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{{Infobox writer
| name = P. Kunhiraman Nair
| image = P.kunhiraman nair.jpg
| caption = Drawing of P Kunhiraman Nair
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|10|04}}
| birth_place = [[Bellikoth]], [[Kanhangad]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|05|27|1905|10|04}}
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala, India
| nationality = [[India]]n
| genre = [[Poetry]]
| occupation = Teacher, Poet
| spouse = Kunjilakshmi
| children =
| relatives = Puravankara Kunjambu Nair (father)<br> Panayanthitta Kunjamma Amma (mother)
| awards = {{ubl|1959 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]]|1967 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]}}
| signature =
}}
'''Panayanthitta Kunhiraman Nair''' (4 October 1905 – 27 May 1978), also known as '''Mahakavi P''', was an Indian writer of [[Malayalam literature]]. He was known for his romantic poems which detailed the natural beauty of his home state of [[Kerala]] in [[South India]] as well as the realities of his life and times. He received the inaugural [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] in 1959. He was also a recipient of the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|Sahitya Akademi Award]].

== Biography ==
[[File:P.Kunhiraman nair.jpg|thumb|left|A group photo taken at [[Koodali High School]].]]
P. Kunhiraman Nair was born on January 5, 1906 at Bellikoth near [[Kanhangad]],<ref name="Men of Letters">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kasargod.net/personalities.htm |title=Men of Letters |date=2019-03-05 |website=kasargod.net |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> in [[Kasaragod district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Puravankara Kunjambu Nair, a [[Sanskrit]] scholar, physician and [[vedantin]] and his wife, Panayanthitta Kunjamma Amma.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/Pgraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-03-05 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> His early schooling was with traditional teachers as well as at the local primary school before studying Sanskrit at the school run by Punnassery Nambi Neelakanda Sharma in [[Pattambi]] (the present-day [[Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi]]) where he was reported to be a lazy student.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />

It was during this time, Nair started writing poems. He also fell in love with a local girl by name, Vattoli Kunjilakshmy. Subsequently, he moved to [[Tanjavur]] to continue his Sanskrit and [[Vedanta]] studies when his family arranged his marriage with Puravankara Janaki Amma, his cousin and bride-designate as per local customs. However, he declined the proposal and instead, married his lover, Kunjilakshmy.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> After marriage, he founded a magazine, ''Navajeevan'', which was published from [[Kannur]] but after the publication became defunct, he worked at Saraswathi Press in [[Thrissur]] and Sree Ramakrishnodayam Press in [[Olavakkode]]. Later, he joined [[Koodali High School]] as a Malayalam teacher ad after a while, moved to Rajas High School [[Kollengode, Palakkad|Kollengode]] from where he superannuated from service.<ref name="Kollengode, where time stands still">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/travel/kerala/kerala-travel/kollengode-where-time-stands-still-mathrubhumi-1.2214944 |title=Kollengode, where time stands still |last=Muralikrishnan |first=Story: C. Ashraf Photos: B. |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> He died on May 27, 1978, at the age of 72, while he was staying at C. P. Sathram, a lodging facility in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> He is survived by his son, P. Ravindran Nair<ref name="MT Vasudevan Nair unhappy with removal of foreword in P Kunhiraman Nair’s biography">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/280816/mt-vasudevan-nair-unhappy-with-removal-of-foreword-in-p-kunhiraman-nairs-biography.html |title=MT Vasudevan Nair unhappy with removal of foreword in P Kunhiraman Nair's biography |date=2016-08-28 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> and daughter, Radha.<ref name="പി യുടെ ഓര്‍മകളില്‍ ജന്മനാട്; ഇന്ന് 112-ാം ജന്മവാര്‍ഷികദിനം">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/p-kunhiraman-nair-1.3254632 |title=പി യുടെ ഓര്‍മകളില്‍ ജന്മനാട്; ഇന്ന് 112-ാം ജന്മവാര്‍ഷികദിനം |last=കുഞ്ഞിരാമന്‍ |first=എം |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:P Smaraka Mandiram Kanhangad.jpg|thumb|235px|P. Memorial at [[Kanhangad]]]]
P., as he was popularly known, was a habitual nomad and was reported to have led a [[bohemian lifestyle]], wandering across Kerala, living in several places, meeting their people and making them part of his life and literature.<ref name="Remembering Mahakavi P.">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/10/stories/2006061001630200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616071850/http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/10/stories/2006061001630200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2006 |title=Remembering Mahakavi P. |date=10 June 2006 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref> Poetry formed his main genre of work, though he has also written novels, short stories, articles and plays.<ref name="List of works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=List of Works |date=2019-03-05 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> While during the initial stages of his literary career, Nair wrote spiritual poems, ''Nirapara'' published in 1944, started a new phase which showed his leaning towards nature and symbolism.<ref name="The eternal seeker">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/p-kunhiraman-nairs-flights-of-creativity-still-strikes-a-chord-with-readers/article19169659.ece |title=The eternal seeker |last=Abraham |first=Vinu |date=2017-06-29 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> His autobiography, ''Kaviyude Kaalpaadukal'' (The Footprints of a Poet), with foreword by [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]], is one of the celebrated works in prose in Malayalam.<ref name="MT Vasudevan Nair unhappy with removal of foreword in P Kunhiraman Nair’s biography" /> ''Thamarathoni'', written during his days in Kollengode,<ref name="Kollengode, where time stands still" /> ''Kaliyachan', ''Vayalkarayil'', ''Ratholsavam'' and ''Pookkalam'' are a few of his known poems.<ref name="List of works" /><ref name="The eternal seeker" />

== Honours ==
[[File:Poem - P Kunhiraman Nair.jpg|thumb|left|A short handwritten poem]]
The Raja of [[Nileshwaram]] honoured Nair with the title ''Bhakthakavi'' and presented him with a ''veerashrungala'' (golden bracelet) in 1949 and he received the title of ''Sahitya Nipunan'' in 1963 from the [[Kingdom of Cochin|Raja of Kochi]].<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] selected ''Kaliyachan'' of Kunhiraman Nair for their inaugural [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] in 1959.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=2019-03-05 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahithya Academy Award]] for his work, ''Thamarathoni'', in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) |publisher=Public Relations Department, [[Government of Kerala]] |access-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 }}</ref>

In 1981, Eyamkode Sreedharan, with the help of Venugopala Varma, the then Raja of Kollengode who donated a plot of land, initiated the efforts to build a memorial for the poet in Kollengode which was subsequently taken up by the [[Government of Kerala]] to establish the ''Mahakavi P. Memorial Art and Culture Centre''.<ref name="Remembering Mahakavi P." /> The centre houses music school, a library, Kerala Kalabhavan which is a school for [[kathakali]]. The centre also holds performances in folk and classical art forms such as Kathakali, [[Kanyarkali]] and Porattukali.<ref name="Mahakavi P. Memorial Art & Culture Centre at Kollengode">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Mahakavi P. Memorial Art & Culture Centre at Kollengode |date=2019-03-05 |website=keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

A government vocational school at Nair's native place, Bellikoth, has been named after him as ''Mahakavi P. Smaraka Government Vocational Higher Secondary School''<ref name="Mahakavi P. Smaraka Government Vocational Higher Secondary School">{{Cite web |url=http://vhse.kerala.gov.in/images/principal_list_prvnl_final.pdf |title=Mahakavi P. Smaraka Government Vocational Higher Secondary School |date=2019-03-05 |website=Government of Kerala |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> and a town hall in [[Kanhangad]] has been named ''Mahakavi P Memorial Hall''.<ref name="Mahakavi P Memorial Hall">{{Cite web |url=http://kfogkerala.com/pdf/members/Kasrgode_member_list.pdf |title=Mahakavi P Memorial Hall |date=2019-03-05 |website=kfogkerala.com |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> Kanhangad also has another memorial of the poet, ''Mahakavi P. Memorial'' which was designed by [[M. V. Devan]] and houses a library and a public reading room. The upper floor of the building has since been converted into a museum and all the books and articles written by the poet, the chair and dresses used by him, as well as a gold chain presented by the [[Guruvayur Devaswom]]m on his 60th birthday are in display there.<ref name="Memorial museum for Mahakavi ‘P'">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/memorial-museum-for-mahakavi-p/article2605380.ece |title=Memorial museum for Mahakavi 'P' |author=Staff Reporter |date=2011-11-07 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> There are two [[eponymous]] organizations, ''Mahakavi P Foundation'', based in Thiruvananthapuram and ''Mahakavi P. Smaraka Samithi'', based in Kanhangad; the former has instituted an annual literary award, ''Kaliyachan Award''<ref name="MT Vasudevan Nair unhappy with removal of foreword in P Kunhiraman Nair’s biography" /> and the latter manages two awards for recognising excellence in Malayalam poetry, the ''Mahakavi P Memorial Award for Poetry'' and Poetry Award for Young Poets''.<ref name="This year's Mahakavi P memorial award for poetry will be given to P P Ramachandran">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/This-years-Mahakavi-P-memorial-award-for-poetry-will-be-given-to-P-P-Ramachandran-for-his-collection-of-poems-Katte-Kadale-The-award-instituted-by-P-Memorial-Trust-established-in-memory-of-P-Kunhiraman-Nair-carries-a-cash-award-of-Rs-10000-and-a-citation-The-award-for-young-poets-will-be-given-to-Biju-Kanhangad-for-his-collections-poems-Uchamazhayil-The-awards-will-be-presented-at-a-function-in-Kanhangad-on-May-27-/articleshow/20247692.cms |title=This year's Mahakavi P memorial award for poetry will be given to P P Ramachandran |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref><ref name="Winners list of P. Kunhiraman Nair Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners list of P. Kunhiraman Nair Award |date=2019-03-05 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
''[[Ivan Megharoopan]]'', a 2012 Malayalam biopic, written and directed by [[P. Balachandran]] with [[Prakash Bare]] in the lead role, is based on the life of poet as detailed in his autobiography, ''Kaviyude Kalpadukal''.<ref name="Poetic venture">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/11/19/stories/2010111950980200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108104002/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/11/19/stories/2010111950980200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-08 |title=Poetic venture |last=P. K. Ajith Kumar |date=2010-11-19 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2010-11-19 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> His 1959 poem ''Kaliyachan'', has been adapted into a feature film produced by the [[National Film Development Corporation of India|National Film Development Corporation]] under [[Kaliyachan|the same name]] with [[Manoj K. Jayan]] in the lead;<ref name=exp>{{cite web | title = Kaliyachan: Portrait of an artist|publisher= The New Indian Express| url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Kaliyachan-Portrait-of-an-artist/2013/09/24/article1799943.ece | author=Parvathy Nambidi|date=24 September 2013|access-date = 2014-04-23 }}</ref><ref name=hindu>{{cite web| title = Poetic frames |newspaper=The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/poetic-frames/article4508419.ece |date=14 March 2013| access-date = 2014-04-23 }}</ref> the film received three awards at the [[2012 Kerala State Film Awards]].<ref name="Poetic frames">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/poetic-frames/article4508419.ece |title=Poetic frames |last=Kumar |first=P. K. Ajith |date=2013-03-14 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
===Poetry===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kaliyachan |title=Kaliyacchan |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair |publisher=DC Books |year=1954 |isbn=9788171308200}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Onassadya|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair |year=1960 }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=326658&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Pookkalam |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1964 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=272288&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Thamarathoni |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1993 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Vasantholsavam|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair |year=1972 }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305895&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Chilampoli |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1974 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |location=Calicut}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Ratholsavam (2 volumes)|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair |year=1978 }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Thamarathen|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair |year=1983 }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Mekalaeyude Magal|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair |year=1983 }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305894&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Karpooramazha |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1994 |publisher=D C Books |isbn=9788171303861 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Koduthumudinja Maavu|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Thirumudimaala|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=206149&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Prakrithipooja |last=Kunjiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1997 |publisher=Current Books |location=Current Books, Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Neeranjanam|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Prapancham|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Soundarya Devatha|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Balamrutham (2 volumes)|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Anthithiri|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Nakshathramaala|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=328065&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Nirvaannanisha |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1967 |publisher=Poorna |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Nishaagaanam athava Gaanamaala|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=326652&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Nirapara |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1966 |publisher=P. K. Brothers |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Padavaal|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Pirannamannil|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Poothaali|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Poombaattakal|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Prema Pournami|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Bhadradeepam|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Manalthariyude Chiri|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Mankudathinte Vila|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Malanadu|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Malanadinte Mahasandesham|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Yamunathadathile Smarakakshethram|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=325280&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Vayalkkarayil |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1970 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-oprative Society |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Vasanthippookkal|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Shankhanadam|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Shreeramacharitham|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Seethadevi athava Varabhiksha|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Ananthan Kaattil|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Veeraradhana|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/THIRANJEDUTHA-KAVITHAKAL-P-Kunhiraman-Nair |title=Theranjedutha Kavithakal |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair |publisher=DC Books |year=2017 |isbn=9788126411665}}
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=== Short stories and novels ===
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* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Dharmarajyam |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Naganandam |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Karnan|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Indira |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Chandranathan |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Charithraraksha |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Narendranathan |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Nirmala |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Ramabai |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Veeraprathijna |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Sathyaraksha |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
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===Plays===
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* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Upasana |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Premachandran |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Rangamandapam |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Randu Ekangangal |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Swapna Sanchari |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Veeraaradhana |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Sashirekha Parinayam |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Poonilavu |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Chandramanadalam |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
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=== Prose ===
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* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Keralathile Kedavilakkukal|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Akshayadeepam|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Mekhamala|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=206625&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Vichara Viharam (2 volumes) |last=Kunhiraman Nair P |date=2000 |publisher=D.C Books |location=D.C Books}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Sathyaraksha|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Parayipetta Panthirukulam|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Udayaragam|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Prathibankuram|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
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=== Memoirs and biography ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kaviyute-kalpatukal |title=Kaviyude Kalpadukal |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair |year=2007 |publisher=a |isbn=9788126411658}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=326654&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Enne thirayunna njaan |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1977 |publisher=D. C. Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=206973&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Nithyakanyakaye Thedi |last=Kunjiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1997 |publisher=D.C. Books |location=D.C. Books}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=284904&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Rabindranatha Tagore - Oru Cheruchithram |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=2012 |publisher=Lipi |isbn=9788188015054 |location=Calicut}}
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=== Translations ===
* {{Cite book |title=Selected Poems of Mahakavi P .Kunhiraman Nair: From God's Own Country |last1=P .Kunhiraman Nair |last2=P. K. N. Panicker |publisher=Authorspress |year=2017 |isbn=978-9352074723 |edition=1 |page=142}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/PKunhiramanNairpage.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-03-05 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-03-05}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt_YPEophUxTtHQPWTZ3iVtgWhbAmFg4g |title=P. Kunhiraman Nair Poems - YouTube channel |date=2019-03-05 |website=YouTube |language=en |access-date=2019-03-05}}

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[[Category:People from Kasaragod district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language writers]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Indian male essayists]]

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