Veloor Krishnankutty

Who was Veloor Krishnankutty?

Veloor Krishnankutty, or Veloor Krishnan Kutty, was a popular satirist from Kerala in southern India. He wrote more than 159 books in Malayalam. The essence of his works is severe social criticism mixed up with humour. He was born in Velur in the state's south-central district of Kottayam,He had completed his education at Kottayam M.D. Seminary and C.M.S. College.

Starting his career as a journalist in Deepika, he went on to become the Editor of Deepika weekly, also worked in "Keraladhwani" editorial board for eight years and wrote a column in Deepika as the pen name of "Pathraparayanan".

His books Panchavadi Palam, Ambili Ammavan and Masappady Mathupillai were made into films.

His famous book Vela Manasilirikkatte won him the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 1974. Besides, he had won the E V Krishna Pillai memorial Janma Satabdi award and K Karunakaran memorial Seva Sangham award.