Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "C. S. Gopala Panicker" in English language version.
The pioneers of the short-story in Malayalam were Vengayil Kunju Raman Nayanar, Oduvil Kunjukrishna Menon, C. S. Gopala Panikkar, Ambadi Narayana Poduval, Chakulath Kunjirama Menon (M. R. K. C.) and Murkoth Kumaran.
The pioneers who gave the short story in Malayalam a local habitation and a name - Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Murkkoth Kumaran, C. S. Gopala Panicker, Oduvil Kunhikrishna Menon, et al - were drawn to the world of stories through the creations of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe...
Of the few who followed suit the names of Oduvil Kunhikrishna Menon ( 1869-1919 ), Ambadi Narayana Poduval ( 1871- 1936 ), C.S. Gopala Panicker ( 1872-1930 ), Malabar K. Sukumaran ( 1876-1956 ), Murkoth Kumaran ( 1877-1941 )...