M. R. Bhattathiripad

{{Short description|Indian social reformer, cultural leader and Malayalam writer}}

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Deviprasadam Puraskaram

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Mullamangalath Raman Bhattathiripad (1908–2001), also known as M. R. Bhattathiripad, was an Indian social reformer, cultural leader and a Malayalam writer.[http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm MRB at Keralawindow] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410170031/http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm |date=10 April 2008 }}

Biography

He was born in 1908 Kerala with limited resources due to which he received only nominal education.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}

He joined Yogakshema Sabha and worked with V. T. Bhattathiripad and his brother Premji. He was also an active member of Purogamana Sahitya Prasthanam. When widow marriage was considered a taboo in Nambuthiri community, he married Uma Antharjanam, younger sister of VT's wife Sreedevi Antharjanam, on 13 September 1934.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/VTBhattathiripad/Html/VTBgraphy.htm |title=VT Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-04-04 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-04-04}} This was the first known widow marriage in the Kerala Nambuthiri community.{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA479|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|pages=479–}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140603081526/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-06-03 |title=Archive News |date=2006-10-06|work=The Hindu |accessdate=2016-12-01}} The ceremony, though boycotted by orthodox Nambudiris, was attended by Arya Pallam and M. C. Joseph. Bhattathiripad's younger brother Premji later followed his brother in 1943 by marrying a 27-year old widow named Arya Antharjanam.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}

When Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi started its flagship publication, Keli in 1963, Bhattathiripad was the first editor.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}

He died on 8 October 2001, aged 93. He is survived by his three daughters. His wife predeceased him in 1996. His brother Premji also predeceased him.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}

Works

MRB wrote 14 books.

Ente Omana – Play – 1927
Marakkudakkullile Maha Narakam – Play – 1927
Mazhavillu – Short stories – 1931
Valkannadi – Novel – 1931
Mukhachayakal – Travelogue – 1954
Mula pottiya vithukal – Travelogue – 1956
Kinavil oru yathra – Travelogue – 1962
Kavisaparya – Travelogue – 1962
Thamarayithalukal – Travelogue – 1967
Ilakal Poovukal – Travelogue – 1969
Valapottukal – Poetic memoirs – 1968
Suvarnachaayakal

Awards and recognitions

He was a recipient of the Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy Award,[http://www.keralasangeethanatakaakademi.com Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award] the Kerala Sahithya Academy Award (1992),[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw12.htm Kerala Sahithya Academy Award – Overall Contribution] (in Malayalam) the Basheer Puraskaram,{{Cite web |url=http://www.pravasidoha.org/basheerpuraskaram.htm |title=Basheer Puraskaram |access-date=16 October 2008 |archive-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220055118/http://www.pravasidoha.org/basheerpuraskaram.htm |url-status=dead }} and the Deviprasadam Trust Award.

References

External links

[http://www.namboothiri.com/articles/malayalam-literature.htm Profile]