V. Unnikrishnan Nair

Vasupurath Unnikrishnan Nair (9 January 1893 – 19 May 1985) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, best known as a contemporary and associate of Vallathol Narayana Menon.

He was the author of a number of books which include Tagorinte Nadakangal, the translation of three plays written by Rabindranath Tagore into Malayalam.

V. Unnikrishnan Nair was born on 9 January 1893 at Pallikkunnu, a small village in the present-day Kannur district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Sankaranveettil Rama Kurup and Madhavi Amma.

[1] Unnikrishnan Nair published over ten books, including two biographies of Vallathol Narayana Menon and Mahakavi Kuttamath.

Visarjan, Chira Kumar Sabha and Dakghar into Malayalam which were compiled as the first volume of the series, Tagorinte Natakangal.