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| birth_place  = [[Triprangode]], British India
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| death_place  = [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
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'''Karikkatt Marathu Kuttikrishna Marar''' (14 June 1900 – 6 April 1973) 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]].
'''Kizhakke Marathu Kuttikrishna Marar''' (15 June 1900 – 6 April 1973) was an Indian essayist and literary critic of [[Malayalam literature]]. He was known for ''Bharathaparyaadanam'', 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]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Kuttikrishna Marar was born on 14 June 1900 in [[Triprangode]], in [[Malappuram district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Karikkatt Marathu Krishna Marar and Lakshmikutty Marasyar.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KuttikrishnaMarar/Html/Marargraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-02-08 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> He learnt percussion, which was the family profession, along with drawing as early education but his life took a turn when he joined [[Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi]] where he had the opportunity to study under two known teachers, Punnassery Nambi and Shambu Sharma. Subsequently, he passed the Sahityashiromani examination and started his career as Sahithyacharya at the [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] where he worked alongside [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]] for 15 years, during which period, he published many of his writings.<ref name="Kuttikrishna Marar - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/kuttikrishna_marar-profile-2252-25.htm |title=Kuttikrishna Marar - Veethi profile |date=2019-02-08 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> From 1938 to 1961 he was the proofreader of the Malayalam daily newspaper, ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />
Kuttikrishna Marar was born on 15 June 1900 in [[Triprangode]], in [[Malappuram district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Karikkatt Marathu Krishna Marar and kizhakke Marattu Lakshmikutty Marasyar.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KuttikrishnaMarar/Html/Marargraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-02-08 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> He learnt percussion, which was the family profession, along with drawing as early education but his life took a turn when he joined [[Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi]] where he had the opportunity to study under two known teachers, Punnassery Nambi and Shambu Sharma. Subsequently, he passed the Sahityashiromani examination and started his career as Sahithyacharya at the [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] where he worked alongside [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]] for 15 years, during which period, he published many of his writings.<ref name="Kuttikrishna Marar - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/kuttikrishna_marar-profile-2252-25.htm |title=Kuttikrishna Marar - Veethi profile |date=2019-02-08 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> He was able to find himself a mentor under [[Nalapat Narayana Menon]]. From 1938 to 1961 he was the proofreader of the Malayalam daily newspaper, ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />


Marar married Kizhakkemarath Narayanikutty Marasyar in 1924 and the couple had seven children, four sons and three daughters.<ref name="വിമർശകന്റെ ജീവിതപര്യടനം">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/kuttikrishna-marar-bharatha-paryatanam-sujatha/ |title=വിമർശകന്റെ ജീവിതപര്യടനം |date=2018-06-14 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> Towards the later part of his life, he was more inclined to spiritual pursuits. He died on 6 April 1973, at the age of 72.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />
Marar married Kizhakkemarath Narayanikutty Marasyar in 1924 and they had seven children in that four sons and three daughters.<ref name="വിമർശകന്റെ ജീവിതപര്യടനം">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/kuttikrishna-marar-bharatha-paryatanam-sujatha/ |title=വിമർശകന്റെ ജീവിതപര്യടനം |date=2018-06-14 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> Towards the later part of his life, he was more inclined to spiritual pursuits. He died on 6 April 1973, at the age of 72.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />


== Literary career ==
== Literary career ==
Kuttikrishna Marar 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 [[Central Board 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.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> Besides, he has also published over 19 collections of essays on literary criticism.<ref name="Sanskrit Critics from Kerala">{{Cite web |url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/SDE/SM_VI_sem_BA_Sanskrit_General_Essay.pdf |title=Sanskrit Critics from Kerala |last=Jayageetha K. N. |date=2019-02-08 |website=University of Calicut |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref>
Kuttikrishna Marar 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 [[Central Board 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.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> Besides, he has also published over 19 collections of essays on literary criticism.<ref name="Sanskrit Critics from Kerala">{{Cite web |url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/SDE/SM_VI_sem_BA_Sanskrit_General_Essay.pdf |title=Sanskrit Critics from Kerala |last=Jayageetha K. N. |date=2019-02-08 |website=University of Calicut |access-date=2019-02-08 |archive-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413210956/http://www.universityofcalicut.info/SDE/SM_VI_sem_BA_Sanskrit_General_Essay.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==
In 1967, Marar received ''Sahithya Ratnam'' award from Pattambi Sree Neelakanda Sanskrit College and ''Sahithya Nipunan'' award from [[Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura]]. Sahitya Akademi awarded him their [[Sahitya Akademi Award|annual award]] in 1966, for his work, ''Kala Jeevitham Thanne''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10311.htm |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 |publisher=sahitya-akademi.gov.in |access-date=2009-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828042835/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10311.htm |archive-date=28 August 2009 }}</ref> He received another award for the same work the same year, the inaugural [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism]].<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Criticism_Studies.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism |date=2019-02-08 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> He received the M. P. Paul Prize also in 1966.<ref name="Sanskrit Critics from Kerala" /> His life and work has been documented by many writers and ''Marar Lavanyabhavathinte Yukthi Shilpam'', one such work written by [[M. Thomas Mathew]] was selected for [[Vayalar Award]] in 2009.<ref name="Vayalar award for work on Kuttikrishna Marar">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Vayalar-award-for-work-on-Kuttikrishna-Marar/article16492951.ece |title=Vayalar award for work on Kuttikrishna Marar |date=2009-10-11 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref><ref name="‘Marar, a great inspiration for me’">{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2009/oct/11/marar-a-great-inspiration-for-me-91723.html |title='Marar, a great inspiration for me' | date=11 October 2009 |newspaper=The New Indian Express |access-date=17 February 2019 }}</ref>
In 1967, Marar received ''Sahithya Ratnam'' award from Pattambi Sree Neelakanda Sanskrit College and ''Sahithya Nipunan'' award from [[Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura]]. Sahitya Akademi awarded him their [[Sahitya Akademi Award|annual award]] in 1966, for his work, ''Kala Jeevitham Thanne''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10311.htm |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 |publisher=sahitya-akademi.gov.in |access-date=2009-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828042835/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10311.htm |archive-date=28 August 2009 }}</ref> He received another award for the same work the same year, the inaugural [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism]].<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Criticism_Studies.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism |date=2019-02-08 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> He received the M. P. Paul Prize also in 1966.<ref name="Sanskrit Critics from Kerala" /> His life and work has been documented by many writers and ''Marar Lavanyabhavathinte Yukthi Shilpam'', one such work written by M. Thomas Mathew was selected for [[Vayalar Award]] in 2009.<ref name="Vayalar award for work on Kuttikrishna Marar">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Vayalar-award-for-work-on-Kuttikrishna-Marar/article16492951.ece |title=Vayalar award for work on Kuttikrishna Marar |date=2009-10-11 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref><ref name="‘Marar, a great inspiration for me’">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2009/oct/11/marar-a-great-inspiration-for-me-91723.html |title='Marar, a great inspiration for me' | date=11 October 2009 |newspaper=The New Indian Express |access-date=17 February 2019 }}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Bharathaparyatanam-Kuttikrishna-Marar/dp/B007E4VNAG |title=Bharathaparyatanam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |date=2011-05-25 |publisher=Marar Sahithya Prakasham |language=ml |asin=B007E4VNAG}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Bharathaparyatanam-Kuttikrishna-Marar/dp/B007E4VNAG |title=Bharathaparyatanam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |date=2011-05-25 |publisher=Marar Sahithya Prakasham |language=ml |asin=B007E4VNAG}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/bhashavruthangal-grammar-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id= |title=Bhashavruthangal |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/bhashavruthangal-grammar-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id= |title=Bhashavruthangal |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/vruthasilpam-malayalam-grammar-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id= |title=Vruthasilpam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/vruthasilpam-malayalam-grammar-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id= |title=Vruthasilpam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/vruthasilpam-malayalam-grammar-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id= |title=Hasya Sahithyam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/vruthasilpam-malayalam-grammar-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id= |title=Hasya Sahithyam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam |archive-date=22 August 2016 |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822122949/http://www.indulekha.com/vruthasilpam-malayalam-grammar-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id= |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&author_id=&product_id=3671&page=2 |title=Dhanthagopuram |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&author_id=&product_id=3671&page=2 |title=Dhanthagopuram |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&author_id=&product_id=3671&page=2 |title=Sahithya Paryatanam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&author_id=&product_id=3671&page=2 |title=Sahithya Paryatanam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam}}
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=== Poems and plays ===
=== Poems and plays ===
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/jeevichirunnal-play-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id=&page=8 |title=Jeevichirunnal |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam |year=1994 |quote=Play - with introduction by George Irumpayam|edition=Old }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/jeevichirunnal-play-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id=&page=8 |title=Jeevichirunnal |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam |year=1994 |quote=Play - with introduction by George Irumpayam |edition=Old |archive-date=9 February 2019 |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125620/http://www.indulekha.com/jeevichirunnal-play-kuttikrishna-marar?author_id=&page=8 |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&author_id=&product_id=1497&page=8 |title=Nizhalattam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam |year=1985 |quote=a collection of plays and poems|edition=Old }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&author_id=&product_id=1497&page=8 |title=Nizhalattam |last=Kuttikrishna Marar |publisher=Marar Sahityaprakasam |year=1985 |quote=a collection of plays and poems|edition=Old }}


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=== Translations by Marar ===
=== Translations by Marar ===
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* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/kumarasambhavam-poetry-kalidasan-marar?author_id= |title=Kumarasambhavam |last=Kalidasan |publisher=Marar Sahithya Prakasham |year=2000 |translator-last=Kuttikrishna Marar |quote=commentary by Marar}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/kumarasambhavam-poetry-kalidasan-marar?author_id= |title=Kumarasambhavam |last=Kalidasan |publisher=Marar Sahithya Prakasham |year=2000 |translator-last=Kuttikrishna Marar |quote=commentary by Marar |archive-date=26 August 2016 |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826202311/http://www.indulekha.com/kumarasambhavam-poetry-kalidasan-marar?author_id= |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&author_id=&product_id=3671&page=2 |title=Bhaja Govindam |last=Adi Shankara  |publisher=Marar Sahithya Prakasham |year=1995 |translator-last=Kuttikrishna Marar }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&author_id=&product_id=3671&page=2 |title=Bhaja Govindam |last=Adi Shankara  |publisher=Marar Sahithya Prakasham |year=1995 |translator-last=Kuttikrishna Marar }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/author/info&author_id=942&page=4 |title=Abhijnana Sakunthalam |last=Kalidasan  |publisher=Marar Sahithya Prakasham |year=2012 |translator-last=Kuttikrishna Marar |quote=commentary by Marar}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/author/info&author_id=942&page=4 |title=Abhijnana Sakunthalam |last=Kalidasan  |publisher=Marar Sahithya Prakasham |year=2012 |translator-last=Kuttikrishna Marar |quote=commentary by Marar}}
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Kuttikrishna Marar
Born(1900-06-15)15 June 1900
Triprangode, British India
Died6 April 1973(1973-04-06) (aged 72)
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter, Literary Critic
NationalityIndian
Notable worksBharatha Paryaadanam, Kala Jeevitam thanne, Malayala Saili
Notable awards
SpouseNarayanikutty Marasyar
Relatives
  • Karikkatt Marathu Krishna Marar (father)
  • Lakshmikutty Marasyar (mother)

Kizhakke Marathu Kuttikrishna Marar (15 June 1900 – 6 April 1973) was an Indian essayist and literary critic of Malayalam literature. He was known for Bharathaparyaadanam, 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.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Kuttikrishna Marar was born on 15 June 1900 in Triprangode, in Malappuram district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Karikkatt Marathu Krishna Marar and kizhakke Marattu Lakshmikutty Marasyar.[1] He learnt percussion, which was the family profession, along with drawing as early education but his life took a turn when he joined Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi where he had the opportunity to study under two known teachers, Punnassery Nambi and Shambu Sharma. Subsequently, he passed the Sahityashiromani examination and started his career as Sahithyacharya at the Kerala Kalamandalam where he worked alongside Vallathol Narayana Menon for 15 years, during which period, he published many of his writings.[2] He was able to find himself a mentor under Nalapat Narayana Menon. From 1938 to 1961 he was the proofreader of the Malayalam daily newspaper, Mathrubhumi.[1]

Marar married Kizhakkemarath Narayanikutty Marasyar in 1924 and they had seven children in that four sons and three daughters.[3] Towards the later part of his life, he was more inclined to spiritual pursuits. He died on 6 April 1973, at the age of 72.[1]

Literary career[edit | edit source]

Kuttikrishna Marar 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 Central Board 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.[1] Besides, he has also published over 19 collections of essays on literary criticism.[4]

Awards and honours[edit | edit source]

In 1967, Marar 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.[5] He received another award for the same work the same year, the inaugural Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism.[6] He received the M. P. Paul Prize also in 1966.[4] His life and work has been documented by many writers and Marar Lavanyabhavathinte Yukthi Shilpam, one such work written by M. Thomas Mathew was selected for Vayalar Award in 2009.[7][8]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Literary criticism[edit | edit source]

  • Kuttikrishna Marar (25 May 2011). Bharathaparyatanam (in മലയാളം). Marar Sahithya Prakasham. ASIN B007E4VNAG.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Bhashavruthangal. Marar Sahityaprakasam.[permanent dead link]
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Vruthasilpam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.[permanent dead link]
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Hasya Sahithyam. Marar Sahityaprakasam. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Dhanthagopuram. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Sahithya Paryatanam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Sahithya Sallapam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Kaivilakku. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Poojya Pooja. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Sahithya Veekshanam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Bhashaparichayam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Sahithyavidya. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar (2012). Saranagathi. Marar Sahithya Prakasham. 3 volumes
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Rishiprasadham. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Rajanganam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Malayalashaili. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Nalacharithathiloode. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishn -Marar. Kala Jeevitham Thanne. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Sahithya Bhooshanam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Charchayogam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Inguninnangolam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Sahithyasesham. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Palarum Palathum. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Geethaparikramanam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.
  • Kuttikrishna Marar. Pathinanchu Upanyasam. Marar Sahityaprakasam.

Poems and plays[edit | edit source]

  • Kuttikrishna Marar (1994). Jeevichirunnal (Old ed.). Marar Sahityaprakasam. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019. Play - with introduction by George Irumpayam
  • Kuttikrishna Marar (1985). Nizhalattam (Old ed.). Marar Sahityaprakasam. a collection of plays and poems

Children's literature[edit | edit source]

  • Kuttikrishna-Marar. Vishwamithran. Marar Sahityaprakasam. story retold by Marar

Translations by Marar[edit | edit source]

  • Kalidasan (2000). Kumarasambhavam. Translated by Kuttikrishna Marar. Marar Sahithya Prakasham. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2019. commentary by Marar
  • Adi Shankara (1995). Bhaja Govindam. Translated by Kuttikrishna Marar. Marar Sahithya Prakasham.
  • Kalidasan (2012). Abhijnana Sakunthalam. Translated by Kuttikrishna Marar. Marar Sahithya Prakasham. commentary by Marar
  • Kalidasan (2014). Meghasandesam. Translated by Kuttikrishna Marar. Marar Sahithya Prakasham. commentary by Marar
  • Kalidasan (2018). Raghuvamsham. Translated by Kuttikrishna Marar. Marar Sahithya Prakasham. commentary by Marar

Memoirs[edit | edit source]

Translations into English[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kuttikrishna Marar - Veethi profile". veethi.com. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "വിമർശകന്റെ ജീവിതപര്യടനം". Indian Express Malayalam (in മലയാളം). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jayageetha K. N. (8 February 2019). "Sanskrit Critics from Kerala" (PDF). University of Calicut. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Vayalar award for work on Kuttikrishna Marar". The Hindu. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "'Marar, a great inspiration for me'". The New Indian Express. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

External links[edit | edit source]

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