Ченгалат Черия Кунхирама Менон

Chengalath Cheriya Kunhirama Menon (1882–1939), также известный под его плюмом Mrkc , был автор и журналиста Малаялам -Лагуста из Кералы , Индия. ^{[ 1 ]} Он был ассоциирован с газетами PROMINATION и периодическими изданиями, такими как Керала Патрика и Мангалодейам . Некоторые из его знаменитых книг включают Веллеву Каммаран Алленкил Сардар Аяя Эйаз Ханк Юд Черукатхакал . MRKC вместе с Motawoth Kumaran , Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar Gopla CS шорттера Pankeri Narayana Poduval , рассматриваются как паниры , . ^{[ 2 ]}

Ранний период жизни

Ченгалат Кунхирама Менон родился в 1882 году в Валапаттанаме недалеко от Каннанора в Малабаре . ^{[ 3 ]}^{[ 4 ]} Его мать была Ченгалат Нараяни Амма. Кунхирама получил свою фамилию Ченгалат через матрилинейную последовательность . Его дядя по материнской линии - Ченгалат Кунхирама Менон , который в 1885 году основал одну из самых ранних газет на малаялам Керала Патрика. Его называли Черия Кунхирама Менон, чтобы отличить его от его дядю, которого назвали Валией Кунхирама Менон, эквивалент Джун и Соженные поколения. в малаялам. Менон принял ном де-плюм Mrkc, комбинацию всех четырех инициалов его имени, написанных на английском языке (Cheriya-Kunhi-Rama-Menon, CKRM) и обратный. ^[5]

Menon received his primary education from the Ezhuthupalli run by Kunhikannan Gurukkal at Puzhathi near his home. After passing 4th class, he studied Sanskrit for two years. At the age of 12, he started studying English at Cannanore Municipal School.^[3] In 1899 he passed the Upper Secondary Examination from Madras and joined as a clerk in Malabar Birth Registration Office in 1900.^[3] Then he worked in Revenue Department in Calicut for four years. During this time he learned shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping, commercial correspondence, and land surveying. By that time he had also acquired the necessary skills to write articles in English and Malayalam.^[3]

Career

In 1904, he became a head clerk for the land reforms work of the local ruler of Punnathur. During this time, he published English articles in West Coast Spectator, a newspaper based in Calicut. He also wrote essays on various topics in Malayalam newspapers. He adopted the pen name M. R. K. C.^[3]

It was a time when the Kerala Pathrika newspaper, which was run by his uncle, was in financial trouble. Menon took leave from government service and took charge of Kerala Pathrika.^[3] Later he resigned from government services and shifted to Trichur, accepting the position of manager of Mangalodayam Company which run the Mangalodayam magazine. He married Rayirath Ammukkuttiyamma in 1913 when he was based in Trichur.^[3] He was associated with Mangalodayam from 1912 to 1930. During this time, Menon was injured in an accident when a part of the Mangalodayam building which was under construction collapsed. One leg had to be amputated.^[3]

He founded a literary association named Samastha Kerala Pusthakalaya Samithi in Trichur and was also instrumental in setting up the All Kerala Library Association also based in Trichur.^[6] He started a monthly magazine Bharathi in 1933 in Trichur. This was converted into a weekly called Kudumbapatrika in 1934. However, it stopped due to financial difficulties.^[3] He also served as an editor in the Trichur-based Keralan newspaper.^[3] He resigned from Keralan due to poor health but took up the editorship of the magazine Sahakaranaprabodhini, published by Cochin Central Cooperative Society, for some time. After a while, he resigned from there too owing to poor health.^[3] However, he wanted to continue writing and even the day before he died, he wrote an article for Sahakaranaprabodhini. He died on 20 August 1939.^[3]

Writing

Menon was a major writer during the early stages of short stories in Malayalam literature.^[7] His first published book was a collection of essays titled Malayalathile Janmikal. This included the essays on estate administration which he published in Kottakkal-based magazines Janmi and Lakshmivilasam.^[3] He wrote the book George Pattabhishekam at the behest of the then Malabar Collector C. A. Innes. The theme for this book was the 1911 Coronation of Emperor George in Delhi.^[3] Raghuvamsacharitram is a prose translation of the first six cantos of Raghuvamsa.^[3] Velluva Kammaran is a historical story and the translation of a story originally written by M. Othenamenon in English. This is perhaps one of Menon's most noted works. Appan Thampuran's play Munnattuveeran was based on this story.^[3] Menon wrote several stories based on historical characters. Stories like Edachena Kunkante Parakramam, Machattumalayile Bhootham and Tiruvalayam are popular.^[3] Menon was better known for his historical stories than his social stories.^[3] He published a number of short stories in magazines such as Mangalodayam. Many of them are compiled and published in two volumes of short stories.^[3] His works also include Kambaramayana and Bhargavaraman. He also wrote a biography of the Maharajah of Cochin Rama Varma XV (Sir Rama Varma: Vazhchayozhinja Kochi Rajavu or Sir Ramavarma: The Abdicated Highness).^[3]

M. R. K. C.'s stories are similar in style to that of his contemporary Oduvil Kunhikrishna Menon but M. R. K. C. based his stories on history rather than on contemporary society.^[8] Though the background is history, the characters and events were mostly imaginary and the author was not concerned about the historical accuracy of the narrative.^[9]

Bibliography

Year	Title	Publisher	Notes
1908	Malayalathile Janmikal	Lakshmi Sahayam, Kottakkal	Collection of essays
1912	George Pattabhishekam	Vidya Vilasam, Calicut	Based on Coronation of George V and Mary
1919	Kochi Valiya Thampuran Thirumanassukondu	Mangalodayam, Trichur	Biography of Rama Varma XV
1921	M. R. K. C. yude Cherukathakal	Mangalodayam, Trichur	Collection of short stories in two volumes: 10 stories in Volume 1 and 4 stories in Volume 2
1921	Raghuvamsacharitram	Vidya Vilasam, Calicut	Stories from Raghuvamsa
1927	Velluva Kammaran Allenkil Sardar Sheikh Ayaz Khan	Mangalodayam, Trichur	Historical novel
1931	Bhargavaraman	Bharatha Vilasa, Trichur	Mythological stories

References

^ Amaresh Datta, ed. (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4054. ISBN 9780836422832.
^ K. M. Tharakan (1990). A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature. National Books. p. 72. The pioneers of the short-story in Malayalam were Vengayil Kunju Raman Nayanar, Oduvil Kunjukrishna Menon, C. S. Gopala Panikkar, Ambadi Narayana Poduval, Chakulath Kunjirama Menon (M. R. K. C.) and Murkoth Kumaran.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer (1953). "63.3". Kerala Sahithya Charithram (in Malayalam). University of Travancore.
^ "KUNJIRAMA MENON, CHENKULATH". Kerala Media Academy. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ K. M. George (1991). A Many Branched Tree: Perspectives of Indian Literary Tradition. Ajanta. p. 221. ISBN 9788120203341.
^ Pogula Sesha Giri Kumar (2008). Library Movement and Library Development in Kerala and Lakshadweep. B.R. Publishing Corporation. p. 377. ISBN 9788176465564.
^ Сукумар Азхикоде (1977). «Рассказ в малаялам» . Индийская литература . 20 (2). Sahitya akademi : 5–22. JSTOR 24157289 .
^ КМ Джордж (1968). Обзор малаяламской литературы . Бомбей : издательство Азии. п. 183.
^ PK Parmesurance Nair (1967). История малайской литературы . Перевод EMJ VENNIOR. Нью -Дели : Академии Академии п. 141.

Дальнейшее чтение

MRKC (1921). MRKC Yude Cherukathakal: Часть 1 (PDF) . Тричур: Мангалодейм. п. 238.
VT Induchudan (1982). «Примечание на MRKC» (PDF) . Малаялам литературный обзор . 6 (1): 30–32 . Получено 7 апреля 2024 года .

[1] Amaresh Datta, ed. (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4054. ISBN 9780836422832.

[2] K. M. Tharakan (1990). A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature. National Books. p. 72. The pioneers of the short-story in Malayalam were Vengayil Kunju Raman Nayanar, Oduvil Kunjukrishna Menon, C. S. Gopala Panikkar, Ambadi Narayana Poduval, Chakulath Kunjirama Menon (M. R. K. C.) and Murkoth Kumaran.

[Ulloor-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer (1953). "63.3". Kerala Sahithya Charithram (in Malayalam). University of Travancore.

[Bio1-4] "KUNJIRAMA MENON, CHENKULATH". Kerala Media Academy. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[5] K. M. George (1991). A Many Branched Tree: Perspectives of Indian Literary Tradition. Ajanta. p. 221. ISBN 9788120203341.

[6] Pogula Sesha Giri Kumar (2008). Library Movement and Library Development in Kerala and Lakshadweep. B.R. Publishing Corporation. p. 377. ISBN 9788176465564.

[7] Сукумар Азхикоде (1977). «Рассказ в малаялам» . Индийская литература . 20 (2). Sahitya akademi : 5–22. JSTOR 24157289 .

[8] КМ Джордж (1968). Обзор малаяламской литературы . Бомбей : издательство Азии. п. 183.

[9] PK Parmesurance Nair (1967). История малайской литературы . Перевод EMJ VENNIOR. Нью -Дели : Академии Академии п. 141.

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