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{{short description|Indian writer, linguist and academic}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|03|02}}
| birth_place = [[Thirunakkara]], [[Travancore]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2000|02|01|1920|03|02}}
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| occupation = Writer, linguist, academic
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| parents = {{ubl|Achuthan Pillai|Nanikkutty Amma}}
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| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]]
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'''V. Anandakuttan Nair''' (2 March 1920 – 1 February 2000) was a [[Malayalam language]] writer, linguist and academic from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He got many notable awards including [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]]. Anandakuttan is best known for his poetic play ''Chitha''.<ref name="Keralaliterature">{{cite web |title=ആനന്ദക്കുട്ടന്‍ വി. (വി. ആനന്ദക്കുട്ടന്‍) |url=http://keralaliterature.com/malayalam-writers-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8/ |website=Keralaliterature.com |date=14 October 2017 |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121065906/http://keralaliterature.com/malayalam-writers-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Biography==
V. Anandakuttan Nair was born on 2 March 1920 at Vattaparambil, [[Thirunakkara]], [[Kottayam district]] to Nanikutty Amma and Achuthan Pillai.<ref name="SD"/>

After graduation, Anandakuttan Nair started his career as a journalist in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name="nairs">{{cite web |title=Biography of Eminent Nairs |url=https://www.nairs.in/bio_a.html |website=www.nairs.in |access-date=2022-01-12 |archive-date=2007-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105011026/http://www.nairs.in/bio_a.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated with honors in 1949 and became a Malayalam lecturer at University College Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/> In 1953, he started his Ph.D. research in Champu literature, but after a year and a half he stopped is research as he got a job as a research assistant in the Press Commission.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/> After working in [[Delhi]] and [[Chennai]], he returned to the University College.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/> As a university college student, he was involved in the running of the newspapers ''Pauraprabha'' and ''Pauradhvani''.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/> He later became the editor of ''Prabodham weekly'' and published ''Kuttanadan Weekly''.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/> After passing Ph.D. in Malayalam from the [[University of Madras]] he worked as professor in various government colleges and retired from service in 1976.<ref name="nairs"/> While working as college professor he was appointed to the [[Kerala Government Secretariat|Kerala secretariat]] on the basis of his language skills.<ref name="janayugam">{{cite web |title=അച്യുതമേനോനും ഭരണഭാഷയും |url=https://janayugomonline.com/janayugom-varantham-achutha-menon-and-administrative-language/ |website=Janayugom Online |date=30 October 2021 |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104081308/https://janayugomonline.com/janayugom-varantham-achutha-menon-and-administrative-language/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was appointed to the newly created post of linguist, as a part of the creation of a special section in the Secretariat to intensify the process of making [[Malayalam]] the official administrative language of Kerala.<ref name="janayugam"/> In addition to this post, many other posts were created along with it. When he was appointed to the [[University College Thiruvananthapuram]], he resigned from the job at Secretariat.<ref name="janayugam"/> He served as the President of the [[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society|Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham]] and founding vice chairman of Prof. N. Krishna Pillai Foundation.<ref name="SD"/><ref>{{cite web |title=പ്രൊഫ. എന്‍. കൃഷ്ണപിള്ള ഫൗണ്ടേഷന്‍ |url=https://nkrishnapillaifoundation.org/M/foundermembers.php?id=5 |website=nkrishnapillaifoundation.org |access-date=2022-01-12 |archive-date=2022-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121065909/https://nkrishnapillaifoundation.org/M/foundermembers.php?id=5 |url-status=live }}</ref> The song ''Koottukar ninne vilippathenthe'' from the movie Snehaseema was written by him.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

He died on 1 February 2000 at the age of 79.<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>

==Works==
*''Chitha'', poetric play<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Aradhana'' (Meaning: worship)<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Deepavali'', poems<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Amruthaanjanam''<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Paapikalute Thaazhvara'' (Meaning: valley of sinners), Stories<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Chiriyum punchiriyum'' (Meaning: Laugh and smile), (Narrative Articles)<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Kadalasu manthri'' (Meaning: Paper Minister)<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Mullukal''(Meaning: Thorns)<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Bhava saurabham'', Essays<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Ashareeri'', Plays<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Veluthampi Dalava'', based on life of [[Velu Thampi Dalawa|Veluthampi Dalava]]
*''Jnanappana'', Children's literature<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Sri buddhan'', based on life of [[Buddha]], Children's literature<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Sree Narayana Guru'', based on life of [[Narayana Guru]], Children's literature<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*''Jayaprakash Narayanan'', based on life of [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
*''Pathumuthal nalu vare'' (Meaning: Ten to four), Play
*''Anandakkuttante thiranjedutha kruthikal'' (Selected works of Anandakuttan)
*''Kerala bhasha ganangal'' (Meaning: Kerala Language Songs) 2 Volumes, Edited by him<ref>{{cite web |title=മാവേലി നാടു വാണീടും കാലം: ഈ ഓണപ്പാട്ട് എഴുതിയതാര്, തര്‍ക്കം തീരുന്നില്ല! |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/magazine/who-is-the-author-of-maveli-song |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml |access-date=2022-01-12 |archive-date=2018-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707171802/http://www.asianetnews.com/magazine/who-is-the-author-of-maveli-song |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Sindhi Sahithya Charithram, Translation of ''History of Sindhi literature''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rao |first1=D. S. |title=Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India : a Short History of Sahitya Akademi |date=2004 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-2060-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JDsBBDoMccC&dq=V+Anandakuttan+Nair&pg=PA107 |language=en |access-date=2022-01-18 |archive-date=2022-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121065917/https://books.google.com/books?id=8JDsBBDoMccC&dq=V+Anandakuttan+Nair&pg=PA107 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
*Distinguished Membership of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi<ref name="SD">{{cite book |editor1-last=Krishnan Nair |editor1-first=Dr. P.V. |title=Sahithyakara directory (directory of writers from Kerala) |publisher=[[Kerala Sahithya Akademi]] |page=29}}</ref><ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]], 1997
*Bheema Smaraka Baala Sahitya Award in children's literature<ref name="Keralaliterature"/>
*Fellowship of the Central Department of Culture
*State Children's Literature Institute Award (1995)

==References==
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[[Category:Malayalam-language writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University College Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:People from Kottayam district]]
[[Category:Indian children's writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian linguists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]

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