ambadi Narayana Poduval, Chakulath Kunjirama Menon (M. R. K. C.) and Murkoth
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Menon started writing poetry at a very early age. Even though he never had the opportunity to formally learn
Sanskrit, he was able to excel as a scholar and poet. In 1893, he won the prize in the
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407:(Kottakkal: Lakshmi Sahayam, 1926), with an introduction by P. V. Krishna Warrier and a biographical note by Puthezhath Govinda Menon. 23 other poems are compiled in
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Vinodini, Lakshmivilasa
Satakam, Antarjanathinte Aparadham, Oru Police Inspectorude Vadham, Oru Pathivrathayude Katha, Kumbakona Yatra
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born blind, was also a noted poet in
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and Madras. He then worked as the headmaster at
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etc. also came out through the same magazine. A few more short stories emerged when
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Malayala Grantha Soochi: A Retrospective Bibliography of Malayalam Books
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is an important work composed in Malayalam metres. Works like
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