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{{short description|Indian Malayalam writer (born 1949)}}
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{{Infobox writer
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|02|25}}
| birth_place = Aruviyodu, near [[Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala]], India
| occupation = [[Poet]], critic and academic
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| notableworks = {{ubl|''Naranathu Bhranthan''|''Agasthyahridayam''|''Acchan Piranna Veedu''}}
| spouse = S. Malathi Devi
| children = Two daughters and a son
| relatives = {{ubl|N. Gourikutty Amma (mother)|K. Velayudhan Pillai (father)}}
| website = {{url|http://vmadhusoodanannair.net/profile.htm|official website}}
| awards = {{ublist|1986 Kunju Pillai Award for Poetry|1990 K. Balakrishnan Award|1993 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]]|2003 [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]]|2003 R. G. Mangalom Award|2003 Souparnikatheeram Prathibhapuraskaram|2015 Janmashtami Puraskaram|2016 [[Padmaprabha Literary Award]]|2019 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]}}
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'''V. Madhusoodanan Nair''' is an Indian poet and critic of [[Malayalam literature]], who is credited with contributions in popularizing poetry through recitation.<ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA683|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|pages=683–}}</ref><ref name="വി.മധുസൂദനന്‍ നായര്‍">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/mbifl2019/speakers/v-madhusoodanan-nair-mbifl2019-1.3483766 |title=വി.മധുസൂദനന്‍ നായര്‍ |date=2019-01-23 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref> He is best known for ''Naranathu Bhranthan'', the poem with the most editions in Malayalam literature as well as his music albums featuring recitations of his own poems and poems of other major poets. [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] honoured him with their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry|annual award for poetry]] in 1993. He is also a recipient many other honours including [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]], [[Padmaprabha Literary Award]], Kunju Pillai Award, R. G. Mangalom Award, Souparnikatheeram Prathibhapuraskaram and Janmashtami Puraskaram.

== Biography ==
[[File:University College , Trivandrum.jpg|thumb|University College , Thiruvananthapuram]]
V. Madhusoodanan Nair was born on February 25, 1949 at Aruviyodu, a small [[Neyyar (river)|riverside]] village near [[Neyyattinkara]], in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to N. K. Velayudhan Pillai and Gourikutty Amma.<ref name="Madhusudanan Nair biography">{{Cite web |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Madhusudanan+Nair/+wiki |title=Madhusudanan Nair biography |date=2019-01-23 |website=Last.fm |language=en |access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref> He imbibed quite early the tradition of many a ritualistic song from his father, who was a reciter of [[Thottam Pattu]]. His early schooling was at the local schools in Neyyattinkara and Kotturkonam after which he passed a pre-degree course from [[Velu Thampi Memorial Nair Service Society College]]. Subsequently, he graduated from [[Mahatma Gandhi College]] and earned a master's degree from the [[University College Thiruvananthapuram]]. He started his career as a journalist, working at ''Kumkumam'' magazine and Veekshanam daily and also as a program announcer at the Thiruvananthapuram station of the [[All India Radio]] before working as a sub-editor at [[Kerala Bhasha Institute]]. Later, he shifted to academics by joining [[St. Xavier's College, Thumba|St. Xavier's College, Thiruvananthapuram]] as a faculty<ref name="V Madhusoodanan Nair wins Padmaprabha Award - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/V-Madhusoodanan-Nair-wins-Padmaprabha-Award/articleshow/55382312.cms |title=V Madhusoodanan Nair wins Padmaprabha Award - Times of India |date=November 12, 2016 |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref> from where he superannuated from service as the Professor and Head of the Department of Malayalam.<ref name="V. Madhusoodhanan Nair - V. Madhusoodhanan Nair Biography - Poem Hunter">{{Cite web |url=https://www.poemhunter.com/v-madhusoodhanan-nair/biography/ |title=V. Madhusoodhanan Nair - V. Madhusoodhanan Nair Biography - Poem Hunter |website=www.poemhunter.com |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>

Madhusoodanan Nair is married to S. Malathi Devi and the couple has two daughters, Rashmi and Ramya and a son, Vishnu.<ref name="Madhusudanan Nair biography" /> The family lives in Devaswom Board Junction, Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name="Landscapes of the mind">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/writer-v-madhusoodanan-nair-on-his-workspace/article7923425.ece |title=Landscapes of the mind |last=M |first=Athira |date=2015-11-27 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:V Madusudanannairpoem.ogv|thumb|V Madhusoodanan Nair reciting Malayalam poem, ''Vakku'', at Malayalam Aikya Vedi seminar at Kollam]]
Madhusoodanan Nair started writing poems while at school and the first of his poems was published in the 1980s; his first poem anthology, ''Naranathu Bhranthan'' was published in 1992.<ref name="V Madhusoodanan Nair- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF-2019">{{Cite web |url=http://keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=NDUw |title=V Madhusoodanan Nair- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF-2019 |date=2019-01-23 |website=keralaliteraturefestival.com |access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref> The book is reported to be the most popular poetry anthology ever in Malayalam literature{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}, with over 40 editions, surpassing the second most printed book, [[Ramanan (play in verse)|Ramanan]] of [[Changampuzha Krishna Pillai]], which had 18 editions as of 2016.<ref name="A mad man’s eternal truths">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/100416/a-mad-man-s-eternal-truths.html |title=A mad man's eternal truths |last=Payyeri |first=Peethambaran |date=2016-04-10 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> He is known to be conversant with several languages including Malayalam, English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Tamil. Besides poems, he has published five non-fiction books including ''Eliotum Richardsum'', a critical study, ''Science Nikhantu'', a lexicon and ''Nadodi Vignanam'', a book on the folklore of Kerala. He has written the lyrics for three Malayalam films viz. ''[[Santhanagopalam]]'', ''[[Kulam (film)|Kulam]]'' and ''[[Ardhanaari]]'' while his poems have been used in films such as ''[[Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]'', ''[[Punyam]]'', ''[[Punarjani]]'' and ''[[Veettilekkulla Vazhi]]''.<ref name="List of Malayalam Songs written by V Madhusoodanan Nair">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listsongs.php?l=1614 |title=List of Malayalam Songs written by V Madhusoodanan Nair |date=2019-03-29 |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> He also wrote lyrics for Tharangini and Manorama Music.<ref name="V Madhusoodanan Nair- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF-2019" />

== Awards and honours ==
Madhusoodanan Nair received the Kunju Pillai Award for Poetry in 1986, followed by the K. Balakrishnan Award in 1990.<ref name="Madhusudanan Nair biography" /> [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] selected his debut anthology, ''Naranathu Bhranthan'', for their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry|annual award for poetry]] in 1993.<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=2019-01-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref> A decade later, he was awarded the 2003 [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]],<ref name="ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION">{{Cite web |url=http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list |title=ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION |date=2019-01-23 |website=asaneducation.com |access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref> the same year as he received two more awards viz. R. G. Mangalom Award and the Souparnikatheeram Prathibhapuraskaram.<ref name="V. Madhusoodhanan Nair - V. Madhusoodhanan Nair Biography - Poem Hunter" /> In 2015 he received the [[Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Award]]<ref>[https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/announcements/06-kadammanitta-ward.html "മധുസൂദനൻ നായർക്ക് കടമ്മനിട്ട പുരസ്കാരം"]. ''Malayala Manorama''. March 10, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2020.</ref> and Janmashtami Puraskaram and a year later, he was awarded the [[Padmaprabha Literary Award]] in 2016.<ref name="V Madhusoodanan Nair wins Padmaprabha Award - Times of India" /><ref name="V Madhusoodanan Nair presented Padmaprabha Award">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/v-madhusoodanan-nair-presented-padmaprabha-award-m-mukundan-kalpetta-1.1649511 |title=V Madhusoodanan Nair presented Padmaprabha Award |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> [[Sahitya Akademi]] selected his work, ''Achan Piranna Veedu'' for their annual award in 2019.<ref name="Shashi Tharoor, Madhusoodanan Nair win Sahitya Akademi Award">{{Cite news |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/nation/2019/12/18/shashi-tharoor-madhusoodanan-nair-kendra-sahitya-akademi-award.html |title=Shashi Tharoor, Madhusoodanan Nair win Sahitya Akademi Award |access-date=2019-12-18 |language=en}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
=== Poetry ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Madhusoodanannairude-Kavithakal-Malayalam-Madhusoodanan-Nair-ebook/dp/B0758DGYZQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1548226916&sr=1-1&refinements=p_27%253AMADHUSOODANAN+NAIR+V |title=Madhusoodanannairude Kavithakal |last=V Madhusoodanan Nair |publisher=DC Books |year=2017 |page=B0758DGYZQ |asin=B0758DGYZQ}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Naranathu-Bhranthan-Malayalam-Madhusoodanan-Nair-ebook/dp/B01N78N18W/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1548227077&sr=1-2 |title=Naranathu Bhranthan |last=V Madhusoodanan Nair |publisher=DC Books |year=2016 |page=176 |asin=B01N78N18W}}
* ''Bharatheeyam ''<ref name="Bharatheeyam - Kavitha by Madhusoodanan Nair, Recited by Sasi Nair">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdjLNZoAzcY |title=Bharatheeyam - Kavitha by Madhusoodanan Nair, Recited by Sasi Nair |last=Sasi Nair |date=2013-07-12 |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85952&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520V%2520Madhusoodanan%2520Nair |title=Gandhi |last=Madhusoodanan Nair |first=V. |date=2008 |publisher=D.C. Books |isbn=9788126418534 |location=Kottayam}}
* ''Agasthyahridayam''<ref name="Agasthya Hridayam Kavitha with lyrics">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOHLuxWWH6Y |title=Agasthya Hridayam Kavitha with lyrics |last=Malayalam Kavithakal |date=2017-07-28 |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Achan-Piranna-Veedu-Malayalam-Madhusoodanan-ebook/dp/B01M5KYLJ2/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1548227077&sr=1-3 |title=Acchan Piranna Veedu |last=V Madhusoodanan Nair |publisher=DC Books |page=256 |asin=B01M5KYLJ2}}
* ''Ganga''<ref name="malayalam kavitha ganga">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATeVwd8K8MU |title=malayalam kavitha ganga |last=Jinesh Chelannur |date=2013-06-12 |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>
* {{Cite book |title=Gāndharvaṃ |last=Madhusūdanan Nāir, V. |date=1993 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=8171302815 |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |oclc=30518387}}
* ''Megangale Keezhadanguvin''<ref name="Madhusoodhanan Nair Kavithakal - Meghangale Keezhadanguvin">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACF8K5b3VBs |title=Madhusoodhanan Nair Kavithakal - Meghangale Keezhadanguvin |last=Sudheer Prem |date=2016-03-10 |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>
* ''Marubhoomiyile Kinar''
* '' Pongala''<ref name="Chithira chilakkunna - Ponkala">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyKS_kzTNnQ |title=Chithira chilakkunna - Ponkala |last=Satyam Audios |date=2013-08-06 |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>
* ''Nataraja Smriti''
* ''Sakshi''
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ammayum-Makalum/dp/B00VZ1C4WK |title=Ammayum Makalum |last=V Madhusoodanan Nair |publisher=Music Zone |asin=B00VZ1C4WK}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/books/jeevanulla-prathima?t=1 |title=Jeevanulla Prathima |last=V Madhusoodanan Nair |publisher=DC Books |isbn=9788126413997 |access-date=2019-03-29|year=2007 }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=160833&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520V%2520Madhusoodanan%2520Nair |title=Ente rakshakan |last=Madhusoodanan Nair V |publisher=DC Books}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=258613&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520V%2520Madhusoodanan%2520Nair |title=Gaandharvam |last=Madhusoodanan Nair |first=V. |date=1993 |publisher=D C Books |isbn=9788171302819 |location=Kottayam}}
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=== Non-fiction ===
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* ''Eliotum Richardsum'' (Criticism) [[Kerala Bhasha Institute]]<ref name="V. Madhusoodhanan Nair - V. Madhusoodhanan Nair Biography - Poem Hunter" />
* ''Asia Kanmunpil'' (Sociological study) [[Kerala Bhasha Institute]]<ref name="PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News">{{Cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/oman/oman-daily-observer/20120426/281625302306673 |title=PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News |date=2019-01-23 |website=www.pressreader.com |access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref>
* ''Science Nikhantu'' (Lexical study) [[Kerala Bhasha Institute]]<ref name="V. Madhusoodhanan Nair - V. Madhusoodhanan Nair Biography - Poem Hunter" />
* ''Nadodi Vignanam'' (Folklore of Kerala) (Kerala Vignanakosam)<ref name="PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News" />
* ''Budhivikasam'' (Special education) Kanmani Publishers<ref name="PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News" />
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== Filmography ==
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* ''[[Santhanagopalam]]''
* ''[[Kulam (film)|Kulam]]''
* ''[[Ardhanaari]]''
* ''[[Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]''
* ''[[Malayalam|Punyam]]''
* ''[[Punarjani]]''
* ''[[Veettilekkulla Vazhi]]''
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== 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==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/v-madhusoodanan-nair-malayalam-news-1.1496064/v-madhusoodanan-nair-1.1496074 |title=V Madhusoodanan Nair |date=2019-01-23 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-01-23}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDki4g-MR9E |title=Agasthya Hrudayam Madhusoodanan Nair Kavitha |last=AK RHYTHMS |date=2017-05-29 |access-date=2019-03-29}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramanews.com/weekly-programs/nere-chovve/2019/02/17/vmadhusoodanan-nair-on-sabarimala-and-election.html |title=ആചാരങ്ങൾക്ക് അതിന്റെ വഴി, ജാതിഭേദം ആപത്കരം: വി.മധുസൂദനൻ നായർ |website=Manoramanews |language=en |access-date=2019-03-29}}

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