Courteous greetings on the occasion of 104th birth anniversary of progressive writer of Malayalam literature Late Parutholli Chalappurathu Kuttikrishnan, popularly known as Uroob (which means eternal youth in Persian language and dawn in Arabic)
His first short story anthology, Neerchalukal was published in 1945 and three years later, Amina, his first novel was published. His body of work included 8 novels, 27 short story anthologies, three plays, 3 poetry anthologies and three essay compilations. Ummachu published in 1954, Mindappennu, published in 1956 and Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum (The Beautiful and the Handsome) published in 1958 among novels and Gopalan Nayarude Thadi, Rachiyamma and Thurannitta Jalakam among short stories are some of his most notable works.
M. Krishnan Nair, a known Malayalam literary critic, counted Rachiyamma among the best stories of world literature. Ummachu has been translated into English under the title, The Beloved. Several of his works have strong female characters and he was known to be an advocate of gender equality.
Three of his anthologies, Ankaveeran, Mallanum Maranavum and Appuvinte Lokam are children’s literature and he is considered by many as one of the greats of that genre in Malayalam literature.
