List of Indian Poets - Malayalam

Malayalam

Medieval Poets

• Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan called the "Father of the Malayalam language" (fl. 16th century)
• Johann Ernst Hanxleden, also known as "Arnos Paathiri" (1681–1732), a German Jesuit priest
• Poonthanam Namboothiri (fl. 16th century), devotional poet
• Kunchan Nambiar (1705–1770)
• Unnayi Warrier
• Irayimman Thampi (1783–1862), court poet and musician
• Moyinkutty Vaidyar (1857–1891)

Renaissance Poets

• Kumaran Asan (1873–1924)
• Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran, also known as Kerala Varma (1845–1914), poet and translator
• Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958)
• Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer (1877–1949)
• K. V. Simon, (1883–1943)
• K.C. Kesava Pillai (1868–1914)
• A. R. Raja Raja Varma (1863–1918) poet, grammarian, scholar, critic and writer.

Romantic Poets

• Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911–1948), poet and translator
• Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909–1936)
• P. Kunhiraman Nair (1906–1974)
• Sanjayan
• Venu V Desom

Neo-Romantic Poets

• G. Sankara Kurup, aka "Sankara Kurup" (died 1978)
• Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon, aka "Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon" (1911–1985)
• Edasseri Govindan Nair (1906–1974))
• N.V. Krishna Warrier (1916–1989), poet and scholar
• Thirunalloor Karunakaran (1924–2006), poet and scholar
• P. Bhaskaran, (born 1924–2007), poet and film songwriter
• Vayalar Ramavarma, also spelled Vayalar Rama Varma, (1928–1975)
• O.N.V. Kurup (born 1931)
• Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (born 1939)
• Kunjunni (died 2006)

Modernist Poets

• M. Govindan (1919–1988)
• K. Ayyappa Panicker, also spelled Ayyappa Paniker, Indian (1930–2006)
• Attoor Ravi Varma
• Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, popularly known as Kadammanitta (1935–2008)
• Satchidanandan (born 1946), critic (writing in Malayalam and English), poet (in Malayalam)
• S. Rajasekharan (born 1946), poet and literary critic
• D. Vinayachandran
• A. Ayyappan (born 1949)
• Balachandran Chullikkad (born 1957), poet and actor
• Nellikkal Muraleedharan (born 1948), poet, writer and critic

Postmodern Poets

• Adiyeri Gangadharan
• P. P. Ramachandran
• T. P. Rajeevan (born 1959), poet, novelist and literary critic.
• V. M. Girija (born 1961), a poetess
• Veerankutty