Thursday, December 25, 2014
Oyyarathu Chandu Menon (O. Chandu Menon)
Rao Bahadur Oyyarathu Chandu Menon (also known as O. Chandu Menon) (1847–99) was a Malayalam language novelist from Kerala state, India.
Chandu Menon was born on 9 January 1847 in Kelaloor near Pinarayi in the present day Kannur District.Chandu Menon got his first lessons from Koran Gurukkal, one of his neighbors. He learnt Sanskrit poetry, drama and grammar from Pandit Kunjanbu Nambiar. About the same time, he received English lessons from a local school and later from K. Kunjan Menon. He had higher school education in the Basel Mission Parsi Memorial School in Thalassery. While studying there he is reported to have qualified for the uncovenanted Civil Service by securing a high rank in the test for that Service. In 1864 his mother died when he was in the matriculation class and he was forced to abandon studies.[1] Chandu Menon got married to Lakshmikutty Amma in 1872. The couple had six children.
Rao Bahadur Oyyarathu Chandu Menon (also known as O. Chandu Menon) (1847–99) was a Malayalam language novelist from Kerala state, India.
Chandu Menon was born on 9 January 1847 in Kelaloor near Pinarayi in the present day Kannur District.Chandu Menon got his first lessons from Koran Gurukkal, one of his neighbors. He learnt Sanskrit poetry, drama and grammar from Pandit Kunjanbu Nambiar. About the same time, he received English lessons from a local school and later from K. Kunjan Menon. He had higher school education in the Basel Mission Parsi Memorial School in Thalassery. While studying there he is reported to have qualified for the uncovenanted Civil Service by securing a high rank in the test for that Service. In 1864 his mother died when he was in the matriculation class and he was forced to abandon studies.[1] Chandu Menon got married to Lakshmikutty Amma in 1872. The couple had six children.
