The O. V. Vijayan memorial is situated at Thasrak, the legendary village that formed the setting for the great Malayalam novelist’s magnum opus Khasakinte Ithihasam.It is a tribute to the writer who arrived at Thassarak in 1956 along with his elder sister who was a teacher there. The memorial is adminstrated by the governing body called O. V. Vijayan Smaraka Samithi nominated by the Govt. of Kerala the department of culture.
O. V. Vijayan – The legend of Kerala literature and a native of Palakkad was a writer, cartoonist and teacher. His works depicts the lives of ordinary people especially those who were living in the villages. Though he spent a major part of his life in Delhi, he endeared himself to Malayalam readers through his literary and philosophical discussions.
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