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| 40+ Malayalam Writers and their Pen Names |
The artists in different parts of the world usually take pen names for a variety of reasons. Some of these reasons are a mark of personal identity, hiding personal information, a mark of protest, or to identify with their nicknames. Keralite or Malayalam writers are not different from their leading counterpart. Some of the famous Malayalam writers we know today use pen names to identify themselves instead of their real names.
| Name of the Writer | Pen Name |
|---|
| A. Sethumadhavan | Sethu |
| Achuthan Namboothiri | Akitham |
| AT Kovoor | Abraham Thomas |
| CV Raman Pillai | CV |
| DC Kizhakemuri | Dominic Chacko |
| EJ Philip | Kaanam |
| George Varghese | Kakkanadan |
| Govinda Pisharody | Cherukad |
| Kamala Surayya | Madhavikutti |
| KK Nair | Krishna Chaithanya |
| K Narayanan Namboothiri | NN Kakadu |
| K Sreekumar | Asha Menon |
| KE Mathai | Parappurath |
| Kesavan | Bodheswaran |
| Kunjunni | Mash |
| KV Puttappa | Kuvempu |
| Leela Nambudiripad | Sumangala |
| Madathil Vasudevan | MV Devan |
| MK Menon | Vilasini |
| MP Bhattathirippadu | Premji |
| MR Nair | Sanjayan |
| MT Vasudevan Nair | MT |
| ONV Kurup | ONV |
| P Kesavan Nair | Kuttippuram |
| P Kesava Pillai | P. Kesavadev |
| P Kunjanandan Nair | Thikkodiyan |
| P Sachidanandan | Anand |
| PC Kuttikrishnan | Uroob |
| PV Ayyappan | Kovilan |
| R Parmeswara Menon | Pamman |
| S Namboothirippadu | Olappamanna |
| Sankaran Kutty Pottekkatt | Pottekkatt |
| Sister Mary Beninja | Mary John Thottam |
| Sukumaran Potti | Sukumar |
| TC Joseph Edamaruku | Edamaruku |
| Thoppil Bhaskara Pillai | Thoppil Bhasi |
| V Madhavan Nair | Mali |
| VK Narayanankutti | VKN |
| VK Nayanar | Kesari |
| PC Gopalan | Nandanar |
| N Kuttikrishna Pillai | NK Desam |
