Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri is a poet and figure in Malayalam literature.Background
Vishnunarayanan was born in Seeravally Illam in Thiruvalla. He acquired a Master's degree in English. He was an English teacher at colleges in Kozhikode, Kollam, Pattambi, Ernakulam, Tripunithura, Chittur and Thiruvananthapuram and also worked in the State Institute of Languages.Works
Poetry
- Swaathandhryathe-Kurich Oru Geetham
- Aparaajitha
- Aaranyakam
- India Enna Vikaram
- Ujjayiniyile Raappakalukal
- Bhoomigeethangal
- Mukhamevite
- Athirthiyilekkoru Yaathra
- Parikramam
- Sreevalli
- Uttarayanam
- Ente Kavitha
- Pranayageethangal
- kayyoppu Maram
Essays
- Asaahitheeyam
- Kavithayude DNA
- Alakadalum Neyyampalulkalum
Translations
- Rithu Samhaaram
- Gandhi
- Sasyalokam
- Kuttikalude Shakespeare
Awards
- Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2014
- Ezhuthachan Puraskaram - 2014
- Vayalar Award, 2010 for Chaarulata
- Vallathol Award - 2010
- Sahitya Akademi Award, 1994 for Ujjayiniyile Rappakalukal
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, 1979 for Bhumigeethangal
- Odakkuzhal Award
- Changampuzha Award
- Ulloor Prize
- Pandalam Keralavarma Poetry Award
- Ettumanoor Somadasan Sahitya Puraskaram
- Asan Prize
- C. V. Kunhiraman Literary Prize