List of Malayalam-language authors by category

The field of Malayalam writers include the following people, from various disciplines and periods.

Art criticism

 * Mani Madhava Chakyar (1899–1990)

Poetry

 * Arnos Paathiri (1681–1732)
 * Cherusseri Namboothiri
 * Irayimman Thampi
 * Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai (1859–1936)
 * Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran
 * K. C. Kesava Pillai (1868–1914)
 * Kunchan Nambiar (1705–1770)
 * Kumaran Asan (1873–1924)
 * Kutty Kunju Thankachi
 * Niranam poets
 * Poonthanam Namboothiri
 * Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan
 * Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer (1877–1949)
 * Unnayi Warrier
 * Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958)

Modern Romantics

 * Bodheswaran
 * Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911–1948)
 * Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909–1936)
 * M.P.Appan
 * Pala Narayanan Nair
 * Pallathu Raman (1892-1950)
 * P. Kunhiraman Nair (1906–1978)
 * Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup

Other modern poets

 * Akkitham
 * Attoor Ravi Varma
 * A. Ayyappan
 * Ayyappa Panicker
 * Balachandran Chullikkadu
 * Chandiroor Divakaran
 * Edasseri
 * G. Shankara Kurup (1900–1978)
 * Kadammanitta
 * Kadathanat Madhavi Amma
 * Kureepuzha Sreekumar
 * Lalitha Lenin
 * V Madhusoodanan Nair
 * M. Govindan
 * Mary John Thottam
 * Nellikkal Muraleedharan
 * N. V. Krishna Warrier
 * Olappamanna
 * O. N. V. Kurup
 * Punaloor Balan
 * Satchidanandan
 * Sugathakumari
 * Thirunalloor Karunakaran
 * Vayalar Ramavarma
 * Vinayachandran
 * Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
 * Vyloppilli (1911–1985)

Post-modern poets

 * Anvar Ali
 * A. Ayyappan
 * A. C. Sreehari
 * Kalpatta Narayanan
 * Kureepuzha Sreekumar
 * Kavitha Balakrishnan
 * Manoj Kuroor
 * Mohanakrishnan Kaladi
 * M.S. Banesh
 * Rafeeq Ahamed
 * Rajesh Chithira
 * P. P. Ramachandran
 * T. P. Rajeevan
 * Sathish Kalathil
 * Satyan Madakkara
 * S. Joseph
 * Syam Sudhakar
 * T. P. Rajeevan
 * V. M. Girija
 * Veerankutty

Early period

 * Ambadi Narayana Poduval (1871–1936)
 * Appu Nedungadi (1863–1933)
 * C. Kunhirama Menon (M. R. K. C.) (1882–1939)
 * C. S. Gopala Panicker (1872–1940)
 * C. V. Raman Pillai (1858–1922)
 * Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941)
 * O. Chandhu Menon (1847–1900)
 * Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1860–1914)

Modern

 * Anand
 * Ashitha
 * Basheer (1908–1994)
 * Benyamin
 * Chandramathi
 * C. Radhakrishnan
 * C. V. Kunhiraman
 * E. Harikumar
 * Geetha Hiranyan
 * George Onakkur
 * Hassan Thikkodi
 * Joy J. Kaimaparamban
 * Kakkanadan (1935–2011)
 * Karur (1898–1974)
 * Kovilan
 * K. Saraswathi Amma (1919–1974)
 * K. Surendran
 * Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909–1987)
 * Madhavikkutti (Kamala Das)
 * Malayatoor Ramakrishnan (1927–1997)
 * M. Mukundan
 * M. P. Narayana Pillai
 * M. T. Vasudevan Nair
 * Nandanar
 * N. S. Madhavan
 * N. P. Mohammed
 * O. V. Vijayan (1930–2005)
 * P. Padmarajan (1945–1991)
 * Parappurath (K.E. Mathai)
 * Pattathuvila
 * P. F. Mathews
 * P. K. Balakrishnan (1926–1991)
 * Ponjikkara Rafi
 * Ponkunnam Varkey (1908–2004)
 * Kesava Dev (1904–1983)
 * P. M. Taj (1956–1990)
 * P. R. Shyamala
 * Priya A. S.
 * Sachidanandan
 * Sajil Sreedhar
 * Shahina EK
 * S. K. Pottekkatt (1913–1982)
 * Subhash Chandran
 * T. D. Ramakrishnan
 * Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1914–1999)
 * T. Padmanabhan
 * T. V. Kochubava
 * Uroob (1915–1979)
 * Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair
 * V. J. James
 * V. K. N. (1932–2004)
 * V. P. Sivakumar
 * Zacharia
 * Zacharia

Post-modern fiction

 * Anoop Sasikumar
 * G. R. Indugopan
 * Pradeep
 * S. Hareesh
 * Socrates K. Valath

Playwrights

 * C. J. Thomas
 * C. L. Jose
 * C. N. Sreekantan Nair
 * G. Sankara Pillai
 * Kainikkara Kumara Pillai
 * Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai
 * S. L. Puram Sadanandan
 * Thikkodiyan
 * Thoppil Bhasi
 * T. N. Gopinathan Nair

Children's literature

 * P. Narendranath
 * Shebaly
 * Sippy Pallippuram
 * Sumangala

Essayists

 * Annie Thayyil
 * C. N. Ahmad Moulavi
 * K. M. George
 * Puthezhath Raman Menon
 * R. Narayana Panickar
 * Sanjayan
 * S. Guptan Nair
 * Sabeena Rafi
 * Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
 * Sukumar Azhikode
 * T. M. Chummar
 * V. V. K. Valath

Literary criticism

 * K.Damodaran (1912–1976)
 * Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960)
 * K. M. Daniel (1920–1988)
 * K. P. Appan (1936–2008)
 * Kuttikrishna Marar (1900–1973)
 * Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai
 * M. Achuthan (1930–2017)
 * M. Krishnan Nair
 * M. K. Sanu
 * M. Leelavathy
 * M. N. Vijayan (1930–2007)
 * M. P. Paul (1904–1952)
 * M.R. Chandrasekharan
 * Mundasseri (1901–1977)
 * Narendra Prasad (1946–2003)
 * P. K. Narayana Pillai
 * S. Guptan Nair (1919–2006)
 * S. Rajasekharan
 * Sukumar Azhikode (1926–2012)
 * V. C. Sreejan
 * P. K. Rajasekharan

Film criticism

 * C. S. Venkiteswaran
 * Kozhikodan
 * Vijayakrishnan

Translation

 * Leela Devi
 * M. K. Kumaran
 * M. N. Sathyaardhi
 * Nileena Abraham
 * N. K. Damodaran
 * V. Unnikrishnan Nair

Others

 * Hermann Gundert
 * Jyesthadevan
 * Kottarathil Sankunni
 * Krishna Chaithanya