Chathanath Achuthanunni (born in 1939) is a polyglot, Malayalam language writer and translator from Kerala, India.
[1][2] His father Menakaimal, who was a polyglot scholar and poet, knew Malayalam, English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali languages.
[2] He has also worked as the Founder Secretary of Vallathol Vidyapeeth (Shukapuram) and Vice Chairman of Tirur Thunchans Memorial.
[1] Publishing poems and essays in periodicals since 1955,[1] he made remarkable contributions in the fields of linguistics, poetics and literary criticism.
It was alleged that, An article by Achuthanunni in the November–December 2019 issue of Sahithya Vimarshanam magazine entitled 'Abhidhamuladhwani: Asangadhamaya oru sankalppam' have plagiarized ideas from the book 'Rasadhwani Siddhantam Upekshikkuka' published in 2013 by Shuba K.S.