Pen Names of Malayalam Writers Kerala

List of Pen Names of Malayalam Writers from Kerala - Thoolika Namam. There are several Kerala Malayalam writers who write under their pen name (pseudonym or short name or nick name). Those who have referred old previous Kerala PSC exam question papers can see that there will be at least one question to answer the pen name of any famous Malayalam Writers. Here is a list of famous writers from Malayalam language with their pen names and original names.

However the most commonly asked Malayalam Writers pen names (Thoolika Namam) by Kerala Public Service Commission are K. Sreekumar (Asha Menon), Achuthan Namboothiri (Akkitham), P.V. Ayyappan (Kovilan), V. Madhavan Nair (Maali), P.C. Gopalan (Nandanar), MR Nair (Sanjayan), P.C. Kuttikrishnan (Uroob), and    M.K. Menon (Vilasini).

Pen Name	Malayalam Writers Name
Akkitham	Achuthan Namboothiri
Abraham Thomas	A.D. Kovoor
Asha Menon	K. Sreekumar
Anand	P. Sachidanandan
Bhanu Sinha	Raveendra Nadha Tagore
Baalagopalakuruppu	Suraasu
Cherukaadu	Govinda Pisharadi
Domanic Chako	D.C. Kizhakemuri
Ekalavyan	K.M. Mathews
G.	G. Sankara Kurup
Idamaruku	T.C. Joseph
Idasseri	Idasseri Govindan Nair
Indhuchoodan	Neelakandan KK
Kesari	Vengayil Kunjiraman Nayanar
N.K. Krishnankutti	Veloor Krishnankutti
Kuvempu	K.V. Puttappa
Kunjiraman	K. Panoor
Kesavapilla	Botheswaran
Kakkanadan	George Varghese
Kovilan	V.V. Ayyappan
Kuttippuram	Kesavan Nair
Kanam	E.J. Philip
Kozhikkodan	Appukuttan Nair
K. Krishnan Nair	Krishna Chaithanya
N.N. Kakadu	K. Narayanan Nampoothiri
Madhavikutty	Kamala Suraiyya (Kamala Suraya)
Maali	V. Madhavan Nair
Mery John Thottam	Sister Mery Beneenja
Nandanar	P.C. Gopalan
Olappamanna	Subrahmanyam Nampoothirippadu
Ohm Cheri	N. Narayanan Pilla
Premji	M.P. Bhattathirippadu
Paarappurathu	K.E. Mathayi
Pamman	R. Parameswara Menon
Sanjayan	M.R. Nair (Manikkoth Ramunni Nair)
Sinik	M. Vasudevan Nair
Sankarankutti	Pottakadu
Thikodian	P. Kunjanananthan Nair
V.K.N or VKN	V.K. Narayanankutti
Vilasini	M.K. Menon
Vysakhan	M.K.Gopinathan Nair
Uroob	P.C. Kuttikrishnan