Moorkoth Kumaran

Moorkoth Kumaran
Moorkoth Kumaran
Born(1874-05-23)23 May 1874
Telicherry, Malabar District, British India
Died25 June 1941(1941-06-25) (aged 67)
Telicherry
Occupation(s)Writer, social reformer, teacher
Years active1896–1940
In this Malayali name, the person is referred to by their given name, Kumaran, and not by their surname, Moorkoth.

Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941)[1] was a social reformer, a teacher and a writer in Malayalam.[2] He came from a Thiyya family of Telicherry. He was a disciple of Narayana Guru and wrote the first biography of Guru. He also published some of the earliest short stories and novels in Malayalam.

  1. ^ "Disciples of Narayan Guru". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Malayalam Literary Survey". 1991.