Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai [കട്ടക്കയം ചെറിയാന്‍ മാപ്പിള / கட்டக்கயம் செறியான் மாப்பிள / कट्टक्कयं चेरियान् माप्पिल]

(24th February 1859 - 29th November 1936)

Poems

  1. Shreeyaeshu vijayam [ശ്രീയേശുവിജയം; The Victory of Lord Jesus; Poem narrating the complete Bible from the Genesis to the New Testament, and the history of early Christianity up to the reign of the Emperor Constantine the Great] (1911-1926)
  2. Juse bhakthan [ജൂസേഭക്തന്‍; The story of St. Joseph] (1880)
  3. Aasannamarana chinthaa shathakam [ആസന്നമരണചിന്താശതകം / The hundredfold thoughts on imminent death] (not extant) (1895)
  4. Mar Thoma Charitham [മാര്‍ തോമ്മാ ചരിതം; adapted from the `Acta Thomæ' (apocryphal)] (1908)
  5. Vanithaamani [വനിതാമണി; adapted from `Clerk's Tale' in Geoffrey Chaucer's `Canterbury Tales'] (1915)
  6. Matthoo Tharakan [മാത്തു തരകന്‍; On an incident concerning Thachil Thariath Matthoo Tharakan] (1924)
  7. Thiranjedukkapetta paathram [തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ട പാത്രം; The conversion of Saul, as narrated in the `Acts of the Apostles'] (1926)
  8. Susannah [സൂസന്ന; The tale of Susanna as narrated in the `Book of Daniel'] (1928)

Plays

  1. Yoodajeevaeshwari [യൂദജീവേശ്വരി; On Esther; with an appreciation by Kodungallur Kunjikuttan Thampuran; first biblical play in Malayalam] (1890)
  2. Villalvettam [വില്ലാള്‍വെട്ടം] (1894)
  3. Olivervijayam [ഒലിവേര്‍വിജയം; Aattakatha; adapted from a story in the Carolingian cycle] (1897)
  4. Saaraavivaaham [സാറാവിവാഹം; adapted from the `Book of Tobith'] (1902)
  5. Kalaavathi [കലാവതി; adapted from the ballad `Edwin and Angelina' by Oliver Goldsmith] (1903)
  • Ulahannan Mappillai and Cicily née Plathottathil (Bharananganam), Palai (Meenachchil)
  • m. Mariamma née Kottukapally (Palai, 1875)

  • Njavakkattu Kumpaani Madathil Kunjaniyan Karthavu
  • Kerala Varma Valiya Coil Thampuran
  • Kodungallur Kunjikuttan Thampuran
  • Kandathil Varghese Mappillai

  • Sathyanadakahalam [സത്യനാദകാഹളം / Kerala Times]
  • Malayala Manorama
  • Deepika

  • Founder and Editor, `Vijnaana rathnaakaram' [വിജ്ഞാനരത്നാകരം] (1913)

  • Mar Augustine Kandathil: Statement on the Poem `Shreeyaeshu vijayam', 19th February 1926.
  • Gold Medal from Pope Pius XI (1931)
  • Gold Medal of the All Kerala Catholic Congress

    Bibliography

    1. `Kattakayam Kruthikal', Carmel Publishing House, Trivandrum, India, 1988.
    2. D. Kuruvilla Manayani: `Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai', St. Joseph's Press, Mannanam, Travancore-Cochin, India, 1955.

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