Poompatta
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FrequencyBiweekly
Founded1964
CountryIndia
Based inKerala
LanguageMalayalam

Poompatta (Malayalam: പൂമ്പാറ്റ; transl. Butterfly) was a Malayalam comic magazine started publishing in 1964.[1] It was initially owned by P. A. Warrier and later by Sithara Publications and from 1978 by Pai and Pai Company (PAICO).[2][3] Poompatta under PAICO was the first Malayalam children's publisher to syndicate comics produced by India Book House (Amar Chitra Katha) and publish Amar Chitra Katha in Malayalam.[4]

Poompatta under PAICO is considered as "one of the pioneering children’s magazines in Malayalam".[4][5] Before the rise of the Balarama magazine in the mid-1980s, it was the market leader and trendsetter among the Malayalam comic magazines.[2] Prominent Malayalam children's authors such as N. M. Mohan (1978–82) and R. Gopalakrishnan (1982–1986) served as editors of the magazine in the 1980s (under publisher S. V. Pai).[2][3]

The magazine was later published by Manorajyam Group and also from Thrissur by Sooryaprabha Publications.

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References

  1. ^ The Indian P.E.N. Vol. 33. 1967. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Gopalakrishnan, R. (2021). "When Our Hearts Leapt Up" (PDF). Kerala Calling. Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala. 42: 41.
  3. ^ a b Datta, Amaresh, ed. (2003) [1987]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Vol. I. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 701. ISBN 9788126018031.
  4. ^ a b Gopalakrishnan, R. (2021). "When Our Hearts Leapt Up" (PDF). Kerala Calling. Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala. 42: 40.
  5. ^ "Journalist N. M. Mohan Dead". The Hindu. Kottayam. 13 December 2012.


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