Moorkoth Kumaran was a teacher and a prominent short story writer in Malayalam.

Kumaran came from a respected Ezhava

Ezhava

The Ezhavas are a community with origins in the region presently known as Kerala. They are also known as Ilhava, Irava, Izhava and Erava in the south of the region; as Chovas, Chokons and Chogons in Central Travancore; and as Tiyyas, Thiyas and Theeyas in Malabar...

 family of Kannur. He was a disciple of Narayana Guru

Narayana Guru

Sri Nārāyana Guru , also known as Sree Nārāyana Guru Swami, was a Hindu saint, sadhuand social reformer of India. The Guru was born into an Ezhava family, in an era when people from backward communities like the Ezhavas faced much social injustices in the caste-ridden Kerala society...

 and wrote the first biography

Biography

A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...

 of Guru. This biography contains the essence of Guru's message. He has initiated to install first statue of Narayana Guru in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 when he was alive.

See also

• Bhashaposhini
  Bhashaposhini
  Bhashaposhini is an Indian monthly magazine. It is one of the oldest Malayalam literary review magazines.Bhashaposhini was first published in 1892. After a long break, this publication has been revived by the Malayala Manorama group of Publications...
  
  , a Malayala Manorama
  Malayala Manorama
  Malayala Manorama is a daily news paper, in Malayalam language, published in the state of Kerala, India. It was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 16 million . The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer"...
  
   publication
• Mathrubhumi
  Mathrubhumi
  Mathrubhumi is a Malayalam language newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. Mathrubhumi was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British.-History:...
  
  , a Malayalam daily newspaper
• Moorkoth Ramunni
  Moorkoth Ramunni
  Moorkoth Ramunni is the elder son of Moorkoth Kumaran and was also a follower of Sree Narayana Guru like his father. He hailed from respected Thiyya family from Kannur. He was also a good cricketer and a hockey player. He was against the castism that existed in the Kerala society at that time...
  
  , his son
• Moorkoth Kunhappa
  Moorkoth Kunhappa
  Murkoth Kunhappa, bureaucrat-turned-journalist, born on May 14, 1905 as youngest son of Moorkoth Kumaran. Kunhappa's was a dominant presence in the State's cultural scene when he served Malayala Manorama, a leading malayalam daily, from 1966 until his demise in 1993. He had been an Associate...
  
  , his son