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O. N. V. Kurup
Born	Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (1931-05-27)27 May 1931 Chavara, Quilon, Travancore
Died	13 February 2016(2016-02-13) (aged 84) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Education	Master's
Alma mater	Government Higher Secondary School, Chavara University of Travancore, Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation(s)	Poet, lyricist, professor
Notable work	Agni Shalabhangal, Aksharam, Uppu, Bhoomikkoru Charamageetham, Ujjayini, Swayamvaram
Title	Professor Doctor (2007)
Spouse	Sarojini
Children	Rajeevan, Mayadevi
Parent(s)	O. N. Krishna Kurup K. Lakshmikutty Amma
Awards	Jnanpith Award Padma Shri Padma Vibhushan

Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (known as O. N. V. Kurup; 27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016) was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He received the awards Padma Shri in 1998 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011, the fourth and second highest civilian honours from the Government of India. In 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by University of Kerala, Trivandrum. O. N. V. was known for his leftist leaning. He was a leader of All India Students Federation (AISF). He died on 13 February 2016 at KIMS hospital in Thiruvananthapuram due to age-related illnesses, aged 84.

Biography

O.N.V Kurup was born to O. N. Krishna Kurup and K. Lakshmikutty Amma, on 27 May 1931 at Chavara, Kollam (Quilon) in Kerala. He lost his father when he was eight. His childhood days were spent in Chavara, where he attended the government school. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics from SN College, Kollam, he moved to Thiruvananthapuram city where he joined Travancore University (now Kerala University) and pursued Master of Arts in Malayalam literature.

O.N.V. was a lecturer at Maharajas College – Ernakulam, University College – Thiruvananthapuram, Arts and Science College – Kozhikode, and Brennen College – Thalassery. He joined Government Women's College – Thiruvananthapuram as the Head of Malayalam Department. He was also a visiting professor at Calicut University. He retired from service in 1986.

He received the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, for the year 2007. He was the fifth Jnanpith laureate from Kerala and the second Malayalam poet to win the award. According to a statement by Bharatiya Jnanpith, the trust which presents the award, Kurup began his career as a "progressive writer and matured into a humanist though he never gave up his commitment to socialist ideology".

He was settled at Vazhuthacaud in Thiruvananthapuram, with his wife Sarojini, who was also his student in his early days. ONV Kurup died on 13 February 2016, due to age-related ailments at KIMS Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. He was 84. He was cremated with full state honours at Thycaud Santhikavadam crematorium, which was named for him. At the time of his cremation, 84 singers representing the 84 years of his life, led by K. J. Yesudas, paid homage to him by singing his poems and songs. He is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Poetry

O. N. V.'s first published poem was 'Munnottu' (Forward) which appeared in a local weekly in 1946. His first poetry collection, Porutunna Soundaryam, came out in 1949. He published a book named Daahikunna Paanapaathram (The Thirsty Chalice) which was a collection of his early poems during 1946–1956.

Poetic works

*Collection of 1500 songs. **Poems for children

Prose list

Lyricist

In addition to the valuable contributions, he had given to the Malayalam literature, he was one of the leading lyricists in Malayalam film/drama/album industry. He was the part of many dramas by Kerala People's Arts Club (KPAC) which has a major remark in the revolutionary movements of Kerala. Kalam Marunnu (1956) was his first film which was also the first film by the famous Malayalam composer G. Devarajan. Since then, he has been active in film until his death and was honored with one national award and fourteen state awards (the most by a Malayalee). He has penned about 1000 songs in about 232 films and numerous songs for plays and albums. His partnerships with Salil Chowdhury and M. B. Sreenivasan were so popular in Malayalam film industry. He has made many hit songs with popular music directors, including G. Devarajan, Raveendran, V. Dakshinamoorthy, M. S. Baburaj, M. K. Arjunan, K. Raghavan, Ilaiyaraaja, Shyam, Johnson, Bombay Ravi, Mohan Sithara, M. G. Radhakrishnan, S. P. Venkatesh, Ouseppachan, Vidyadharan and M. Jayachandran.

Awards

Civilian honours

• 2011 – Padma Vibhushan
• 2007 – Honorary Doctorate (honoris causa) by University of Kerala
• 1998 – Padma Shri

Literary awards

O. N. V. has won numerous awards for his literary works.

• 2015 – Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Award
• 2015 – Medal of Pushkin (Медаль Пушкина)
• 2013 – P. Kesavadev Literary Award
• 2011 – Kamala Surayya Award for Dinantham
• 2011 – Thoppil Bhasi Award
• 2010 – COSINE Award
• 2009 – Ramashramam Trust Award
• 2007 – Ezhuthachan Award
• 2007 – Jnanpith Award for his overall contributions to Malayalam literature (Announced on 24 September 2010)
• 2006 – Vallathol Award
• 2003 – Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam Sahitya Award
• 2002 – P. Kunhiraman Nair Award for Ee Purathana Kinnaram
• 2002 – Deviprasadam Trust Award
• 1993 – Aasan Prize
• 1990 – Odakkuzhal Award for Mrigaya
• 1982 – Vayalar Award for Uppu *1979-Pandalam Keralavarma Janmasathabdi Smaraka Award (Poetry)
• 1981 – Soviet Land Nehru Award for Uppu<
• 1975 – Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (Malayalam) for Aksharam
• 1971 – Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Poetry) for Agni Salabhangal

Film awards

National Film Awards

• 1989 - Best Lyricist – Vaishali

Kerala State Film Awards

ONV won the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Lyricist fourteen times:

• 2016 – Best Lyricist (Film – Kambhoji)
• 2008 – Best Lyricist (Film – Gulmohar)
• 1990 – Best Lyricist (Film – Radha Madhavam)
• 1989 – Best Lyricist (Film – Oru Sayahnathinte Swapnathil, Purappadu)
• 1988 – Best Lyricist (Film – Vaishali)
• 1987 – Best Lyricist (Film – Manivathoorile Ayiram Sivarathrikal)
• 1986 – Best Lyricist (Film – Nakhakshathangal)
• 1984 – Best Lyricist (Film – Aksharangal, Ethiripoove Chuvannapoove)
• 1983 – Best Lyricist (Film – Adaminte Variyellu)
• 1980 – Best Lyricist (Film – Yagam, Ammayum Makkalum)
• 1979 – Best Lyricist (Film – Ulkkadal)
• 1977 – Best Lyricist (Film – Madanolsavam)
• 1976 – Best Lyricist (Film – Survey Kallu)
• 1973 – Best Lyricist (Film – Swapnam)

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

ONV won the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for the Best Lyricist seven times:

• 1982 – Best Lyricist – Chillu, Olangal
• 1983 – Best Lyricist – Koodevide, Parasparam
• 1984 – Best Lyricist – Aalkkoottathil Thaniye
• 1986 – Best Lyricist – Nakhakshathangal, Panchagni
• 1987 – Best Lyricist – Manivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal
• 2001 – Best Lyricist – Meghamalhar, Pularvettam
• 2008 – Best Lyricist – Gulmohar, Thalappavu

Filmfare Awards

• 2009 – Best Lyricist Award – Pazhassi Raja
• 2011 – Best Lyricist Award – Paattil Ee Pattil – (Pranayam)

Asianet Film Awards

• 2001 – Best Lyricist Award – Meghamalhar
• 2002 – Best Lyricist Award – Ente Hridayatinte Udama

See also

• O. N. V. Literary Award

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External links

• O.N.V Kurip Verse List-Tribute
• O. N. V. – Master of verse
• Swaralaya to honour O. N. V.
• Official Website of Information and Public Relation Department of Kerala

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Narayana Reddy (1988) Qurratulain Hyder (1989) Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (1990) Subhas Mukhopadhyay (1991) Naresh Mehta (1992) Sitakant Mahapatra (1993) U. R. Ananthamurthy (1994) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1995) Mahasweta Devi (1996) Ali Sardar Jafri (1997) Girish Karnad (1998) Gurdial Singh and Nirmal Verma (1999) Mamoni Raisom Goswami (2000) 2001–present Rajendra Shah (2001) Jayakanthan (2002) Vinda Karandikar (2003) Rehman Rahi (2004) Kunwar Narayan (2005) Ravindra Kelekar and Satya Vrat Shastri (2006) O. N. V. Kurup (2007) Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (2008) Amarkant and Shrilal Shukla (2009) Chandrashekhara Kambara (2010) Pratibha Ray (2011) Ravuri Bharadhwaja (2012) Kedarnath Singh (2013) Bhalchandra Nemade (2014) Raghuveer Chaudhari (2015) Shankha Ghosh (2016) Krishna Sobti (2017) Amitav Ghosh (2018) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (2019) Nilmani Phookan (2021) Damodar Mauzo (2022) Rambhadracharya and Gulzar (2023) v t e Recipients of Padma Vibhushan Arts Ebrahim Alkazi Kishori Amonkar Prabha Atre Amitabh Bachchan Teejan Bai M. Balamuralikrishna T. Balasaraswati S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Asha Bhosle Nandalal Bose Hariprasad Chaurasia Chiranjeevi Girija Devi Kumar Gandharva Adoor Gopalakrishnan Satish Gujral Gangubai Hangal Bhupen Hazarika M. F. Husain Zakir Hussain Ilaiyaraaja Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer Bhimsen Joshi Ali Akbar Khan Amjad Ali Khan Allauddin Khan Bismillah Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan Yamini Krishnamurthy Dilip Kumar R. K. 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Kurup Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Sitakant Mahapatra John Mathai Kotha Satchidananda Murthy Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri Bal Ram Nanda R. K. Narayan P. Parameswaran Amrita Pritam K. N. Raj C. Rangarajan Raja Rao Ramoji Rao Hormasji Maneckji Seervai Rajaram Shastri Kalu Lal Shrimali Govindbhai Shroff Khushwant Singh Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey Mahadevi Varma Bashir Hussain Zaidi Medicine Jasbir Singh Bajaj B. K. Goyal Purshotam Lal A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar S. I. Padmavati Autar Singh Paintal Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Balu Sankaran V. Shanta Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar Prakash Narain Tandon Brihaspati Dev Triguna M. S. Valiathan Dilip Mahalanabis Other Sunderlal Bahuguna B. K. S. Iyengar Rambhadracharya Ravi Shankar Vishwesha Teertha Jaggi Vasudev B. V. Doshi Public affairs L. K. Advani Montek Singh Ahluwalia Aruna Asaf Ali Fazal Ali Adarsh Sein Anand Madhav Shrihari Aney Parkash Singh Badal Sikander Bakht Milon K. 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Srinivasa Varadhan Social work Baba Amte Pandurang Shastri Athavale Janaki Devi Bajaj Mirabehn Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Durgabai Deshmukh Nanaji Deshmukh Nirmala Deshpande Mohan Dharia U. N. Dhebar Valerian Gracias Veerendra Heggade Mary Clubwala Jadhav Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta Usha Mehta Sister Nirmala Nellie Sengupta Sports Viswanathan Anand Edmund Hillary Mary Kom Sachin Tendulkar Trade and industry Dhirubhai Ambani Ghanshyam Das Birla Ashok Sekhar Ganguly Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan Lakshmi Mittal Anil Manibhai Naik N. R. Narayana Murthy M. Narasimham Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi Azim Premji Prathap C. Reddy J. R. D. Tata Ratan Tata Portal Category WikiProject v t e Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam 1955–1975 R. Narayana Panickar (1955) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1957) K. P. Kesava Menon (1958) Uroob (1960) G. Sankara Kurup (1963) P. Kesavadev (1964) Balamani Amma (1965) Kuttikrishna Marar (1966) P. Kunhiraman Nair (1967) Edasseri Govindan Nair (1969) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1970) Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1971) S. K. Pottekkatt (1972) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (1973) Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1974) O. N. V. Kurup (1975) 1976–2000 Cherukad (1976) Lalithambika Antharjanam (1977) Sugathakumari (1978) N. V. Krishna Warrier (1979) Punathil Kunjabdulla (1980) Vilasini (1981) V. K. N. (1982) S. Guptan Nair (1983) Ayyappa Paniker (1984) Sukumar Azhikode (1985) M. Leelavathy (1986) N. Krishna Pillai (1987) C. Radhakrishnan (1988) Olappamanna (1989) O. V. Vijayan (1990) M. P. Sankunni Nair (1991) M. Mukundan (1992) N. P. Mohammed (1993) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (1994) Thikkodiyan (1995) T. Padmanabhan (1996) Anand (1997) Kovilan (1998) C. V. Sreeraman (1999) R. Ramachandran (2000) 2001–present Attoor Ravi Varma (2001) K. G. Sankara Pillai (2002) Sara Joseph (2003) Zacharia (2004) Kakkanadan (2005) M. Sukumaran (2006) Sethu (2007) K. P. Appan (2008) U. A. Khader (2009) M. P. Veerendra Kumar (2010) M. K. Sanu (2011) K. Satchidanandan (2012) M. N. Paloor (2013) Subhash Chandran (2014) K. R. Meera (2015) Prabha Varma (2016) K. P. Ramanunni (2017) S. Ramesan Nair (2018) V. Madhusoodanan Nair (2019) Omchery N. N. Pillai (2020) George Onakkoor (2021) M. Thomas Mathew (2022) E. V. Ramakrishnan (2023) v t e Recipients of Ezhuthachan Puraskaram Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1993) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1994) Balamani Amma (1995) K. M. George (1996) Ponkunnam Varkey (1997) M. P. Appan (1998) K. P. Narayana Pisharody (1999) Pala Narayanan Nair (2000) O. V. Vijayan (2001) Kamala Surayya (2002) T. Padmanabhan (2003) Sukumar Azhikode (2004) S. Guptan Nair (2005) Kovilan (2006) O. N. V. Kurup (2007) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (2008) Sugathakumari (2009) M. Leelavathy (2010) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (2011) Attoor Ravi Varma (2012) M. K. Sanu (2013) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (2014) Puthussery Ramachandran (2015) C. Radhakrishnan (2016) Satchidanandan (2017) M. Mukundan (2018) Anand (2019) Zacharia (2020) P. Vatsala (2021) Sethu (2022) S. K. Vasanthan (2023) v t e National Film Award for Best Lyrics 1968–1980 Kannadasan (1968) Kaifi Azmi (1969)  – (1970)  – (1971) Vayalar Ramavarma (1972)  – (1973) Sri Sri (1974)  – (1975)  – (1976)  – (1977)  – (1978)  – (1979)  – (1980) 1981–2000  – (1981)  – (1982)  – (1983) Vasant Dev (1984) Vairamuthu (1985)  – (1986) Gulzar (1987) O. N. V. Kurup (1988) Satarupa Sanyal (1989) Gulzar (1990) K. S. Narasimhaswamy (1991) Vairamuthu (1992) Veturi (1993) Vairamuthu (1994) Amit Khanna (1995) Javed Akhtar (1996) Javed Akhtar (1997) Javed Akhtar (1998) Vairamuthu (1999) Yusufali Kechery and Javed Akhtar (2000) 2001–2020 Javed Akhtar (2001) Vairamuthu (2002) Suddala Ashok Teja (2003) Pa. Vijay (2004) Baraguru Ramachandrappa (2005) Swanand Kirkire (2006) Prasoon Joshi (2007) Anindya Chatterjee and Chandril Bhattacharya (2008) Swanand Kirkire (2009) Vairamuthu (2010) Amitabh Bhattacharya (2011) Prasoon Joshi (2012) Na. Muthukumar (2013) Na. Muthukumar (2014) Varun Grover (2015) Vairamuthu and Anupam Roy (2016) J. M. Prahlad (2017) Manjunatha S. Reddy (2018) Prabha Varma (2019) Manoj Muntashir (2020) 2021–present Chandrabose (2021) v t e Malayalam literature Organisations Kerala Sahitya Akademi Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society Literary awards Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram Cherukad Award Edasseri Award Ezhuthachan Puraskaram Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Mathrubhumi Literary Award Muttathu Varkey Award O. N. V. Literary Award O. V. Vijayan Literary Award Odakkuzhal Award Padmarajan Award P. Kesavadev Literary Award Ulloor Award Vallathol Award Vayalar Award Fiction writers Ajijesh Pachat Akbar Kakkattil Anand Anita Nair Anoop Sasikumar Appu Nedungadi Ashitha Ashtamoorthi K. V. Aymanam John Babu Bharadwaj B. M. Suhara B. Sandhya C. Radhakrishnan C. V. Balakrishnan C. V. Raman Pillai C. V. Sreeraman Chandramathi Cherukad E. Harikumar E. Vasu G. R. Indugopan George Onakkoor Gracy I. K. K. Menon Jayasree Kalathil John Abraham Jose Panachippuram Joy J. Kaimaparamban K. J. Baby Arch Deacon Koshy K. L. Mohana Varma K. N. Ezhuthachan K. P. Nirmal Kumar K. P. Ramanunni K. R. Meera K. Rekha K. Surendran K. P. Joseph Kalarickal K. Thayat Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai Kakkanadan Kamala Surayya Kanam EJ Karunakaran Karur Neelakanta Pillai Khadija Mumtaz Kottayam Pushpanath Kovilan K. V. Anoop Lajo Jose Lalithambika Antharjanam M. Govindan M. Mukundan M. Sukumaran M. T. Vasudevan Nair Madampu Kunjukuttan Madhupal Malayath Appunni Malayattoor Ramakrishnan Mallika Yunis Muttathu Varkey N. Mohanan N. N. Pisharody N. P. Chellappan Nair N. P. Mohammed N. S. Madhavan Nandanar Narayan O. V. Vijayan Omchery N. N. Pillai Oyyarathu Chandu Menon P. Ayyaneth P. Surendran P. F. Mathews P. K. Balakrishnan P. Kesavadev P. R. Nathan P. R. Shyamala P. Surendran P. Valsala Padmarajan Pamman Parappurath Pattathuvila Karunakaran Paul Chirakkarode Paul Zacharia Perumbadavam Sreedharan Ponjikkara Rafi Ponkunnam Varkey Punathil Kunjabdulla Raghunath Paleri S. Hareesh S. K. Pottekkatt Santhosh Echikkanam Sarah Joseph Sarah Thomas Savithri Rajeevan Socrates K. Valath Sudhakar Mangalodayam Sethu Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu Sohanlal Sreekrishnapuram Krishnankutty Subhash Chandran T. P. Rajeevan T. Padmanabhan T. V. Kochubava T. V. Varkey Tatapuram Sukumaran Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Thikkodiyan Thomas Joseph U. A. Khader U. K. Kumaran Unnikrishnan Puthur Unnikrishnan Thiruvazhiyode Uroob V. K. N. V. P. Sivakumar Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Vallachira Madhavan Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar Vilasini Vinoy Thomas Poets A. Ayyappan A. C. Sreehari A. R. Raja Raja Varma Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Arnos Pathiri Attoor Ravi Varma Balachandran Chullikkadu Balamani Amma Bodheswaran Chandiroor Divakaran Changampuzha Krishna Pillai Cherukad Cherusseri Namboothiri D. Vinayachandran Edappalli Raghavan Pillai Edasseri Govindan Nair G. Shankara Kurup Irayimman Thampi K. Ayyappa Paniker K. C. Kesava Pillai K. V. Ramakrishnan Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Kadathanat Madhavi Amma Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan Kamala Surayya Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai Kavitha Balakrishnan Kumaran Asan Kunchan Nambiar Kureepuzha Sreekumar Lalitha Lenin M. Govindan M. P. Appan M. S. Banesh Manoj Kuroor Mary John Thottam Mohanakrishnan Kaladi Moyinkutty Vaidyar N. N. Kakkad N. V. Krishna Warrier Nalapat Narayana Menon Nellikkal Muraleedharan Niranam poets O. N. V. Kurup Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad P. Kunhiraman Nair P. P. Ramachandran Pala Narayanan Nair Poonthanam Namboothiri Pulikkottil Hyder Punaloor Balan Puthussery Ramachandran S. Joseph Satchidanandan Satyan Madakkara Savithri Rajeevan Sugathakumari Thirunalloor Karunakaran Tholan Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer Unnayi Variyar V. Madhusoodanan Nair V. C. Balakrishna Panicker V. M. Girija Vadakkumkur Rajarajavarmaraja Vallathol Narayana Menon Vayalar Ramavarma Veerankutty Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup Vijayalakshmi Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri V Madhusoodanan Nair Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon Sreedevi Kakkad Playwrights C. J. Thomas C. L. Jose C. N. Sreekantan Nair Cherukad G. Sankara Pillai K. T. Muhammed M. Govindan Nalapat Narayana Menon S. L. Puram Sadanandan Thoppil Bhasi T. N. Gopinathan Nair V. T. Bhattathiripad Children's literature Malayath Appunni P. 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C. George Sudarshan E. Sreedharan G. Madhavan Nair John Matthai K. N. Raj K. R. Ramanathan K. Shankar Pillai Kottayan Katankot Venugopal M. S. Valiathan N. R. Pillai O. N. V. Kurup V. K. Krishna Menon V. R. Krishna Iyer Verghese Kurien K. J. Yesudas Padma Bhushan (Male) A. C. N. Nambiar Ammannur Madhava Chakyar A. Ramachandran A. Sreedhara Menon C. P. Krishnan Nair Chembai E. C. George Sudarshan Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss G. Madhavan Nair G. Sankara Kurup Gabriel Chiramel George Joseph (scientist) Guru Kunchu Kurup Jacob Chandy K. G. Subramanyan K. J. Yesudas K. M. George K. M. Mathew K. P. Kesava Menon K. P. P. Nambiar K. P. S. Menon (senior) K. R. Ramanathan K. Radhakrishnan K. Sankaran Nair K. Shankar Pillai K. Sukumaran K. T. Thomas (Justice) Kandathil Mammen Cherian Kavalam Narayana Panicker Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Kunhiraman Palat Candeth Kuzhur Narayana Marar M. S. Valiathan M. T. Vasudevan Nair M. V. Pylee Madavoor Vasudevan Nair Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai Mohanlal O. V. Vijayan P. K. Warrier Palghat Mani Iyer Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Pothan Joseph Prem Nazir Raghavan Thirumulpad Ramankutty Nair Satish Nambiar # T. J. S. George T. K. Oommen T. N. Krishnan * T. V. Gopalakrishnan T. V. R. Shenoy Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Thayil John Cherian Thomas Kailath # Trichur V. Ramachandran V. K. Narayana Menon Vainu Bappu # Vallathol Narayana Menon Verghese Kurien Padma Bhushan (Female) Balamani Amma Lakshmi N. Menon P. Leela Tara Cherian # Padma Shri (Male) A. Marthanda Pillai A. Sivathanu Pillai Adoor Gopalakrishnan Ammannur Madhava Chakyar Antony Padiyara Ayyappa Paniker Azad Moopen B. Paul Thaliath B. Ravi Pillai Balachandra Menon C. G. Krishnadas Nair Cheril Krishna Menon E. Sreedharan Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis G. Aravindan G. Shankar G. Vijayaraghavan Gopinath Pillai J. Hareendran Nair Jayaram Jose Chacko Periappuram K. J. Yesudas K. M. George K. M. Mammen Mappillai K. P. Haridas K. P. Udayabhanu K. Raghavan K. Ravindran Nair K. Shankar Pillai Kalamandalam Gopi Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri Kandathil Mammen Cherian Kandathil Mammen Philip Kavungal Chathunni Panicker Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair Kunhiraman Palat Candeth Kunnenkeril K. Jacob Kurian John Melamparambil Kuzhivelil Mathew Laurie Baker ! Madhavan Chandradathan M. A. Yousuf Ali M. G. Ramachandran # M. Krishnan Nair (doctor) M. Night Shyamalan # M. R. Kurup M. S. Valiathan M. Vijayan Madhu (actor) Mammen Mathew Mammootty Mani Madhava Chakyar Mathew Kalarickal Mattannoor Sankarankutty Mitraniketan Viswanathan Mohanlal N. Balakrishnan Nair N. Kesava Panikkar N. R. Madhava Menon Narayana Panicker Kochupillai Neyyattinkara Vasudevan O. N. V. Kurup P. Gopinathan P. K. Narayanan Nambiar P. K. Rajagopalan P. K. Warrier P. Parameswaran Paul Pothen Perakath Verghese Benjamin Peruvanam Kuttan Marar Philip Augustine Prem Nazir Priyadarshan Pucadyil Ittoop John Puthenpurayil Mathew Joseph R. Marthanda Varma R. K. Krishna Kumar Rajagopalan Krishnan Resul Pookutty Shaji N. Karun Sooranad Kunjan Pillai Stanley John Sunny Varkey T. K. Alex T. N. Krishnan * Thayil John Cherian Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thilakan Thomas Kunnunkal Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair Vellayani Arjunan Verghese Kurien Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri Padma Shri (Female) Achamma Mathai Anju Bobby George Dipika Pallikal # K. M. Beenamol K. S. Chithra Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Kalamandalam Satyabhama Leela Omchery Lucy Oommen M. D. Valsamma M. Leelavathy M. Subhadra Nair Mary Poonen Lukose Mary Verghese P. T. Usha Pepita Seth ! Rachel Thomas (skydiver) Shiny Abraham Shobana Sudha Varghese Sugathakumari Sukumari Thangam Philip Usha Uthup Lakshmikutty Vidya Balan * (*)By birth - (#)By ethnicity - (!)By domicile v t e Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship K. P. Kesava Menon (1970) G. Sankara Kurup (1970) Puthezhath Raman Menon (1971) Joseph Mundasseri (1973) Mathew M. Kuzhiveli (1973) V. T. Bhattathiripad (1976) Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1976) N. Krishna Pillai (1979) N. Balamani Amma (1979) V. Unnikrishnan Nair (1981) P. Kesavadev (1981) Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon (1981) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1981) Lalithambika Antharjanam (1981) R. E. Asher (1983) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1985) N. V. Krishna Warrier (1985) Kainikkara Kumara Pillai (1986) T. M. Chummar (1986) K. M. George (1989) Ponkunnam Varkey (1989) M. P. Appan (1989) C. N. Ahmad Moulavi (1989) Sukumar Azhikode (1991) M. P. Sankunni Nair (1994) K. Surendran (1995) S. Gupthan Nair (1996) V. K. N. (1997) Kovilan (1997) P. Bhaskaran (1998) O. N. V. Kurup (1999) M. Leelavathy (1999) Thikkodiyan (2000) O. V. Vijayan (2001) Kamala Surayya (2002) Ayyappa Paniker (2003) Sugathakumari (2004) K. Satchidanandan (2010) C. Radhakrishnan (2010) Yusuf Ali Kecheri (2013) N. S. Madhavan (2013) M. Thomas Mathew (2014) Kavalam Narayana Panicker (2014) Sara Joseph (2015) U. A. Khader (2015) Attoor Ravi Varma (2017) K. N. Panikkar (2017) K. G. Sankara Pillai (2018) M. Mukundan (2018) P. Valsala (2019) N. V. P. Unithiri (2019) Sethu (2020) Perumbadavam Sreedharan (2020) Vaisakhan (2021) K. P. Sankaran (2021)

• 1931 births
• 2016 deaths
• People from Kollam district
• Writers from Kollam
• 20th-century Indian poets
• Malayalam poets
• Malayalam-language lyricists
• Sree Narayana College, Kollam alumni
• University College Thiruvananthapuram alumni
• Academic staff of the University College Thiruvananthapuram
• Recipients of the Jnanpith Award
• Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in literature & education
• Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam
• Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
• Recipients of the Ezhuthachan Award
• Kerala State Film Award winners
• Filmfare Awards South winners
• Academic staff of Maharaja's College, Ernakulam
• 20th-century Indian musicians
• Musicians from Kollam
• Film people from Kerala
• Indian male songwriters
• Indian songwriters
• Indian male poets
• Poets from Kerala
• 20th-century Indian male writers
• Best Lyrics National Film Award winners
• 20th-century Indian male musicians