Malayalam language poet and historian Late Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer. Ulloor was born on 6th June 1877 at Thamarassery Illam in Perunna, Changanassery in the south Indian state of Kerala to Subramania Iyer and Bhagavathi Ammal. He was one of the modern triumvirate poets of Kerala in the first half of the 20th century, along with Kumaran Asan and Vallathol Narayana Menon. Umakeralam, a mahakavya, and Kerala Sahitya Charithram, a comprehensive history of Malayalam language, are two of his works.
Unlike the other two members of the modern triumvirates, Kumaran Asan and Vallathol Narayana Menon, who were romanticists, Ulloor was known to be a classicist and his works were marked by Sanskrit words, mythological references, satirical undertones and scholarship.
The most noted of his historical works was Kerala Sahitya Charithram, which narrates the history of Malayalam language, culture, and literature and the book was published by the University of Kerala after the writer’s death in 1949. He did research on ancient literature and palm leaf manuscripts and was successful in discovering works such as Rama Charitham poem and Doothavakyam prose. Besides, he wrote a play, Amba and such other works in prose as Bhashachampukkal, a study on Champu literature and Vidnyana Vijnana Deepika, a compilation of essays in four volumes. He also wrote poems for children and the popular song, Kakke, Kakke, Koodevide is one among them. On his birth anniversary Sahityakalp pays rich tributes to the Legendary poet for his great work in the Malayalam Literature.
