Famous Malayalam Literary Personalities

Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer

Mahakavi and literary historian — scholar-poet of the modern Malayalam trinity.

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Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer is remembered as a Mahakavi and one of the great scholar-poets of modern Malayalam. Alongside Kumaran Asan and Vallathol, he shaped the early 20th-century poetic landscape and contributed lasting work in poetry and literary history.

Classification

Era Modern

Profession Poet, Scholar, Literary historian

Birthplace Thiruvananthapuram (Ulloor)

Major works Umakeralam; Kerala Sahitya Charitram; poetic works

Awards Mahakavi; major literary historian

Literary movement Malayalam renaissance / scholarly classicism

Language(s) Malayalam, Sanskrit learning

Notable contributions Shaped modern Malayalam poetry and wrote foundational literary history.

Related personalities Kumaran Asan; Vallathol Narayana Menon; A. R. Raja Raja Varma

Group Famous Malayalam Literary Personalities

Group Great Malayalam Poets

Era Modern Malayalam (early–mid 20th century)

Known for Mahakavi poetry and literary scholarship

Legacy Modern poetic trinity with Asan and Vallathol

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