Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon | |
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| Born | 16 October 1878 Mangalam, Tirur, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India (Present day Malappuram district, Kerala, India) |
| Died | 13 March 1958 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Malayalam Poet, translator |
| Known for | Poetry, Indian independence activism, social reform, revival of Kathakali |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (1954) |
Vallathol Narayana Menon (16 October 1878 – 13 March 1958) was a Malayalam poet and one of the triumvirate of modern Malayalam poetry, along with Asan and Ulloor. The honorific Mahakavi was applied to him in 1913 after the publication of his Mahakavya Chitrayogam.[1] He was a nationalist poet and wrote a series of poems on various aspects of the Indian freedom movement. He founded the Kerala Kalamandalam and is credited with revitalising the traditional Keralite dance form known as Kathakali.
- ^ Zarrilli, Phillip (2004). Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play. Routledge. pp. 30–31. ISBN 9780203197660.