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Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan was an Indian writer and scholar of Malayalam literature. He was one among the principal followers of the idea of social impact on literature. Ezhuthachan supported Marxist literary criticism and interpreted Indian literary works based on Marxist aesthetics. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Keralodayam, a long narrative poem written in Sanskrit. He is the first Malayali to win Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit. He died on 28 October 1981 while delivering a lecture at Calicut University.

Early life
K. N. Ezhuthachan was born in the village Cherpulassery in Palakkad district, Kerala, as the son of eye specialist and Sanskrit scholar Kudiyirikkal Krishnan Ezhuthachan and Lakshmi amma on 21 May 1911. He studied basics of Sanskrit from father's Sanskrit school. After passing the Vidwan examination Ezhuthachan began his career as a teacher and taught at two schools. He also worked as a clerk and stenographer in Bombay for a brief period. Later, he took his master's degrees in Malayalam, Sanskrit, and English. Besides he learned languages like Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi. And Vallathol educational trust, A trust formed in 1977 in memory of Vallathol Narayana Menon.{{cite web ==Literary career==
Literary career
Dr.K. N. Ezhuthachan was the author of many books in Malayalam, including short stories, poems, and essays. His book, The history of the grammatical theories in Malayalam published in 1975, is considered to be a seminal work in the field of Malayalam grammar. Main TranslationsSaarthavahan(Translation from hindi) • VaanisamaharamKalayute saamoohyaverukal(Translation of Louis Harap's Social Roots of Arts) • Lilatilakam English translation(From Four to Eight parts, Not published) • Tolkāppiyam(Malayalam Translation) • PurananuruKuṟuntokaiNaṟṟiṇaiAasiayum paasthaathya medhavithwavum(Translation of Asia and western dominance, From English) • Manushyanum prakruthiyum(Translation of Man and Nature) • Kavithakkoru Sadhookaranam(Translation of Sir Philip Sidney's An Apology for Poetry) Other research papersKilippattu prasthanam - dheerghapadanam In the book Saahithyacharithram prasthaanangaliloodeRandu bhagavat geethakal- A comparison of Madhava panikkar's Bhagavad Gita and Pattanar's thamizh Bhagavad GitaTharoor swaroopam (Annals of Oriental research, Madras University 1954) • Ramacarita and its Metres (Annals of Oriental research, Madras University 1957) • A study of Ramayana Themes in Malayalam: Ramayana seminar, S. V. University 1965 • The morphology of Lilatilakam: Linguistic seminar, Trivandrum 1965 • The problem of meaning: International symposium, Madras 1965 • Modern trends in poetry: International symposium, Madras 1965 • Nationalistic Trends in Indian Poetry: Vallathol - Bharathi Symposium, Madras 1965 Articles which added in encyclopediaThunchaththezhutahchan (In Encyclopedia published by Government of Kerala) • The Artisan Classes of Kerala (Social history of Kerala). ==K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka puraskaram==
K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka puraskaram
K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka puraskaram is an award given by organisation Samskara pattambi in memory of K. N. Ezhuthachan. It was first given in 2014 to Sunil P. Ilayidom. Malayalam short story writer T. P. Venugopalan received K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka puraskaram in the year 2016 for his work Kunnumpuram kaarnival(A compilation of Malayalam short stories). ==References==
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