List of Malayalam-language authors by category
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The field of Malayalam writers include the following people, from various disciplines and periods.
Art criticism
- Guru Māni Mādhava Chākyār, author of the Nātyakalpadrumam theatrical study
Poetry
- Manipravalam
- Champukkal
- Niranam poets
- Cherusseri Namboothiri
- Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan
- Poonthanam Namboothiri
- Arnos Paathiri (1681–1732)
- Unnayi Warrier
- Kunchan Nambiar (1705–1770)
- Irayimman Thampi
- Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran
- Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai (1859–1936)
- K. C. Kesava Pillai (1868–1914)
- Kumaran Asan (1873–1924)
- Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer (1877–1949)
- Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958)
Modern Romantics
- Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909–1936)
- Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911–1948)
- P. Kunhiraman Nair (1906–1978)
- Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup
- Pala Narayanan Nair
- M.P.Appan
- Bodheswaran
Other modern poets
- G. Shankara Kurup (1900–1978)
- Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1911–1985)
- Edasseri Govindan Nair
- N. V. Krishna Warrier
- Thirunalloor Karunakaran
- Vayalar Ramavarma
- O. N. V. Kurup
- Punaloor Balan
- Akkitham
- Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad
- Sugathakumari
- M. Govindan
- K. Ayyappa Panicker
- Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
- Attoor Ravi Varma
- Satchidanandan
- Lalitha Lenin
- Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
- D. Vinayachandran
- Kureepuzha Sreekumar
- Balachandran Chullikkadu
- A. Ayyappan
- Nellikkal Muraleedharan
- V Madhusoodanan Nair
- Attoor Ravi Varma
- Chandiroor Divakaran
Post-modern poets
- Anvar Ali
- A. C. Sreehari
- Manoj Kuroor
- Mohanakrishnan Kaladi
- M.S. Banesh
- P. P. Ramachandran
- S. Joseph
- T. P. Rajeevan
- V. M. Girija
- Veerankutty
- Kavitha Balakrishnan
- Satyan Madakkara
Fiction
Nineteenth century
- O. Chandhu Menon (1847–1900)
- C. V. Raman Pillai (1858–1922)
- Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar
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Modern
- Karur Neelakanta Pillai (1898–1974)
- P. Kesava Dev (1904–1983)
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908–1994)
- Ponkunnam Varkey (1908–2004)
- S. K. Pottekkatt (1913–1982)
- Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1914–1999)
- Uroob (1915–1979)
- Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909–1987)
- Malayatoor Ramakrishnan (1927–1997)
- K. Saraswathi Amma (1919–1974)
- P. K. Balakrishnan (1926–1991)
- V. K. N. (1932–2004)
- O. V. Vijayan (1930–2005)
- Kakkanadan (1935–2011)
- Parappurath (K.E. Mathai)
- Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair
- K.Surendran
- Pattathuvila Karunakaran
- M. Mukundan
- Anand
- P. Padmarajan (1945–1991)
- Paul Zacharia
- M. T. Vasudevan Nair
- T. Padmanabhan
- P. M. Taj (1956–1990)
- Kamala Surayya (Madhavikkutti, Kamala Das)
- P. Sachidanandan
- N. S. Madhavan
- N. P. Mohammed
- Kovilan
- M. P. Narayana Pillai
- George Onakkur
- P.F. Mathews
- Subhash Chandran
- E. Harikumar
- C. Radhakrishnan
- Joy J. Kaimaparamban
- Benyamin
- Chandramathi
- Shahina EK
Post-modern fiction
Children's literature
Essayists
Literary criticism
- Joseph Mundasseri (1901–1977)
- Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960)
- Kuttikrishna Marar (1900–1973)
- M. P. Paul (1904–1952)
- K.Damodaran (1912–1976)
- S. Guptan Nair (1919–2006)
- M. Krishnan Nair
- M. N. Vijayan (1930–2007)
- K. M. Daniel (1920–1988)
- Sukumar Azhikode (1926–2012)
- M.R. Chandrasekharan
- M. K. Sanu
- K. P. Appan (1936–2008)
- Narendra Prasad (1946–2003)
- M. Leelavathy
- V. C. Sreejan
- S. Rajasekharan
Film criticism
Translation
Others
See also
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