Writing in Malayalam

M. T. Vasudevan Nair

1933–2024author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)

G. Sankara Kurup

1901–1978Malayali poet and literary critic (1901-1978)

S. K. Pottekkatt

1913–1982politician and writer (1913–1982)

Ayyappa Paniker

1930–2006poet and critic (1930-2006)

Balamani Amma

1909–2004writer and poet (1909–2004)

K. Sachhidanandan

b. 1946poet, linguist and translator

Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup

1931–2016writer (1931–2016)

Sugathakumari

1934–2020poet and activist (1934-2020)

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

1912–1999novelist and short story writer of Malayalam language (1912–1999)

Sarah Joseph

b. 1946writer

Jeet Thayil

b. 1959writer

Neela Padmanabhan

b. 1938writer

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

1926–2020writer (1926–2020)

Anand

b. 1936writer

Attoor Ravi Varma

1930–2019poet and translator

C. Radhakrishnan

b. 1939writer and film director (1939-)

Cherukat

1914–1976writer and activist

Edasseri Govindan Nair

1906–1974writer

K. G. Sankara Pillai

b. 1948poet

K. N. Ezhuthachan

1911–1981academic

K. P. Ramanunni

b. 1955Malayalam-language Indian writer

K. R. Meera

b. 1970writer

Kakkanadan

1935–2011Malayalam-language writer (1935–2011)

Kuttikrishna Marar

1900–1973writer

M. K. Sanu

1928–2025writer

M. Leelavathy

b. 1927writer and academic

N. Krishna Pillai

1916–1988writer (1916-1988)

O. V. Vijayan

1930–2005author and cartoonist (1930-2005)

Olappamanna

1923–2000poet

P. Kesavadev

1904–1983Novelist, Social Reformer (1904-1983)

P. Kunhiraman Nair

1905–1978writer (1905–1978)

Paul Zacharia

b. 1945writer

Prabha Varma

b. 1959journalist, poet and television presenter

Punathil Kunjabdulla

1940–2017writer

R. Narayanapaniker

1889–1959Malayalam Writer

S. Ramesan Nair

1948–2021Poet and lyricist

Sethu

b. 1942writer

Smita Nair Jain

b. 1969business executive

Subhash Chandran

b. 1972Malayalam writer

Sukumar Azhikode

1926–2012writer (1926-2012)

U. A. Khader

1935–2020writer

Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri

1939–2021poet (1939-2021)

Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon

1911–1985writer (1911–1985)

Jeyamohan

b. 1962author (born 1962)

V. K. N.

1932–2004writer

George Onakkoor

b. 1941writer

Kavalam Narayana Panicker

1928–2016dramatist, director and poet (1928–2016)

M.P. Veerendra Kumar

1937–2020politician and writer (1937-2020)

V. Madhusoodhanan Nair

b. 1949Malayalam writer (born 1949)

Vayalar Ramavarma

1928–1975poet and lyricist (1928–1975)

Lalithambika Antharjanam

1909–1987writer and social reformer

M. Sukumaran

1943–2018writer

P. C. Devassia

1906–2006Sanskrit scholar and writer (1906–2006)

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

1908–1994author (1908–1994)

Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup

1902–1980writer (1902-1980)

K. B. Sreedevi

1940–2024Malayalam language writer

M. P. Parameswaran

1935–2026physicist

Edwin Sam K Reju

b. 2009software developer, author, and entrepreneur; founder and CEO of CarbonIt Labs

B. Kalyani Amma

1883–1959writer

Benyamin

b. 1971writer

C. V. Balakrishnan

b. 1952writer

Khadija Mumtaz

b. 1955Malayalam language author

Kottayam Pushpanath

1938–2018Malayalam novelist

Narayan

1940–2022writer

T. D. Ramakrishnan

b. 1961novelist and translator

T. P. Rajeevan

1959–2022writer

Vallathol Narayana Menon

1878–1958poet (1878-1958)

A. Ayyappan

1949–2010poet (1949–2010)

A. C. Sreehari

1969–2026poet

Akbar Kakkattil

1954–2016writer (1954-2016)

Ambalapuzha Gopakumar

1944–2024songwriter and poet

Arya Gopi

Malayalam poet

Asha Menon

b. 1947writer

Aswathy Thirunal Gowri Lakshmi Bayi

b. 1945Indo-Anglian writer

Balachandran Chullikkadu

b. 1957Malayalam poet, actor

Bichu Thirumala

1942–2021lyricist

C S Meenakshi

b. 1962writer from Kerala, India

C. N. Sreekantan Nair

1928–1976playwright

Chandiroor Divakaran

b. 1946writer

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

1911–1948poet

Chemmanam Chacko

1926–2018writer

D. Vinayachandran

1946–2013poet

E. K. Nayanar

1918–2004politician (1918-2004)

Ezhacherry Ramachandran

b. 1943writer

G. Sankara Pillai

1930–1989playwright

George Joseph K.

b. 1955An Indian author and journalist who writes in Malayalam

Gita Krishnankutty

Malayalam-English translator

Hameed Chennamangaloor

b. 1948writer

Haritha Savithri

author

Jose Panachippuram

b. 1951writer

Joy Mathew

b. 1951actor and director

K. N. Panikkar

1936–2026historian (born 1936)

K. S. Neelakantan Unni

1895–1980writer

K. T. Muhammed

1927–2008writer (1927-2008)

Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan

1935–2008poet (1935-2008)

Kallen Pokkudan

1937–2015environmentalist

Kaviyoor Murali

1931–2001activist (1931-2001)

Kayyar Kinhanna Rai

1915–2015writer

Kesari Balakrishna Pillai

1889–1960writer (1889–1960)

Kesavan Veluthat

b. 1951historian (b. 1951)

Kunjunni Mash

1927–2006poet

Kureepuzha Sreekumar

b. 1955poet

Kurissery Gopala Pillai

1914–1978scholar in Malayalam and Sanskrit Language

Lalitha Lenin

b. 1946poet and academic

Leela Devi

1932–1998writer

Leela Nambudiripad

1934–2021writer

M. M. Basheer

b. 1940writer

M. R. Raghava Varier

b. 1936writer

M. Thomas Mathew

b. 1940academic

M. V. Devan

1928–2014artist (1928-2014)

M.R. Chandrasekh Aran

1929–2024author and critic

Madampu Kunjukuttan

1941–2021actor and writer (1941-2021)

Madhavan Ayyappath

1934–2021writer

Manu Manjith

b. 1986homeopath and Malayalam lyricist and poet

Maythil Radhakrishnan

b. 1944writer

Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

blogger

N Prabhakaran

b. 1952writer

N. K. Damodaran

1909–1996writer and translator

N. K. Desam

1936–2024literary critic

N. N. Kakkad

1927–1987poet of the Malayalam language (1927-1987)

Nalini Bekal

b. 1954Malayalam Novelist and Shortstory writer

Navin Chawla

1945–2025Retired Indian civil servant and 16th Chief Election Commissioner of India

Netha Hussain

b. 1990physician, researcher and Wikimedian

P K Chandran

b. 1952translator

P. Balachandran

1952–2021actor and director (1952-2021)

P. Bhaskaran

1924–2007film director (1924-2007)

P. K. Balakrishnan

1926–1991writer (1926–1991)

P. K. Parakkadavu

b. 1952writer

P. K. Pokker

b. 1954writer

P. K. R. Warrier

1921–2011surgeon

P. K. Rajasekharan

b. 1966writer, critic

P. P. Ramachandran

b. 1962writer

P. Surendran

b. 1961writer

P. V. Shajikumar

b. 1983Malayalam writer

P. Valsala

1938–2023writer (1938–2023)

Paipra Radhakrishnan

b. 1952writer

Palliyara Sreedharan

b. 1950writer

Perumbadavam Sreedharan

b. 1938writer

Priya A. S.

b. 1967writer

Purushan Kadalundy

b. 1947politician

Rafeeq Ahammed

b. 1961lyricist

Raja Raja Varma Koil Thampuran

writer

Rajeev Sivshankar

b. 1967writer

S. Hareesh

b. 1975writer

S. Rajasekharan

b. 1946writer

Sajitha Madathil

actress

Salil Chowdhury

1925–1995composer, poet and playwright (1925–1995)

Samuel Chandanappally

1940–2000writer, college professor and orator

Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu

b. 1963writer

Sippy Pallippuram

b. 1943Sippy Pallippuram

Sooranad Kunjan Pillai

1911–1995satyam (1911-1995)

Sreekumari Ramachandran

b. 1950writer

Sreeni Pattathanam

b. 1954writer

Susmesh Chandroth

b. 1977Malayalam-language author

T. J. S. George

1928–2025writer and biographer

Tatapuram Sukumaran

1923–1988writer (1923–1988)

Thirunalloor Karunakaran

1924–2006writer (1924-2006)

Thomas Joseph

1954–2021Malayalam writer

Thuppettan

1929–2019Malayalam-language playwright from Kerala

V. Balakrishnan

1932–2004writer (1932–2004)

V. M. Devadas

b. 1981Malayalam-language novelist

V. R. Krishna Iyer

1914–2014judge (1915–2014)

V. T. Bhattathiripad

1896–1982social critic and dramatist

Vaali

1931–2013poet, lyricist, writer and actor (1931-2013)

Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair

1920–2005writer

Vaisakhan

b. 1940India writer (born 1940)

Veerankutty

b. 1962poet

Vellayani Arjunan

1933–2023writer

Vijayalakshmi

b. 1960poet

Vinu Abraham

writer

Azhakathu Padmanabha Kurup

1869–1931

Nalapat Narayana Menon

1887–1954translator (1887-1954)

Oyyarathu Chandu Menon

1847–1899writer

Ahwan Sebastian

1935–2011Playwright and stage director