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'''Mullamangalath Raman Bhattathiripad''' (1908–2001), also known as M. R. Bhattathiripad, was an Indian social reformer, cultural leader and a [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] writer.<ref>[http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm MRB at Keralawindow] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410170031/http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm |date=10 April 2008 }}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He was born in 1908 into a [[Nambudiri]] family of [[Kerala]] with limited resources due to which he received only nominal education.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}<br />
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He joined [[Yogakshema Sabha]] and worked with [[V. T. Bhattathiripad]] and his brother [[Premji]]. He was also an active member of ''Purogamana Sahitya Prasthanam''. When widow marriage was considered a taboo in Nambuthiri community, he married Uma Antharjanam, younger sister of VT's wife Sreedevi Antharjanam, on 13 September 1934.<ref name="VT Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/VTBhattathiripad/Html/VTBgraphy.htm |title=VT Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-04-04 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-04-04}}</ref> This was the first known widow marriage in the Kerala Nambuthiri community.<ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA479|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|pages=479–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140603081526/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-06-03 |title=Archive News |date=2006-10-06|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> The ceremony, though boycotted by orthodox Nambudiris, was attended by [[Arya Pallam]] and [[M. C. Joseph]]. Bhattathiripad's younger brother Premji later followed his brother in 1943 by marrying a 27-year old widow named Arya Antharjanam.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}<br />
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When [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]] started its flagship publication, ''Keli'' in 1963, Bhattathiripad was the first editor.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}<br />
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He died on 8 October 2001, aged 93. He is survived by his three daughters. His wife predeceased him in 1996. His brother [[Premji]] also predeceased him.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}<br />
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==Works==<br />
MRB wrote 14 books.<ref name="Datta1987"/><br />
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* Ente Omana – Play – 1927<br />
* Marakkudakkullile Maha Narakam – Play – 1927<br />
* Mazhavillu – Short stories – 1931<br />
* Valkannadi – Novel – 1931<br />
* Mukhachayakal – Travalogue – 1954<br />
* Mula pottiya vithukal – Travalogue – 1956<br />
* Kinavil oru yathra – Travalogue – 1962<br />
* Kavisaparya – Travalogue – 1962<br />
* Thamarayithalukal – Travalogue – 1967<br />
* Ilakal Poovukal – Travalogue – 1969<br />
* Valapottukal – Poetic memoirs – 1968<br />
* Suvarnachaayakal<br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
He was a recipient of the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy, Thrissur|Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy]] Award,<ref>[http://www.keralasangeethanatakaakademi.com Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award]</ref> the [[Kerala Sahithya Academy]] Award (1992),<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw12.htm Kerala Sahithya Academy Award – Overall Contribution] (in Malayalam)</ref> the Basheer Puraskaram,<ref>[http://www.pravasidoha.org/basheerpuraskaram.htm Basheer Puraskaram]</ref> and the Deviprasadam Puraskaram.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[V. T. Bhattathiripad]]<br />
*[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.namboothiri.com/articles/malayalam-literature.htm Profile]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book<br />
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA479<br />
| title = Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo<br />
| author = Amaresh Datta<br />
| year = 1987<br />
| publisher = Sahitya Akademi<br />
| ISBN = 978-81-260-1803-1<br />
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