Vallathol Narayana Menon
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Vallathol Narayana Menon popularly known as Vallathol, was one of the famous triumvirate poets of Kerala. others are Kumaran Asan and Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer. He was born in the Palakkad District of Kerala state, India. He died in March 1958.
He is the author of the famous ' Sahithya Manjari '.He got the title,'Mahakavi' for his MahaKaavyam 'Chitrayogam'. Pingala is another great poems by this poet.
He played a primary role in setting up the Kerala Kalamandalam at Cheruthuruthy, near the banks of Bharathapuzha River. Later this place was renamed Vallathol Nagar. He raised Kathakali as a great art form to the level today. He wrote dozens of kavya.
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