K.Balakrishnan Award for poetry in the year 1990.

Kunju Pillai Award for poetry in the year 1986.

Sahitya Academy award for poetry in the year 1992.

Life Member Drishyavedi, Thiruvananthapuram.

Member (for 3 years), Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation Planning.

Managing committee member, Asan Memorial, Thonnakal.

Member, State Curriculum Committee, Government of Kerala.

Member, Kerala Sahitya Academy General Council (2 terms).Member, Advisory Board, central Sahitya Academy, New Delhi.

He passed the translation training course from the State Institute of Languages and did two refresher courses from Academic Staff College, Thiruvananthapuram.Īs a part of research he completed a thesis in the subject ‘ The influence of Vedic Metaphors and mythical images in the poetry of Vallathol’ scoring high marks from University College. He is now fully devoting his time to his literary works having retired from the College as the Professor and Head of the Department of Malayalam. He has written and rendered lyrics for three Malayalam films and wrote lyrics for Tharangini and Manorama Music. He is well versed in Malayalam, English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Tamil. He is the recipient of Kerala Sahithya Akademy Award, Kunju Pillai Award and K. His first collection “Naranathu Bhranthan’ was published in 1992. He took to writing poetry while at school and began publishing his pieces only in 80’s. Soon after securing his M.A he has had a brief stint at journalism before joining St.

Madhusoodhanan Nair imbibed quite early the tradition of many a ritualistic song from K.Velayudhan Pillai, his father, who was a reciter of Thottam Pattu. Madhusoodanan Nair was born on 25th February1949 at Aruviyodu a hilly hamlet by the river Neyyar, down south in Neyyattinkara in the district of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. A professor by profession, he has held many eminent positions by virtue of his knowledge and position in society. While the most popular poem from him is the Naranath Bhranthan, he has many more touching and strong poems to his credit. Madhusoodhanan Nair is a well known Malayalam poet, scholar, and teacher, well accepted nationally and by Keralites everywhere in the world, who popularized poetry and endeared it even to the illiterates and children.

Malayalam poem lyrics