Question

Nalappat Narayana Menon has immortalised himself in Malayalam poetry by his beautiful elegy

• A. Odakuzhal
• B. Kannunirtulli
• C. Duravastha
• D. Vinapuvu

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Kannunirtulli

• Nalapat Narayana Menon (1887–1954) composed Kannunirtulli in 1924 as a poignant, deeply personal lamentation after losing his wife, Kochukutty Amma, just three days after she gave birth to their daughter.

• His masterwork introduced a new wave of romantic and introspective elegiac poetry in Malayalam.

• He is also well known for Paavangal, his iconic Malayalam translation of Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables.