# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kottarathil-sankunni
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:09:22.091Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kottarathil-sankunni"
name: "Kottarathil Sankunni"
slug: "kottarathil-sankunni"
description: "Kottarathil Sankunni was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. Best known as the author of Aithihyamala, an eight-volume compilation of century-old legends about Kerala, Sankunni's writings cover prose and poetry, including verses for Kathakali and Ottan Thullal. He was one of the founding members of Bhashaposhini Sabha founded by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai and was also involved with Bharata Vilasam Sabha, another literary initiative. He died on July 22, 1937."
tagline: "Indian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kottarathil_sankunni.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1855-03-23"
deathDate: "1937-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.213716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "كوتاراثيل سانكونى"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump