O. M. Anujan (born 20 July 1928) is an Indian poet, Kathakali scholar, and academic from Kerala.
[1] In 2018, he received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Lifetime Achievement (Samara Sambhavana) Award.
Due to lack of study facilities in Vellinezhi that time, he joined the school at Ottapalam at the age of 10 only.
However, being the youngest of eight siblings, he decided to take the name Anujan (which means younger brother in Malayalam) when he joined the school.
After that he studied post graduate degree in Malayalam Literature from the University College, Thiruvananthapuram, and later a doctorate under Sardar KM Panicker.