Kakkanadan
 George Varghese Kakkanadan (Malayalam: ജോര്ജ്ജ് വര്ഗ്ഗീസ് കാക്കനാടന്; 23 April 1935 – 19 October 2011) commonly known as Kakkanadan was a Malayalam language short story writer and novelist from Kerala state South India. His works made clean break from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature through the 1950s and 60s. He is often credited with laying the foundation of modernism in Malayalam literature.