Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri

Swathanthrathe Kurichu Oru Geetham, Bhoomigeethangal, Indiayenna Vikaaram and Charulata count among his notable works.

[1] After traditional education of Vedas, Puranas and Sanskrit from his grandfather, he did his school education at Prince Marthanda Varma High School, Peringara and subsequently, obtained his graduate degree from St. Berchmans College, Changanacherry and his master's degree from St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, topping the examination.

[2] He started his career as a teacher of Mathematics at his alma mater, Peringara School but moved to Malabar Christian College as a faculty in English department.

Later, he worked in various parts of the state such as Kozhikode, Kollam, Pattambi, Ernakulam, Tripunithura, Chittur, Thalassery (Government Brennen College)[3] and the State Institute of Languages,[4] before superannuating from service as the head of the department of English at the University College Thiruvananthapuram.

[16][17] He received the Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram in 1996,[18] and Kerala Sahitya Akademi honored him again in 2004 with their Award for Overall Contributions.