V. Madhusoodhanan Nair is a well known Malayalam poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, scholar, and teacher, well accepted nationally and by Keralites everywhere in the world, who popularized poetry and endeared it even to the illiterates and children.

While the most popular poem from him is the Naranath Bhranthan

Naranath Bhranthan

Naranath Branthan is a character in Malayalam folklore. He was considered to be a divine person, a Mukhta who pretended to be mad. His chief activity consisted of rolling a big stone up a hill and then letting it fall back down. Unlike Sisyphus, he acted on his own volition rather than under the...

, he has many more touching and strong poems to his credit. A professor by profession, he has held many eminent positions by virtue of his knowledge and position in society.

Poems from him on cassettes and CDs made a huge difference in the way Malayalees viewed poetry and he is simultaneously acclaimed for it and blamed for "commercialization" of poetry.

Main works

As a poet, his main works are

• Naranath Bhranthan (നാറാണത്ത് ഭ്രാന്തന്‍, The Madman of Naranam)
• Bharatheeyam (ഭാരതീയം, Of India)
• Gandhi (ഗാന്ധി)
• Ammayude Ezhuthukal (അമ്മയുടെ എഴുത്തുകള്‍, Letters from Mother)
• Agasthya Hrudayam (അഗസ്ത്യഹൃദയം, Heart of Agasthya)
• Nataraja Smriti (നടരാജസ്മൃതി, Remembering Nataraja)
• Punyapuranam Rama Katha (പുണ്യപുരാണം രാമകഥ, Holy Epic of Rama)
• Seethayanam (സീതായനം, Journey of Seetha)
• Vaakku (വാക്ക്, Word)
• Akatharu Puratharu (അകത്താര് പുറത്താര്, Who's In; Who's Out)
• Ganga (ഗംഗ)
• Sakshi (സാക്ഷി, Witness)

All these poems are written in Malayalam Language

Awards and recognitions

Prof. Madhusoodanan Nair's achievements are

Kunju Pillai Kavitha Award for Poetry in 1986, for 'Naranathu Bhranthan'.

Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 1993, for his collection of poems titled 'Naranathu Bhranthan'.

K.Balakrishnan Award in 1991, for 'Bharatheeyam'.

The Arangu Abu Dhabi Literary Award 2011

Asan Award for poetry 2003

See also

Hits of Madhusoodhanan Nair

Home page of Madhusoodhanan Nair