Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai
{{Short description|Indian poet}}
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| birth_place = Pala, Kottayam, Kerala, India
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| nationality = Indian
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| notableworks = {{ubl|Shree Yeshu Vijayam|Marthomavijayam|Vanithamani}}
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Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai (1859–1936) was an Indian poet and playwright of Malayalam literature. He was known for the epic poem Shreeyeshu Vijayam, which earned him the title of Mahakavi. He was the founder editor of Vijnaana Rathnaakaram, one of the earliest literary magazines in Malayalam language. Pope Pius XI presented him a gold medal in 1931.
Biography
Cherian Mappillai was born on 24 February 1859 in Pala in Kottayam district of the south Indian state of Kerala in a Christian family to Ulahannan and Cecily.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KattakkayathilCMappila/Html/KattakkayathilCgraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-03-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-03-06}} His schooling was limited to Sanskrit studies with Njavakkattu Damodaran Kartha for a few years by which time, he had already started writing poems. His early poems were published in Nasrani Deepika magazine in 1887 and in 1890, he started a poetry column in Malayala Manorama, encouraged by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai, the founder of the daily. He wrote a number of poems and plays{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/KattakkayathilCMappila/Html/KattakkayathilBooks.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-03-07 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-03-07}} and the most known among them was Shree Yeshu Vijayam,{{cite web|url=http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/kattakayam.pdf |title='Statement |access-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603155544/http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/kattakayam.pdf |archive-date= 3 June 2012 }} a mahakavya in 24 cantos on the Bible,{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA676|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|pages=676–}} detailing from the Book of Genesis to the New Testament.{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/kattakayam_cherian_mappillai-profile-2268-25.htm |title=Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai - Veethi profile |date=2019-03-06 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-03-06}}{{cite book|author=Sivasankari|title=Knit India Through Literature Volume 1 - The South|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HF6LDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT158|date=5 March 2017|publisher=Pustaka Digital Media|pages=158–|id=PKEY:9789352859269}} It was the first Malayalam language epic by a Christian writer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/christianity/chavara-kuriakose-elias/42 |title=Chavara Kuriakose Elias and his Contribution to Literature |date=2019-03-07 |website=Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala |language=en |access-date=2019-03-07}}
Cherian Mappillai was a rubber farmer by profession and co-founded Meenachil Rubber Factory, one of the earliest rubber factories in Kerala. When J. Thomas Kayalackakom founded Vijnaana Rathnaakaram in 1913, Cherian Mappilai served as its founder editor. He was married to Mariyamma from Kadakkachira veedu and he died on 29 November 1936, at the age 77.
Bibliography
=Poems=
- Shree Yeshu Vijayam – 1911–1926{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA241|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|pages=241–}}
- Mar Thoma Charitham – 1908
- Vanithaamani – 1915
- Susannah – 1928
- Matthoo Tharakan – 1924
- Thiranjedukkappetta Paathram – 1926
- Juse Bhakthan – 1880
=Plays=
- Yoodajeeveshwari – 1890
- Villalvettam – 1894
- Olivervijayam – 1897
- Saaraavivaaham – 1902
- Kalaavathi – 1903
References
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External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KattakkayathilCMappila/Html/KattayathilCMappila.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-03-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-06}}
- {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuMw93WSf0A |title=Sreeyesucharitham Kattakkayathil - Cheriyan Mappila |last=Jyothibai Pariyadath |date=2012-11-08 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-06}}
- {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuMw93WSf0A |title=Sree Yesu Vijayam - Kattakkayathil Cheriyan Mappila |last=Jyothibai Pariyadath |date=2012-11-08 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-07}}
- {{Cite web |url=http://nazaranepuremallu.blogspot.com/2009/05/list-of-syrian-malabar-nasranis-who.html |title=List of Syrian Malabar Nasranis who made significant contributions |date=2019-03-07 |website=nazaranepuremallu.blogspot.com |access-date=2019-03-07}}
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Category:People from Pala, Kerala
Category:19th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
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Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
Category:19th-century Indian male writers
Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Kerala