MALAYALAM LITERARY CRITIC K.P APPAN PASSED AWAY

Malayalam Literary Critic K.P Appan passed away on 15 th December 2008. He was 72. He is survived by wife Omana, and sons, Rajith and sreejith. Political Kerala paid rich tributes to Litterateur K.P Appan drscribing him as wonderful human being and teacher who had blazed a unique and note worthy trail in the field of Literary Criticism in Malayalam. Prof Appan's death, kerala lost one of its finest Literary critics, cultural thinker and teacher.
A.P. Appan ( Karthikayil Padmanabhan Appan) was born to poonthopil in Alappuzha on August 25, 1936. He had his schooling at sanadana dharma Vidyalaya there graduation at S.D College , Alappuzha. He took his post-graduation from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam.
Prof Appan began his career as a high school teacher and then joind Union Christian College, Aluva, as a lecturer in Malayalam. Later he joined S. N College Cherthala, and then got tranferred to S.N College, Kollam. in 1972. He retired from there in 1992.
Prof Appan is seen as a man who gave a new dimension to malayalam Literary criticism. He had written over 20 books and most of them had turned out to be subjects of interesting debate. He is widely seen as the one who launched the trend of new criticism in malayalam Literature.. He introduced Modern European and Eastern Literary visions in Malayalam Literary criticism. Appan's book Charithrathe Agadhamakkiya Guru as a work on aspects of Sree Narayana Guru's life that has not received adequate attention. In this book Prof Appan attibutes the Guru's silence on the Gita to the profound influence of saivite thought" Appan makes a bold attempt through the book to rescue the Guru from the clutches of those who are using him for narrow ends." Prof Appan rejected the kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. He was a rare Literary Personality in Malayalam Literature with no political leanings.
Prof Appan had provided great insights in to christian philosophy through his works " Bible Velichathinte Kavacham" and Madhuram Ninte Jeevitham. Prof Appan's death was a major loss for Malayalam Literature and Literary criticism.
Prof John Kurakar