There are several Kerala Malayalam writers who write under their pen name (pseudonym or short name or nick name). The most commonly asked Malayalam Writers pen names (Thoolika Namam) by Kerala Public Service Commission are K. Sreekumar (Asha Menon), Achuthan Namboothiri (Akkitham), P.V. Ayyappan (Kovilan), V. Madhavan Nair (Maali), P.C. Gopalan (Nandanar), MR Nair (Sanjayan), P.C. Kuttikrishnan (Uroob), and M.K. Menon (Vilasini).
List of famous writers from Malayalam language with their pen names
PEN NAME / PSEUDONYM / NICK NAME | MALAYALAM WRITERS NAME |
KESARI | VENGAYIL KUNJIRAMAN NAYANAR |
N.K. KRISHNANKUTTI | VELOOR KRISHNANKUTTI |
V.K.N OR VKN | V.K. NARAYANANKUTTI |
MAALI | V. MADHAVAN NAIR |
IDAMARUKU | T.C. JOSEPH |
BAALAGOPALAKURUPPU | SURAASU |
OLAPPAMANNA | SUBRAHMANYAM NAMPOOTHIRIPPADU |
MERY JOHN THOTTAM | SISTER MERY BENEENJA |
BHANU SINHA | RAVEENDRA NADHA TAGORE |
PAMMAN | R. PARAMESWARA MENON |
SANKARANKUTTI | POTTAKADU |
KOVILAN | P.V. AYYAPPAN |
UROOB | P.C. KUTTIKRISHNAN |
NANDANAR | P.C. GOPALAN |
ANAND | P. SACHIDANANDAN |
THIKODIAN | P. KUNJANANANTHAN NAIR |
INDHUCHOODAN | NEELAKANDAN KK |
OHM CHERI | N. NARAYANAN PILLA |
SANJAYAN | M.R. NAIR (MANIKKOTH RAMUNNI NAIR) |
PREMJI | M.P. BHATTATHIRIPPADU |
VYSAKHAN | M.K.GOPINATHAN NAIR |
VILASINI | M.K. MENON |
SINIK | M. VASUDEVAN NAIR |
K. KRISHNAN NAIR | KRISHNA CHAITHANYA |
KUTTIPPURAM | KESAVAN NAIR |
MADHAVIKUTTY | KAMALA SURAIYYA (KAMALA SURAYA) |
KUVEMPU | K.V. PUTTAPPA |
EKALAVYAN | K.M. MATHEWS |
PAARAPPURATHU | K.E. MATHAYI |
ASHA MENON | K. SREEKUMAR |
KUNJIRAMAN | K. PANOOR |
N.N. KAKADU | K. NARAYANAN NAMPOOTHIRI |
IDASSERI | IDASSERI GOVINDAN NAIR |
CHERUKAADU | GOVINDA PISHARADI |
KAKKANADAN | GEORGE VARGHESE |
G. | G. SANKARA KURUP |
KANAM | E.J. PHILIP |
DOMANIC CHAKO | D.C. KIZHAKEMURI |
KESAVAPILLA | BOTHESWARAN |
KOZHIKKODAN | APPUKUTTAN NAIR |
AKKITHAM | ACHUTHAN NAMBOOTHIRI |
ABRAHAM THOMAS | A.D. KOVOOR |
