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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;the skill of the full-blown flower to entice the entire world,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;the expertise of the jumping bird to move its feet.......&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I have read ambrosia-like suggestive poetry even in mere rust;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I have heard with my ear sweet veena sounds even in silence,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Excerpts from Ulloor&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhoothakkannadi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Microscope)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ulloor Parameswara Iyer (1877-1949)&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.keralacafe.com/malayalam_literature/index14.html |title=Ulloor Parameswara Iyer (1877-1949) |date=2019-03-04 |website=keralacafe.com |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;the skill of the full-blown flower to entice the entire world,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;the expertise of the jumping bird to move its feet.......&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I have read ambrosia-like suggestive poetry even in mere rust;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I have heard with my ear sweet veena sounds even in silence,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Excerpts from Ulloor&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhoothakkannadi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Microscope)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ulloor Parameswara Iyer (1877-1949)&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.keralacafe.com/malayalam_literature/index14.html |title=Ulloor Parameswara Iyer (1877-1949) |date=2019-03-04 |website=keralacafe.com |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Iyer married Ananthalakshmi Ammal in 1892 when he was only 15 years old but his wife died in 1903.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Subsequently, he married Subbammal in 1905, who died in 1930. He had three daughters and five sons from his two marriages. He died on June 15, 1949, aged 72.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - IStamp Gallery profile&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.istampgallery.com/mahakavi-ulloor/ |title=Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - IStamp Gallery profile |date=2019-03-04 |website=istampgallery.com |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Iyer married Ananthalakshmi Ammal in 1892 when he was only 15 years old but his wife died in 1903.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Subsequently, he married Subbammal in 1905, who died in 1930. He had three daughters and five sons from his two marriages. He died on June 15, 1949, aged 72.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - IStamp Gallery profile&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.istampgallery.com/mahakavi-ulloor/ |title=Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - IStamp Gallery profile |date=2019-03-04 |website=istampgallery.com |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (6 June 1877 – 15 June 1949), born Sambasivan but popularly known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Ulloor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, was an Indian poet of [[Malayalam literature]] and a historian. He was one of the [[triumvirate poets of modern Malayalam|modern triumvirate poets]] of [[Kerala]] in the first half of the 20th century, along with [[Kumaran Asan]] and [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;This Ancient Lyre: Selected Poems&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book |title=This Ancient Lyre: Selected Poems |last=O. N. V. Kurup |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=2005 |isbn=978-8126017911 |editor-last=A. J. Thomas |page=10}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Umakeralam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a [[mahakavya]], and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kerala Sahitya Charithram&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a comprehensive history of Malayalam language are two of his most important works.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Biography ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox|align = right|width=22em|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The desire to rise seen in the flying fireflies,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;the enthusiasm brimming within the singing cuckoo&amp;#039; to offer worship to other beings,&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;the skill of the full-blown flower to entice the entire world,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;the expertise of the jumping bird to move its feet.......&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I have read ambrosia-like suggestive poetry even in mere rust;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I have heard with my ear sweet veena sounds even in silence,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Excerpts from Ulloor&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhoothakkannadi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Microscope)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ulloor Parameswara Iyer (1877-1949)&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.keralacafe.com/malayalam_literature/index14.html |title=Ulloor Parameswara Iyer (1877-1949) |date=2019-03-04 |website=keralacafe.com |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
Ulloor was born on 6 June 1877 at Thamarassery Illam in [[Perunna]], [[Changanassery]] in the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Subramania Iyer and Bhagavathi Ammal.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Ulloor/Html/Ulloorgraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-03-04 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His early schooling was at Changanassery but father died when he was young and in 1890, the family shifted to [[Thiruvanathapuram]] where his mother raised him. He graduated with [[Latin honors|Honors]] in [[Philosophy]] from Maharajas College in 1897 and joined the Travancore State Services.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Statues Of Trivandrum: Mahakavi Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.yentha.com/news/view/4/statues-of-trivandrum-mahakavi-ulloor-s-parameswara-iyer |title=Statues Of Trivandrum: Mahakavi Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer |last=Mukesh |date=16 May 2012 |website=Yentha.com |access-date=30 December 2013}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He continued his studies and took a graduate degree in Law and master&amp;#039;s degrees in [[Malayalam]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. He held various positions in the government service such as those of a Land revenue and Income Tax Commissioner before superannuating from service as the Chief Secretary of the State.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Bio on Amrut Philately Gallery&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.amrutphilately.com/gallery/index.php?yer=1980 |title=Bio on Amrut Philately Gallery |date=2019-03-04 |website=amrutphilately.com |access-date=2019-03-04 |quote=Source:Information Folder issued by Indian Posts &amp;amp; Telegraph Department, Government of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Iyer married Ananthalakshmi Ammal in 1892 when he was only 15 years old but his wife died in 1903.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Subsequently, he married Subbammal in 1905, who died in 1930. He had three daughters and five sons from his two marriages. He died on June 15, 1949, aged 72.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - IStamp Gallery profile&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.istampgallery.com/mahakavi-ulloor/ |title=Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - IStamp Gallery profile |date=2019-03-04 |website=istampgallery.com |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Legacy ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Publiclib45.jpg|left|thumb|The statue of Ulloor in front of the [[State Central Library, Kerala|State Central Library]] at Palayam]]&lt;br /&gt;
Iyer assumed his name, Ulloor, after the [[Ulloor|place of his ancestral home]]. Unlike the other two members of the [[Triumvirate poets of modern Malayalam|modern triumvirates]], [[Kumaran Asan]] and [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]], who were romanticists, Ulloor was known to be a classicist and his works were marked by Sanskrit words, mythological references, satirical undertones and scholarship.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Remembering Ulloor Parameswara Iyer, the Man Who Immortalised Love in His Poems&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://kochipost.com/tag/ulloor-s-parameswara-iyer/ |title=Remembering Ulloor Parameswara Iyer, the Man Who Immortalised Love in His Poems |date=2019-03-04 |website=KochiPost |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; One of his most notable works was published in 1914, a [[mahakavya]] titled &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Umakeralam&amp;#039;&amp;#039; when the language had only one complete mahakavya until then, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rukmamgadacharitham&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Pandalam Kerala Varma]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-8126011940|page=1185}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Poet [[K. Ayyappa Paniker]] noted that &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Umakeralam&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;work of great devotion: devotion to the land, to the language, to a poetic tradition&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ulloor Parameswara Iyer (1877-1949)&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He also wrote short narratives or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;khandakavyas&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Karnabhooshanam&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pingala&amp;#039;&amp;#039; are two notable works in that genre; the former an account of [[Karna]]&amp;#039;s generosity and dedication to principles while the latter is a portrayal of the transformation of a courtesan&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43821853-karnabhooshanam&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; overnight into a pious and saintly character. Some of his other best known works were &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhakthideepika&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chithrasala&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Uloor also wrote quite a large number of lyrics and shorter pieces, now available in various collections.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Statues Of Trivandrum: Mahakavi Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; The most noted of his historical works was &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kerala Sahitya Charithram&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, which narrates the history of Malayalam language, culture, and literature and the book was published by the [[University of Kerala]] after the writer&amp;#039;s death in 1949.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Statues Of Trivandrum: Mahakavi Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He did research on ancient literature and palm leaf manuscripts and was successful in discovering works such as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rama Charitham&amp;#039;&amp;#039; poem and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Doothavakyam&amp;#039;&amp;#039; prose. Besides, he wrote a play, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Amba&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and such other works in prose as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bashachampukkal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a study on [[Champu|Champu literature]] and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vijnana Deepika&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a compilation of essays in four volumes.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He also wrote poems for children and the popular song, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kakke, Kakke, Koodevide&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is one among them.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Translation as a synopsis of the Malayalam poetry Uma Keralam by Ulloor.&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://gopasrivatsam.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/translation-as-a-synopsis-of-the-malayalam-poetry-uma-keralam-by-ulloor/ |title=Translation as a synopsis of the Malayalam poetry Uma Keralam by Ulloor. |date=2017-03-13 |website=Candid thoughts |language=en |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Honours ==&lt;br /&gt;
The [[Government of Kerala]] established &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mahakavi Ulloor Memorial Library and Research Centre&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in 1956, to honour the memory of the poet, and it was shifted to a new premises in [[Jagathy]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in 1966 which was inaugurated by [[S. Radhakrishnan]], the then president of India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ulloor Smarakam&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://keralaliterature.com/old/building.php?buildid=46 |title=Ulloor Smarakam |date=2019-03-04 |website=keralaliterature.com |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The institution which houses a research centre and a public library, became the first open university in Kerala for non-formal education in 1978, offering courses in Sanskrit, Malayalam literature, poetry and telecasting.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Mahakavi Ulloor Memorial Library and Research Centre&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Mahakavi Ulloor Memorial Library and Research Centre |date=2019-03-04 |website=keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It has also instituted an annual literary award, Ulloor Award, to recognise excellence in Malayalam poetry.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ulloor Smarakam&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; The [[India Post]] released a [[commemorative stamp]] in 1980, depicting his portrait.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Commemorative and definitive stamps&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps_List.aspx |title=Commemorative and definitive stamps |date=2019-03-04 |website=postagestamps.gov.in |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On May 15, 1981, the then [[President of India|Indian President]] [[Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy]] unveiled a full size statue of Ulloor in the premises of the [[State Central Library, Kerala]], at [[Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Statues Of Trivandrum: Mahakavi Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Works ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Poetry ===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Aruṇodayaṃ |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=1930 |publisher=B V Book Depot |location=Thiruvananthapuraṃ |oclc = 38510518}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Sharanopaharam: Sabarimala Sastāvineppaṭṭiyuḷḷa sthothr̲aṃ |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=1945 |publisher=R T Pillai and Sons |location=Thiruvananthapuraṃ |oclc = 38513938}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer|title=Manimanjusha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKUHAQAAIAAJ|year=1968}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer|title=Tharaharam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNMqAQAAIAAJ|year=1969}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=75458&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Ulloor |title=Chithrashala |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Ulloor S. |date=1969 |publisher=Ulloor Publications}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Tharangini |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=1971 |publisher=Uḷḷoor Publishers |location=Thiruvananthapuraṃ |language=Malayalam|oclc = 5413640}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=http://14.139.185.57/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=32276 |title=Karna Bhooshanam |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Ulloor S. |date=1972 |publisher=Ulloor Publishers |edition=1 |location=Ulloor}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Bhakthideepika: athavā, Cāttant̲e satgati |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=1973 |publisher=Ullur Publishers |location=Trivandrum |language=Malayalam|oclc = 5834716}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=220721&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Ulloor |title=Ulloorinte Padya Krithikal - Pt 1 |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=1977 |publisher=Sahithya pravarthaka Saha. Sangam |location=Sahithya pravarthaka Saha. Sangam}}0&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77520&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Ulloor |title=Umaakeralam |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Ulloor S. |date=1981 |publisher=Ullur Publishers |location=Thiruvananthapuram}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=328431&amp;amp;query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Ulloor |title=Pingala |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Ulloor S. |date=1990 |publisher=Ulloor Publishers |location=Trivandram}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Sree-Andal-Kavithakal-Ulloor/dp/B007E4WO40/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1551699339&amp;amp;sr=1-3&amp;amp;refinements=p_27%3AUlloor |title=Sree Andal Kavithakal |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=2006 |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam |asin= B007E4WO40}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Ulloor Kavithakal Sampoornam |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=2010 |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam|id= {{ASIN|8126428015|country=in}} }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Deshadanakili |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=2012 |publisher=Lipi Publications |language=Malayalam |isbn= 978-8188012329}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Padyamanjari |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=2013 |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam |isbn=978-8126442034}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/DOOTHAVAKYAM-Malayalam-ULLOOR-S-PARAMESWARAYYAR-ebook/dp/B01MDVGSKB/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1551699339&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;refinements=p_27%253AUlloor |title=Dhoothavakyam |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Uḷḷoor S. |date=2016 |publisher=Public Domain Books |language=Malayalam}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Prose ===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Hīra: Savyākhyānaṃ |last1=Parameswara Iyer |first1=Ulloor S. |last2=Vēlāyudhan Nāir |first2=Jagati (editor) |date=1969 |publisher=Uḷḷoor Publishers|location=Thiruvananthapuraṃ |oclc = 31063558}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Kāvyapr̲abhāvaṃ: savyākhyānaṃ |last1=Parameswara Iyer |first1=Ulloor S. |last2=Sankaran |first2=A. V (editor) |date=1971 |publisher=Ullur Publishers |location=Trivandrum|oclc = 31433537}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Uḷḷoorint̲e Pr̲abandhaṅṅaḷ |last=Parameswara Iyer |first=Ulloor S. |date=1979 |publisher=University of Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuraṃ |language=Malayalam|oclc = 17607218}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer|title=Kēraḷa Sāhitya Charitraṃ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jpt7tAEACAAJ|year=2015|publisher=Prakāśanavibhāgaṃ, Kéraḷasarvakalāśāla|isbn=978-81-930368-4-6}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Translations into other languages ===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=English essays and poems of Mahakavi Ulloor |last1=Parameswara Iyer |first1=Uḷḷoor S. |last2=Viśvanāthan |first2=N. (translator) |date=1978 |publisher=University of Kerala, Dept. of Publications |location=Trivandrum |language=English|oclc = 7706032}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Selected poems of Mahakavi Ullur |last1=Parameswara Iyer |first1=Ulloor S. |last2=Ramachandran Nair |first2=K. (translator) |date=1978 |publisher=University of Kerala |location=Trivandrum |language=English|oclc = 9978154}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Progress of Travancore under H.H. Sree Moolam Tirunal |last1=Parameswara Iyer |first1=Uḷḷoor S. |last2=Kerala (India) |last3=Department of Cultural Publications |date=1998 |publisher=Dept. of Cultural Publications, Govt. of Kerala |isbn=9788186365663 |location=Thiruvananthapuram |language=English|oclc = 51087846}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Essays on Travancore |last1=Parameswara Iyer |first1=Uḷḷoor S. |last2=Kerala (India) |last3=Department of Cultural Publications |date=2003 |publisher=Cultural Publications Dept., Govt. of Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |language=English|oclc = 55147458}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |title=The Ornaments of Karna |journal = Journal of South Asian Literature|volume = 15|issue = 2|pages = 38–71|last1=Parameswara Iyer |first1=Ulloor S. |last2=K. Raghavan Pillai (translator) |jstor = 40861160|year = 1980}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Works on Ulloor ===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Ulloorinte Sahityasādhana: Padanaṃ |last=Sahrudayavedi |date=1976 |publisher=Sahrudayavedi ; National Book Stall (distributors) |location=Trichur; Kōṭṭayaṃ|oclc = 33252123}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Mahakavi Ulloor: a centenary volume |last=George |first=K. M |date=1977 |publisher=Mahakavi Ulloor Memorial Library and Research Institute |location=Trivandrum |language=English|oclc = 5240774}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |title=Mahakavi Ulloor |last=Sukumār Azhikode |date=1979 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |location=New Delhi |language=English|oclc = 7328266}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trivia ==&lt;br /&gt;
* His name at birth was Sambasivan and but was called by his family as Parameshwaran.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* K. Subramaniam, the director of [[Prahlada (film)|Prahlada]], the 1941 Malayalam movie, was the nephew of Ulloor.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Of monarchs and movies&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/of-monarchs-and-movies/article5764301.ece |title=Of monarchs and movies |last=Chelangad |first=Saju |date=2014-03-09 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Ulloor/Html/UlloorPage.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-03-04 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-04}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WOBHQCHVA4 |title=Statues of Trivandrum - Ulloor |last=buzzvideos |date=2015-10-16 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-04}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/audio-clips/premasangeetham-by-ulloor/50 |title=Premasangeetham by Ulloor |date=2019-03-04 |website=Kerala Tourism |language=en |access-date=2019-03-04}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Ulloor/Html/UlloorBooks.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-03-04 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-03-04}}&lt;br /&gt;
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