# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thunchaththu-ezhuthachan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:37:02.138Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thunchaththu-ezhuthachan"
name: "Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan"
slug: "thunchaththu-ezhuthachan"
description: "Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist. He was one of the prāchīna kavithrayam of Malayalam literature, the other two being Kunchan Nambiar and Cherusseri. He has been called the \"Father of Modern Malayalam Literature\", and the \"Primal Poet in Malayalam\". He was one of the pioneers of a major shift in Kerala's literary culture. His work is published and read far more than that of any of his contemporaries or predecessors in Kerala."
tagline: "Malayalam devotional poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thunchaththu_Ramanujan_Ezhuthachan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1495"
deathDate: "1575"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump