List of Malayalam-language authors by category explained

The field of Malayalam writers include the following people, from various disciplines and periods.

Art criticism

• Mani Madhava Chakyar (1899–1990)

Poetry

• Arnos Paathiri (1681–1732)^[1]
• Cherusseri Namboothiri^[2]
• Irayimman Thampi^[3]
• Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai (1859–1936)^{[4] [5]}
• Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran^[6]
• K. C. Kesava Pillai (1868–1914)
• Kunchan Nambiar (1705–1770)
• Kumaran Asan (1873–1924)
• Kutty Kunju Thankachi
• Niranam poets
• Poonthanam Namboothiri
• Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan
• Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer (1877–1949)
• Unnayi Warrier
• Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958)

Modern Romantics

• Bodheswaran
• Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911–1948)
• Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909–1936)
• M.P.Appan
• Pala Narayanan Nair
• Pallathu Raman (1892-1950)
• P. Kunhiraman Nair (1906–1978)
• Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup

Other modern poets

• Akkitham
• Attoor Ravi Varma
• A. Ayyappan
• Ayyappa Panicker
• Balachandran Chullikkadu
• Chandiroor Divakaran
• Edasseri
• G. Shankara Kurup (1900–1978)
• Kadammanitta
• Kadathanat Madhavi Amma
• Kureepuzha Sreekumar
• Lalitha Lenin
• V Madhusoodanan Nair
• M. Govindan
• Mary John Thottam
• Nellikkal Muraleedharan
• N. V. Krishna Warrier
• Olappamanna
• O. N. V. Kurup
• Punaloor Balan
• Satchidanandan
• Sugathakumari
• Thirunalloor Karunakaran
• Vayalar Ramavarma
• Vinayachandran
• Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
• Vyloppilli (1911–1985)

Post-modern poets

• Anvar Ali
• A. Ayyappan
• A. C. Sreehari
• Kalpatta Narayanan
• Kureepuzha Sreekumar
• Kavitha Balakrishnan
• Manoj Kuroor
• Mohanakrishnan Kaladi
• M.S. Banesh
• Rafeeq Ahamed
• Rajesh Chithira
• P. P. Ramachandran
• T. P. Rajeevan
• Sathish Kalathil
• Satyan Madakkara
• S. Joseph
• Syam Sudhakar
• T. P. Rajeevan
• V. M. Girija
• Veerankutty

Fiction

Early period

• Ambadi Narayana Poduval (1871–1936)
• Appu Nedungadi (1863–1933)
• C. Kunhirama Menon (M. R. K. C.) (1882–1939)
• C. S. Gopala Panicker (1872–1940)
• C. V. Raman Pillai (1858–1922)
• Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941)
• O. Chandhu Menon (1847–1900)
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1860–1914)

Modern

• Anand
• Ashitha
• Basheer (1908–1994)
• Benyamin
• Chandramathi
• C. Radhakrishnan
• C. V. Kunhiraman
• E. Harikumar
• Geetha Hiranyan
• George Onakkur
• Hassan Thikkodi
• Joy J. Kaimaparamban
• Kakkanadan (1935–2011)
• Karur (1898–1974)
• Kovilan
• K. Saraswathi Amma (1919–1974)
• K. Surendran
• Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909–1987)
• Madhavikkutti (Kamala Das)
• Malayatoor Ramakrishnan (1927–1997)
• M. Mukundan
• M. P. Narayana Pillai
• M. T. Vasudevan Nair
• Nandanar
• N. S. Madhavan
• N. P. Mohammed
• O. V. Vijayan (1930–2005)
• P. Padmarajan (1945–1991)
• Parappurath (K.E. Mathai)
• Pattathuvila
• P. F. Mathews
• P. K. Balakrishnan (1926–1991)
• Ponjikkara Rafi
• Ponkunnam Varkey (1908–2004)
• Kesava Dev (1904–1983)
• P. M. Taj (1956–1990)
• P. R. Shyamala
• Priya A. S.
• Sachidanandan
• Sajil Sreedhar
• Shahina EK
  • S. K. Pottekkatt (1913–1982)
• Subhash Chandran
• T. D. Ramakrishnan
• Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1914–1999)
• T. Padmanabhan
• T. V. Kochubava
• Uroob (1915–1979)
• Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair
• V. J. James
• V. K. N. (1932–2004)
• V. P. Sivakumar
• Zacharia

Post-modern fiction

• Anoop Sasikumar
• G. R. Indugopan
• Pradeep
• S. Hareesh
• Socrates K. Valath

Playwrights

• C. J. Thomas
• C. L. Jose
• C. N. Sreekantan Nair
• G. Sankara Pillai
• Kainikkara Kumara Pillai
• Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai
• S. L. Puram Sadanandan
• Thikkodiyan
• Thoppil Bhasi
• T. N. Gopinathan Nair

Children's literature

• P. Narendranath
• Shebaly
• Sippy Pallippuram
• Sumangala

Essayists

• Annie Thayyil
• C. N. Ahmad Moulavi
• K. M. George
• Puthezhath Raman Menon
• R. Narayana Panickar
• Sanjayan
• S. Guptan Nair
• Sabeena Rafi
• Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
• Sukumar Azhikode
• T. M. Chummar
• V. V. K. Valath

Literary criticism

• K.Damodaran (1912–1976)
• Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960)
• K. M. Daniel (1920–1988)
• K. P. Appan (1936–2008)
• Kuttikrishna Marar (1900–1973)
• Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai
• M. Achuthan (1930–2017)
• M. Krishnan Nair
• M. K. Sanu
• M. Leelavathy
• M. N. Vijayan (1930–2007)
• M. P. Paul (1904–1952)
• M.R. Chandrasekharan
• Mundasseri (1901–1977)
• Narendra Prasad (1946–2003)
• P. K. Narayana Pillai
• S. Guptan Nair (1919–2006)
• S. Rajasekharan
• Sukumar Azhikode (1926–2012)
• V. C. Sreejan
• P. K. Rajasekharan

Film criticism

• C. S. Venkiteswaran
• Kozhikodan
• Vijayakrishnan

Translation

• Leela Devi
• M. K. Kumaran
• M. N. Sathyaardhi
• Nileena Abraham
• N. K. Damodaran
• V. Unnikrishnan Nair

Others

• Hermann Gundert
• Jyesthadevan
• Kottarathil Sankunni
• Krishna Chaithanya

See also

• Malayalam literature

Notes and References

1. News: 2010-03-17. Arnos Padre commemoration. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-10-17. 0971-751X.
2. Web site: 2010-11-07. Story behind 'Krishnagatha' Kerala Study Centre. 2020-10-17. Story behind 'Krishnagatha' Kerala Study Centre.
3. Web site: Irayimman Thampi. 2020-10-17. www.carnatica.net.
4. Web site: Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai - Veethi profile.
5. Web site: Statement on Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603155544/http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/kattakayam.pdf. 3 June 2012.
6. Book: Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran - Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, ' 'Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology' ', pp 231, 236 published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved 10 January 2009. 9788172013240. George. K. M.. 1992.