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	'''Pala Narayanan Nair''' (11 December 1911 – 11 June 2008) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[poet]] and lyricist, best known for his work, ''Keralam Valarunnu'', written in 1953, comprising eight volumes, which earned him the title of ''Mahakavi''. He wrote more than 5,000 poems, which have been compiled in about 43 anthologies. Nair, who also wrote the lyrics for the 1956 Malayalam movie, ''[[Avar Unarunnu]]'', was a recipient of the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literary honour of the [[Government of Kerala]] as well as [[Vallathol Award]] and [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]], besides other honours.		'''Pala Narayanan Nair''' (11 December 1911 – 11 June 2008) was an Indian [[poet]] and lyricist, best known for his work, ''Keralam Valarunnu'', written in 1953, comprising eight volumes, which earned him the title of ''Mahakavi''. He wrote more than 5,000 poems, which have been compiled in about 43 anthologies. Nair, who also wrote the lyrics for the 1956 Malayalam movie, ''[[Avar Unarunnu]]'', was a recipient of the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literary honour of the [[Government of Kerala]] as well as [[Vallathol Award]] and [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]], besides other honours.

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	== Awards and honours ==		== Awards and honours ==
	The [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] awarded Nair their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry\|annual award for poetry]] in 1976 for his anthology, ''Vilakku Koluthoo''.<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=2019-03-24 \|website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi \|access-date=2019-03-24 \|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 inaugural [[Vallathol Award]] in 1991<ref name="Literary Awards - Government of Kerala, India">{{Cite web \|url=https://kerala.gov.in/literacy-awards \|title=Literary Awards - Government of Kerala, India \|date=2019-03-24 \|website=kerala.gov.in \|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> followed by [[FOKANA]] Kerala Ganam Award, the next year.<ref name="Pala narayanan nair dead">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/pala-narayanan-nair-dead/579544 \|title=Pala narayanan nair dead \|website=outlookindia.com/ \|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> Ulloor Smaraka Samithi awarded him the Ulloor Award in 1999 and he received the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literary award of the [[Government of Kerala]] in 2000.<ref name="The Hindu : Ezhuthachan Prize for Pala Narayanan Nair">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/01/stories/0401211k.htm \|website=[[The Hindu]] \|title=Ezhuthachan Prize for Pala Narayanan Nair \|date=2000-11-01 \|access-date=2019-03-24}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> A year later, he was selected for the 2001 [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]]<ref name="ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS -The list of awardees">{{Cite web \|url=http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list \|title=ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS -The list of awardees \|date=2019-03-24 \|website=asaneducation.com \|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> and he received the [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]] in 2004.<ref name="The Hindu : Kerala - Kozhikode News : Mathrubhumi prize presented">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/31/stories/2005073110970300.htm \|website=[[The Hindu]] \|title=Kerala - Kozhikode News : Mathrubhumi prize presented \|date=2005-07-31 \|access-date=2019-03-24}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> A recipients of other honours such as ''Puthezhan Award'' and ''Mooloor Award'', Nair was honoured by [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] with their distinguished fellowship in 2006.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/distinguised-fellows/616 \|title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship \|date=2019-03-24 \|website=www.keralaculture.org \|language=en \|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>		The [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] awarded Nair their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry\|annual award for poetry]] in 1976 for his anthology, ''Vilakku Koluthoo''.<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=2019-03-24 \|website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi \|access-date=2019-03-24 \|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 inaugural [[Vallathol Award]] in 1991<ref name="Literary Awards - Government of Kerala, India">{{Cite web \|url=https://kerala.gov.in/literacy-awards \|title=Literary Awards - Government of Kerala, India \|date=2019-03-24 \|website=kerala.gov.in \|access-date=2019-03-24 \|archive-date=11 July 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711190421/https://kerala.gov.in/literacy-awards \|url-status=dead }}</ref> followed by [[FOKANA]] Kerala Ganam Award, the next year.<ref name="Pala narayanan nair dead">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/pala-narayanan-nair-dead/579544 \|title=Pala narayanan nair dead \|website=outlookindia.com/ \|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> Ulloor Smaraka Samithi awarded him the Ulloor Award in 1999 and he received the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literary award of the [[Government of Kerala]] in 2000.<ref name="The Hindu : Ezhuthachan Prize for Pala Narayanan Nair">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/01/stories/0401211k.htm \|website=[[The Hindu]] \|title=Ezhuthachan Prize for Pala Narayanan Nair \|date=2000-11-01 \|access-date=2019-03-24}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> A year later, he was selected for the 2001 [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]]<ref name="ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS -The list of awardees">{{Cite web \|url=http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list \|title=ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS -The list of awardees \|date=2019-03-24 \|website=asaneducation.com \|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> and he received the [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]] in 2004.<ref name="The Hindu : Kerala - Kozhikode News : Mathrubhumi prize presented">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/31/stories/2005073110970300.htm \|website=[[The Hindu]] \|title=Kerala - Kozhikode News : Mathrubhumi prize presented \|date=2005-07-31 \|access-date=2019-03-24}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> A recipients of other honours such as ''Puthezhan Award'' and ''Mooloor Award'', Nair was honoured by [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] with their distinguished fellowship in 2006.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/distinguised-fellows/616 \|title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship \|date=2019-03-24 \|website=www.keralaculture.org \|language=en \|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>

	[[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala\|Mahatma Gandhi University]] has instituted a chair, ''Pala Narayanan Nair Chair'', in his honour with [[Sukumar Azhikode]], holding the chair during the initial two years.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair Chair" /> ''Pala: Kavithakalude Palazhy'' is a documentary film made by Jinoop J. Nair on the life of Narayanan Nair.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair - Vetthi profile" /><ref name="Pala Kavithakalude Palazhi">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOfZAq2yLks \|title=Pala Kavithakalude Palazhi \|last=Jinoop J Nair Kavanal \|date=2007-10-06 \|website=YouTube \|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>		[[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala\|Mahatma Gandhi University]] has instituted a chair, ''Pala Narayanan Nair Chair'', in his honour with [[Sukumar Azhikode]], holding the chair during the initial two years.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair Chair" /> ''Pala: Kavithakalude Palazhy'' is a documentary film made by Jinoop J. Nair on the life of Narayanan Nair.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair - Vetthi profile" /><ref name="Pala Kavithakalude Palazhi">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOfZAq2yLks \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/rOfZAq2yLks \|archive-date=2021-12-20 \|url-status=live\|title=Pala Kavithakalude Palazhi \|last=Jinoop J Nair Kavanal \|date=2007-10-06 \|website=YouTube \|access-date=2019-03-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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	* {{Cite book \|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207533&query_desc=kw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Pala%252520narayanan%252520nair \|title=Kerala Valarunnu \|last=Narayanan Nair Pala \|date=1996 \|publisher=D.C. Books, Kottayam \|location=D.C. Books, Kottayam}}		* {{Cite book \|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207533&query_desc=kw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Pala%252520narayanan%252520nair \|title=Kerala Valarunnu \|last=Narayanan Nair Pala \|date=1996 \|publisher=D.C. Books, Kottayam \|location=D.C. Books, Kottayam }}{{Dead link\|date=October 2022 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
	* {{Cite book \|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306358&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair \|title=Thenkuruvikal \|last=Narayanan Nair \|first=Palai \|date=1986 \|publisher=National Book Stall \|location=Kottayam}}		* {{Cite book \|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306358&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair \|title=Thenkuruvikal \|last=Narayanan Nair \|first=Palai \|date=1986 \|publisher=National Book Stall \|location=Kottayam}}
	* {{Cite book \|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=300954&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair \|title=Theranjedutha kavithakal \|last=Narayanan Nair \|first=Pala \|last2=Parameswaranpillai \|first2=Erumeli \|date=2011 \|publisher=Kerala Sahithya Academy \|isbn=9788176901765 \|edition= 1st \|location=Thrissur}}		* {{Cite book \|url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=300954&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair \|title=Theranjedutha kavithakal \|last=Narayanan Nair \|first=Pala \|last2=Parameswaranpillai \|first2=Erumeli \|date=2011 \|publisher=Kerala Sahithya Academy \|isbn=9788176901765 \|edition= 1st \|location=Thrissur}}
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	* {{Cite news \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/poignant-rendition/article3500847.ece \|title=Poignant rendition \|last=Kaladharan \|first=V. \|date=2012-06-07 \|newspaper=The Hindu \|language=en-IN \|access-date=2019-03-24}}		* {{Cite news \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/poignant-rendition/article3500847.ece \|title=Poignant rendition \|last=Kaladharan \|first=V. \|date=2012-06-07 \|newspaper=The Hindu \|language=en-IN \|access-date=2019-03-24}}
	* {{Cite web \|url=http://www.gio.ee/watch?v=mXa3nz8Mi2Y \|title=Shravanageetham - Pala Narayanan Nair \|date=2019-03-24 \|website=gio.ee \|access-date=2019-03-24}}		* {{Cite web \|url=http://www.gio.ee/watch?v=mXa3nz8Mi2Y \|title=Shravanageetham - Pala Narayanan Nair \|date=2019-03-24 \|website=gio.ee \|access-date=2019-03-24}}
	* {{Cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9CWO-znRE \|title=Ormakalila Iripidangal - Pala Narayanan Nair \|last=Kerala Vision \|date=2017-10-18 \|website=YouTube \|access-date=2019-03-24 \|quote=documentary}}		* {{Cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9CWO-znRE \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/NT9CWO-znRE \|archive-date=2021-12-20 \|url-status=live\|title=Ormakalila Iripidangal - Pala Narayanan Nair \|last=Kerala Vision \|date=2017-10-18 \|website=YouTube \|access-date=2019-03-24 \|quote=documentary}}{{cbignore}}
	* {{Cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JCm1zZyh2A \|title=Keralam Valarunnu - Kavyamritham vol 1 \|last=Anagha J Kolth \|date=2014-03-01 \|website=YouTube \|access-date=2019-03-24}}		* {{Cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JCm1zZyh2A \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/-JCm1zZyh2A \|archive-date=2021-12-20 \|url-status=live\|title=Keralam Valarunnu - Kavyamritham vol 1 \|last=Anagha J Kolth \|date=2014-03-01 \|website=YouTube \|access-date=2019-03-24}}{{cbignore}}

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'''Pala Narayanan Nair''' (11 December 1911 – 11 June 2008) was an [[India]]n [[poet]] and lyricist, best known for his work, ''Keralam Valarunnu'', written in 1953, comprising eight volumes, which earned him the title of ''Mahakavi''. He wrote more than 5,000 poems, which have been compiled in about 43 anthologies. Nair, who also wrote the lyrics for the 1956 Malayalam movie, ''[[Avar Unarunnu]]'', was a recipient of the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literary honour of the [[Government of Kerala]] as well as [[Vallathol Award]] and [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]], besides other honours.

==Biography==
Narayanan Nair was born on 11 December 1911 in [[Palai|Pala]] of [[Kottayam district]] in [[Kerala]] to Keezhpallil Sankaran Nair and Puliannoor Puthoor Parvathy Amma.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair Chair">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mgu.ac.in/academics/chairs/pala-narayanan-nair-chair/ |title=Pala Narayanan Nair Chair |date=2019-03-24 |website=MG University |language=en |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> His schooling was at St. Thomas School, Pala from where he passed the final examination but his father's death in 1932 forced him to start earning and he joined [[Palai Central Bank]] as an accountant, simultaneously giving private tutions.<ref name="Bio Data - pala narayanan nair - Poetry">{{Cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/18002023/Bio-Data-pala-narayanan-nair |title=Bio Data - Pala Narayanan Nair|date=2009-08-01|website=Scribd |language=en |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> He moved to S. M. V. S. High School as teacher in 1937 but had to quit the job during [[World War II]] to join the [[Indian Army during World War II|Indian Army]]. He quit military service in 1947 to join the [[University of Kerala]] (then known as the University of Travancore) in their publications division. While working at the university, he resumed his studies to earn a bachelor's degree in 1954 and a master's degree in Malayalam in 1956, standing first in the examination. He retired from the university in 1967 as the head of the department of publications and served as a professor of Malayalam at [[Alphonsa College, Palai]] until 1972.<ref name="Bio Data - pala narayanan nair - Poetry" /> He also served at MMNSS College Kottiyam for a while.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair - Vetthi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/pala_narayanan_nair-profile-5331-25.htm |title=Pala Narayanan Nair - Vetthi profile |date=2019-03-24 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>

Narayanan Nair was married to Subhadrakutty Amma and the couple had two daughters and two sons. He died, at the age of 96, on June 11, 2008, at a private hospital in [[Kottayam]], where he had been admitted following age-related illnesses.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair dead">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pala-narayanan-nair-dead-1170444 |title=Pala Narayanan Nair dead |date=2008-06-11 |website=DNA India |language=en |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Narayanan Nair published 43 poetry anthologies and ''Keralam Valarunnu'' (Kerala is growing), an eight-volume epic<ref name="Palai Narayanan Nair - Mathrubhumi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/authors/article-1.382227 |title=Palai Narayanan Nair - Mathrubhumi profile |date=2019-03-24 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> which earned him the title, ''Mahakavi''.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair Chair" /> ''Pookkal'', ''Adima'', ''Nirdhanan'', ''Padakkalam'', ''Bhasparangam'', ''Anthya Pooja'', ''Olangal'', ''Kairali Murali'', ''Ragalapam'', ''Manusyan'', ''Malanad'', ''Paalazhy'', ''Sundarakadam'', ''Amarajyothi'', ''Pournami'', ''Meghasancharam'', ''VilakkuKoluthu'', ''Soorya Gayathri'', ''Samara Mukhathu'', ''Ananthapuri'', ''Shravanageetham'' and ''Amruthavarshini'' feature among his notable works.<ref name="Bio Data - pala narayanan nair - Poetry" /> Besides his poems, he wrote the lyrics for ''[[Avar Unarunnu]]'', a Malayalam movie directed by [[N. Sankaran Nair]] and released in 1956.<ref name="Avarunarunnu (1956)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=57 |title=Avarunarunnu (1956) |date=2019-03-24 |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> Besides the nine songs featured in the film,<ref name="List of Malayalam Songs written by Pala Narayanan Nair">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listsongs.php?l=992 |title=List of Malayalam Songs written by Pala Narayanan Nair |date=2019-03-24 |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> he also wrote other songs.<ref name="Bhoovilillithin (Malayala Madhurima [2011])">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/as.php?194784 |title=Bhoovilillithin (Malayala Madhurima [2011]) |date=2019-03-24 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> When [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] was constituted in 1957, he was elected as the founder secretary of the academy, a post he held for two years.<ref name="Bio Data - pala narayanan nair - Poetry" />

== Awards and honours ==
The [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] awarded Nair their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry|annual award for poetry]] in 1976 for his anthology, ''Vilakku Koluthoo''.<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=2019-03-24 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-24 |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 inaugural [[Vallathol Award]] in 1991<ref name="Literary Awards - Government of Kerala, India">{{Cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/literacy-awards |title=Literary Awards - Government of Kerala, India |date=2019-03-24 |website=kerala.gov.in |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> followed by [[FOKANA]] Kerala Ganam Award, the next year.<ref name="Pala narayanan nair dead">{{Cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/pala-narayanan-nair-dead/579544 |title=Pala narayanan nair dead |website=outlookindia.com/ |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> Ulloor Smaraka Samithi awarded him the Ulloor Award in 1999 and he received the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literary award of the [[Government of Kerala]] in 2000.<ref name="The Hindu : Ezhuthachan Prize for Pala Narayanan Nair">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/01/stories/0401211k.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=Ezhuthachan Prize for Pala Narayanan Nair |date=2000-11-01 |access-date=2019-03-24}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> A year later, he was selected for the 2001 [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]]<ref name="ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS -The list of awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list |title=ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS -The list of awardees |date=2019-03-24 |website=asaneducation.com |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> and he received the [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]] in 2004.<ref name="The Hindu : Kerala - Kozhikode News : Mathrubhumi prize presented">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/31/stories/2005073110970300.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=Kerala - Kozhikode News : Mathrubhumi prize presented |date=2005-07-31 |access-date=2019-03-24}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> A recipients of other honours such as ''Puthezhan Award'' and ''Mooloor Award'', Nair was honoured by [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] with their distinguished fellowship in 2006.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/distinguised-fellows/616 |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |date=2019-03-24 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>

[[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]] has instituted a chair, ''Pala Narayanan Nair Chair'', in his honour with [[Sukumar Azhikode]], holding the chair during the initial two years.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair Chair" /> ''Pala: Kavithakalude Palazhy'' is a documentary film made by Jinoop J. Nair on the life of Narayanan Nair.<ref name="Pala Narayanan Nair - Vetthi profile" /><ref name="Pala Kavithakalude Palazhi">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOfZAq2yLks |title=Pala Kavithakalude Palazhi |last=Jinoop J Nair Kavanal |date=2007-10-06 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207533&query_desc=kw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Pala%252520narayanan%252520nair |title=Kerala Valarunnu |last=Narayanan Nair Pala |date=1996 |publisher=D.C. Books, Kottayam |location=D.C. Books, Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306358&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Thenkuruvikal |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Palai |date=1986 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=300954&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Theranjedutha kavithakal |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Pala |last2=Parameswaranpillai |first2=Erumeli |date=2011 |publisher=Kerala Sahithya Academy |isbn=9788176901765 |edition= 1st |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=229560&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Sisu ganangal |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Pala |date=2008 |publisher=Keerthi Books |location=Kollam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=221096&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Megha Sancharam |last=Narayanan Nair. Pala |date=1973 |publisher=SahitiaPravarthaka Sahakaransangam |location=SahitiaPravarthaka Sahakaransangam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=219612&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Bashpa rangam |last=Narayanan nair. Pala |date=1951 |publisher=Press Ramsass |location=Press Ramsass}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212381&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Pournami |last=Narayanan Nair. Pala |date=1971 |publisher=Sahithyapravarthaka sahakaranasangam |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212360&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Palazhi |last=Narayanan Nair. Pala |date=1966 |publisher=National book stall |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212345&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Nirdhanan |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Pala |date=1949 |publisher=N.B.S |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212183&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Vilakku Koluthu |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Pala |date=1975 |publisher=N.B.S |location=KOTTAYAM}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103524&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Sravana geetham |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Pala |date=1977}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=79916&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Samara mukhathu |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Pala |date=1985 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65155&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Aalipazham |last=Naryanan Nair |first=Pala |date=1979 |publisher=Vidhyarthi mithram |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86845&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Kumkuma pookkal |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Pala |date=2003 |publisher=Malayala Gaveshanavedi |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86423&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Aalippazham |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Pala |date=1979 |publisher=Vidhyarthimithram}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81687&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Anandapuri |last=Narayanan Nair |first=Pala |date=1988 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}
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=== Writings on Pala Narayanan Nair ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=300162&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pala%2520narayanan%2520nair |title=Pala Narayanan Nair amruthakalayude kavi |last=Sajeev Krishnan |date=2012 |publisher=Kerala Sahithya Academy |isbn=9788176902281 |edition= 1st |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Menath |first=Ashok |date=2008 |title=Pala Narayanan Nair: The Poet-Patriarch of Optimism |journal=Indian Literature |volume=52 |issue=4 (246) |pages=15–18 |issn=0019-5804|jstor=23347910 }}

== See also ==
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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{{Portal|India|Literature}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/poignant-rendition/article3500847.ece |title=Poignant rendition |last=Kaladharan |first=V. |date=2012-06-07 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-24}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.gio.ee/watch?v=mXa3nz8Mi2Y |title=Shravanageetham - Pala Narayanan Nair |date=2019-03-24 |website=gio.ee |access-date=2019-03-24}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9CWO-znRE |title=Ormakalila Iripidangal - Pala Narayanan Nair |last=Kerala Vision |date=2017-10-18 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-24 |quote=documentary}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JCm1zZyh2A |title=Keralam Valarunnu - Kavyamritham vol 1 |last=Anagha J Kolth |date=2014-03-01 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-24}}

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