Murkoth Kumaran

Sri.Murkoth Kumaran is one of the best short story writers in Malayalam literature.He was born in 1874 at Thalasserry. He obtained B.A.Degree from Madras Christian College and thereafter he has undergone training for teacher education from Sydapetu College. Then he joined as a teacher in 1890 at St.Joseph's Boys High School, Calicut and worked as the first assistant in St Joseph's Middle School, Thalasserry. After his meritorious service he has retired from his career as a teacher in 1930.Eventhough he was a writer he used to find time to serve the people by interfering in social problems.He served as Thalasserry Municipal councellor for 18 years aswell as the member of malabar district education coucil for 9 years.His major works such as Gadhyamanjari 1 part ,Vasumathi etc are praiseworthy.He died on June 25th 1941.

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Article collected from St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School website.