Karikkatt Marathu Kuttikrishna Marar

Writer

Karikkatt Marathu Kuttikrishna Marar

Born:14 June 1900

Died:6 April 1973

He was an Indian essayist and literary critic of Malayalam literature.
He was known for Bharathaparyadanam, a critical study of the Mahabharata, which is counted by many among the most influential books in Malayalam and was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
He was a harsh critic of literary indiscretions.
His work, Bharathaparyadanam, a critical study of the Mahabharata is considered by many as a seminal work and is a part of the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education syllabus.
Another of his important works is Kala Jeevitham Thanne (Art is Life itself), which won him Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and M. P. Paul Prize.
Malayala Shaili, another of his notable works, is one of the most authentic treatises on proper Malayalam usage.
Sahithyasallapam, Danthagopuram and Kaivilakku (collections of literary criticism) are some of his other works on literary criticism.
Besides, he has also published over 19 collections of essays on literary criticism.
In 1967, he received Sahithya Ratnam award from Pattambi Sree Neelakanda Sanskrit College and Sahithya Nipunan award from Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura.
Sahitya Akademi awarded him their annual award in 1966, for his work, Kala Jeevitham Thanne.
He received another award for the same work the same year, the inaugural Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism.
He received the M. P. Paul Prize also in 1966.
His life and work has been documented by many writers and Marar Lavanyabhavathinte Yukthi Silpam, one such work written by M. Thomas Mathew was selected for Vayalar Award in 2009.