N. V. Krishna Warrier was an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n poet, newspaper editor and scholar.

Warrier was well-versed in different languages. During the Quit India Movement

Quit India Movement

The Quit India Movement , or the August Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence. Gandhi hoped to bring the British government to the negotiating table...

, he published a daily called Swathanthra Bharatham (Free India). He was the editor of Mathrubhumi

Mathrubhumi

Mathrubhumi is a Malayalam language newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. Mathrubhumi was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British.-History:...

for a long time. Warrier was the founder director of Kerala Bhasha Institute (1968). He was also the editor of Kumkumam group of publications for some time. His contributions to Malayalam language include poems, articles, dramas, travelogue, attakathas (used in Kathakali performance), literary criticism etc.

Main works

• Enveeyude Kavithakal (Complete Works)
• Budhacharitham Attakatha
• Kalotsavam
• Neenda Kavithakal
• Vidyapathi
• Amerikkayiloode
• Unarunna Uthara India

The N.V. Krishna Warrier Award is given to the best scholastic book of the year. He was a member of Nerukkavu Variam based near Arratupuzha, Trichur.

References:
Warrier Samajam website