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	'''Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair''' ({{lang-ml\|വൈക്കം ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ നായർ}}; 1920 – 12 April 2005), popularly known as '''Vaikom''' ({{lang-ml\|വൈക്കം}}), was an ~~[[India]]n~~ writer and journalist who wrote primarily in [[Malayalam language\|Malayalam]].<ref>{{cite news		'''Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair''' ({{lang-ml\|വൈക്കം ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ നായർ}}; 1920 – 12 April 2005), popularly known as '''Vaikom''' ({{lang-ml\|വൈക്കം}}), was an Indian writer and journalist who wrote primarily in [[Malayalam language\|Malayalam]].<ref>{{cite news
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[[File:MALAYALAM WRITER Vaikom chandrasekaran nair.JPG|thumb|200px|Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair]]
'''Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair''' ({{lang-ml|വൈക്കം ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ നായർ}}; 1920 – 12 April 2005), popularly known as '''Vaikom''' ({{lang-ml|വൈക്കം}}), was an [[India]]n writer and journalist who wrote primarily in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]].<ref>{{cite news
|title = Vaikom remembered
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/24/stories/2005052418210300.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105012317/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/24/stories/2005052418210300.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 5 November 2012
|date = 26 April 2005
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|access-date = 2009-07-02
}}</ref> He was born in [[Vaikom]], a village in [[Kottayam district]] of [[Kerala]].

==Career==
He started writing early in his life and became an activist of the [[communist party]] during his college days. Though by career he was a journalist, Vaikkom was a multi-faceted person – a poet, playwright, novelist, actor, orator, singer, artist, and activist.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9099707_ITM |title=Writer Chandrasekharan Nair dead |publisher=AccessMyLibrary |access-date=2009-07-02 | date=13 April 2005}}</ref> He has been the editor of various magazines such as [[Janayugam]], [[Malayala Manorama]], Kerala Bhooshanam, Kaumudi, Pouraprabha, Kunkumam, Chithrakarthika, Kumari, and Keralam.<ref>''Akhilavijnanakosam'' (an encyclopaedia in [[Malayalam]] ), D.C. Books, [[Kottayam]].</ref>

Some of his famous novels like ''Nakhangal'', ''Panchavankadu'' and ''Madhavikkutty'' have been turned into movies. The play Jathugriham was given the [[Kerala Sahithya Academy]] award in 1980. He was chairman of [[Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy]] from 1978 to '81. In 1999 he was given the [[Kerala Sahithya Academy]] Award for lifetime contribution. Vaikkom has written more than 60 books<ref>Sahithyakara Directory ; Kerala Sahithya Academy,Thrissur</ref>

==Major works==
*''Kuttavum Shikshayum''
*''Alohari''
*''Thanneerpanthal''
*''Mississ Mayavathy''
*''Nakhangal''
*''Panchavankadu''
*''Madhavikkutty''
*''Smrithikavyam''
*''Ashramam''
*''Mamanka rathri''
*''Jathugriham'' (Play)
*''Anubhavangale Nandi'' (Autobiography)
*''Gothradaham'' (Novel)
*''Kayeente Vamsham''
*''Swathi Thirunal''

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