Malikathazhathu Pulluvazhy Narayana Pillai (22 November 1939 – 19 May 1998), affectionately known as Nanappan among his friends, was a journalist and writer of Malayalam literature.

M. P. Narayana Pillai was born on 22 November 1939 to Thazhathu Parameshwaran Nair and Malikathazhathu Ammukutty Amma in Pulluvazhy, a village near Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district of the south Indian state of Kerala.

[2] In 1967, he moved to Hong Kong to join the Far Eastern Economic Review as the assistant editor but stayed there only for 3 years and returned to India to take up the position of the chief of publications with Mumbai-based Commerce Group in 1970.

He was also associated with McGraw-Hill World News as their Indian correspondent, with periodicals such as Minerals and Metals Review and Trial, a Malayalam weekly of Kalakaumudi and served as he chief executive officer of Asian Industries Information Center.

[3] It was reported that he started writing during his stay in Delhi where he met Kakkanadan and was influenced by the writer; the first story was Kallan (The Thief).