Hailed as the torch-bearer of modern Malayalam literature, M.P. PAUL (1904-52) was a master of prose. Thought, word and deed united in him into a harmonious whole, rendering his personality and writing a perennial source of inspiration for generations of writers. Paul established that a living literature was never trapped in its past, that it broke new ground and progressed to new frontiers and expanding horizons.
In the words of N. Krishna Pillai "Paul had the critical faculty to discern the subtle poetic principles lying hidden underneath a chaos of technical nomenclatures associated with a multiplicity of literary theories, a sensibility skilful at poetic appreciation gained through constant acquaintance with world's masterpieces, a spirit of freedom that militated against the tyranny of custom and tradition, and a style free from bombast, restrained, grave and powerful."
K.M. THARAKAN (b. 1930) is a distinguished writer and won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for literary criticism in 1975. Author of several books both in English and Malayalam, Tharakan is the editor of the Malayala Manorama Weekly and Bhashaposhini.
Widely travelled both in India and abroad, Tharakan has been associated with many literary and academic bodies, includ- ing the Kerala Sahitya Akademi as its Vice-President.
Tharakan presents this monograph on Paul mainly for the non-Malayalam readers.
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