# List of Malayalam-language authors by category

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)
* Cherusseri Namboothiri
* Irayimman Thampi
* Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai (1859–1936)
* Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran
* 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
* K Shareef

## 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
* Akhil P. Dharmajan

### 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
Asokakumar Edasseri P. J. J. Antony

## Others

* Hermann Gundert
* Jyesthadevan
* Kottarathil Sankunni
* Krishna Chaithanya