Muttathu Varkey
| Muttathu Varkey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 April 1913 | 
| Died | 28 May 1989 (aged 76) | 
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, poet | 
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Muttathu Varkey (28 April 1913 – 28 May 1989) was an Indian novelist, short story writer, and poet of Malayalam. He was best known for a genre of sentiment-filled romantic fiction known as painkili (janapriya) novel in Malayalam literature, named after his famous novel Paadatha Painkili.