സാഹിത്യം, എഴുത്ത് എഴുത്തുകാർ Arundhati Roy Ajay Prabhakar – International Author and Researcher A. R. Raja Raja Varma – linguist and grammarian Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri – Malayalam poet; winner of the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award for Malayalam in 1973 Appu Nedungadi – author of Kundalatha , the first Malayalam novel Abhilash Pudukad – writer, author of World Record Book about S. Janaki, Alapanathile Thenum Vayambum World record Holder Anita Nair – writer Arundhati Roy – actress turned writer, awarded the Booker Prize in 1997 for The God of Small Things , which is set in Kerala Balachandran Chullikkadu – poet Balamani Amma – poet; won the literary medal in India, the Saraswathi Samman Chandiroor Divakaran – poet, folk songwriter and 2011 Ambedkar Award winner Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911–1948) – poet, author of the pastoral elegy "Ramanan" (1936) Cherusseri Namboothiri – poet, author of Krishnagaadha (The Song of Krishna) D. Vinayachandran – poet Edasseri Govindan Nair – poet and playwright Faisal Kutty – lawyer, professor and columnist G. Sankara Kurup – poet Gayatri – writer, Painter, art and literary critic George Menachery – historian, Editor of The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India , Editor of The Indian Church History Classics ( The Nazranies ) Hassan Thikkodi – writer, poet, Chairman of MES Raja Residential School Hameed Chennamangaloor – writer, progressive Muslim intellectual, critic of religious fundamentalism E. Harikumar – Novelist and Short Story writer Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan – Malayalam poet Kalakkaththu Kunchan Nambiar – poet Kamala Das – English poet and novelist; also wrote in Malayalam under the pen-name Madhavikkutty; first Indian woman to openly write about women's sexuality; embraced Islam under the name Kamala Suraiyya in 1999; Asian Poetry Prize, 1964; Kent Award, 1965 Kesari Balakrishna Pillai – social thinker, literary critic Kumaran Asan – poet, also called Mahakavi Kumaran Asan, died at age 51 in a boat (named Redeemer) accident en route Alapuzha to Kollam in January 1924 Kunjunni – Malayalam poet N. S. Madhavan – writer and civil servant M. Krishnan Nair – literary critic M. Mukundan – novelist Moothiringode Bhavathrāthan Namboothiripad – author and social Moyinkutty Vaidyar – poet M. P. Parameswaran – scientist turned social activist M. P. Paul – literary critic M. T. Vasudevan Nair – writer and cinema personality; Jnanpith Award , 1995 Niranam Poets – three Malayali poets, Madhava Panikkar, Sankara Panikkar and Rama Panikkar of the Kannassa family; they lived between AD 1350 and 1450 in the Niranam village of Tiruvalla Nitya Chaitanya Yati – scholar and monk O. Chandumenon – novelist O. V. Vijayan – novelist and cartoonist O. N. V. Kurup P. C. Devassia (1906–2006) – Sanskrit scholar and poet who won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1980) for Sanskrit for his poem " Kristubhagavatam " P. Parameswaran – Director of Bharatiya Vichara Kendram; former President of Vivekanand Kendra, Kanyakumari; also known as Parameswarji P. F. Mathews – novelist, short story writer and screenwriter P. K. Gopi – poet P. M. Taj – writer Paul Zacharia – writer Poonthanam – poet belonging to the Bhakti school Sarah Joseph – writer, Novelist, Sahitya Academy winner Shashi Tharoor – novelist, Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1991; previous Under-Secretary-General (Communication and Public Information) of the United Nations, Deputy Minister of External affairs S. K. Pottekkatt – author winner of the Jnanpith award of 1980 Shreekumar Varma – novelist, award-winning playwright, poet, children's author Sukumar Azhikode – teacher, critic and orator Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai – novelist and short story writer; Jnanpith Award in 1984 Thirunalloor Karunakaran – poet, scholar, teacher and leftist intellectual Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan – architect of modern Malayalam ; poet Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer – poet Uroob – writer, novelist, Sahitya Academy winner, winner of president of India's silver medal Vaikom Muhammad Basheer – writer, philosopher Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi – publisher, social reformer, and a leader of the progressive Islahi Movement in Kerala Vallathol Narayana Menon – Mahaakavi; f