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'''Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri''' (2 June 1939 – 25 February 2021) was an Indian writer and scholar of [[Malayalam literature]]. Known primarily for his poems, Namboothiri also contributed to other genres such as essays, translations and children's literature. ''Swathanthrathe Kurichu Oru Geetham'', ''Bhoomigeethangal'', ''Indiayenna Vikaaram'' and ''Charulata'' count among his notable works. The [[Government of India]] honored him with the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2014 and the [[Government of Kerala]] awarded him the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literary award in Malayalam, the same year. He was also a recipient of [[Vayalar Award]], [[Vallathol Award]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]], [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram|Asan Prize]], [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] and [[Odakkuzhal Award]].

== Biography ==
Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri was born on June 2, 1939 to Vishnu Namboothiri and Adhithi Antharjanam at Seeravally Illam in [[Thiruvalla]], Kerala.<ref name="കവി വിഷ്ണു നാരായണൻ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു">{{Cite web |title=കവി വിഷ്ണു നാരായണൻ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2021/02/25/vishnu-narayanan-namboothiri-passes-away.html |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml}}</ref> After traditional education of [[Vedas]], [[Puranas]] and [[Sanskrit]] from his grandfather, he did his school education at Prince Marthanda Varma High School, Peringara and subsequently, obtained his graduate degree from [[St. Berchmans College]], [[Changanacherry]] and his master's degree from [[St. Joseph's College, Devagiri]], topping the examination.<ref name="Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri">{{Cite web |last=Editor |date=2020-02-12 |title=Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri |url=https://humansofthiruvalla.com/the-poet-with-a-difference-vishnu-narayanan-namboodiri/ |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=Humans of Thiruvalla |language=en-US}}</ref> He started his career as a teacher of Mathematics at his alma mater, Peringara School but moved to [[Malabar Christian College]] as a faculty in English department. Later, he worked in various parts of the state such as [[Kozhikode]], [[Kollam]], [[Pattambi]], [[Ernakulam]], [[Tripunithura]], [[Chittur]], [[Thalassery]] ([[Government Brennen College, Thalassery|Government Brennen College]])<ref name="കവി വിഷ്ണുനാരായണന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു Mathrubhumi">{{Cite web |title=കവി വിഷ്ണുനാരായണന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു Mathrubhumi |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/vishnu-narayanan-namboothiri/vishnunarayanan-namboothiri-passes-away-1.5469561 |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref> and the ''State Institute of Languages'',<ref name="Prominent personalities of Kerala">{{cite web|title=Prominent personalities of Kerala | url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/kerala_celebrities/vishnu_narayanan_namboothiri.php | newspaper=State of Kerala | access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref> before superannuating from service as the head of the department of English at the [[University College Thiruvananthapuram]]. Later, he also worked as the high priest at [[Sreevallabha Temple]], his ancestral temple.<ref name="കവി വിഷ്ണു നാരായണൻ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു" />

Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri was married to Savithri Antharjanam<ref name="Kerala State - Everything about Kerala">{{Cite web |last=stateofkerala.in |title=Kerala State - Everything about Kerala |url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/kerala_celebrities/vishnu_narayanan_namboothiri.php |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=www.stateofkerala.in |language=en}}</ref> and the couple had two daughters, Adhithi and Aparna.<ref name="കവി വിഷ്ണുനാരായണന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു Mathrubhumi" /><ref name="Acclaimed Malayalam Poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri passes away">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=Acclaimed Malayalam Poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri passes away |url=https://english.newstracklive.com/news/acclaimed-malayalam-poet-vishnu-narayanan-namboothiri-passes-away-sc1-nu318-ta318-1148171-1.html |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=News Track |language=English}}</ref>

== Death ==
He died on February 25, 2021 aged 81, at his home in Thycaud near [[Thiruvananthapuram]] due to age-related illnesses.<ref name="Poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri passes away">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-25 |title=Poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/poet-vishnu-narayanan-namboothiri-passes-away/article33931292.ece |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref> He was cremated with full state honours at Santhikavadam Crematorium near his home.<ref name="Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri: Malayalam poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri passes away | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India">{{Cite web |last1=Feb 25 |first1=B. S. Anil Kumar |last2=2021 |last3=Ist |first3=17:48 |title=Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri: Malayalam poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri passes away |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/malayalam-poet-vishnunarayanan-namboothiri-passes-away/articleshow/81211204.cms |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

== Temple controversy ==
During his tenure as the high priest of [[Sreevallabha Temple]], an official of the temple raised an issue in 1997 regarding his travel to London for presenting a paper on [[Vedas]], which the official claimed that crossing the seas was an unacceptable practice for a priest.<ref name="Poet, teacher, priest Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri no more - Times of India">{{Cite web |title=Poet, teacher, priest Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri no more - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/poet-teacher-priest-vishnu-narayanan-namboothiri-no-more/articleshow/81228656.cms |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He was asked to abstain from performing his duties as the priest. However, the controversy subsided after public resistance and Namboothiri resumed his priestly duties.<ref name="Poet, teacher, priest Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri no more">{{Cite web |title=Poet, teacher, priest Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri no more |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=805192 |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards==
Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri, whose poems are known to be a blend of tradition with modernity,<ref name="Malayalam Poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri Dies, PM Expresses Grief">{{Cite web |title=Malayalam Poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri Dies, PM Expresses Grief |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/malayalam-poet-vishnunarayanan-namboothiri-dies-pm-narendra-modi-expresses-grief-2378652 |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref name="Malayalam poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri passes away">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=Malayalam poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri passes away |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/art-culture/malayalam-poet-vishnunarayanan-namboothiri-passes-away-101614319076167.html |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri passes away - Divya Bharat">{{Cite web |last=Bharat |first=Divya |date=2021-02-25 |title=Poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri passes away - Divya Bharat |url=https://divya-bharat.com/poet-vishnu-narayanan-namboothiri-passes-away/ |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=Divya Bharat 🇮🇳 |language=en-US}}</ref> received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] in 1979 for his poetry anthology, ''Bhumigeethangal''.<ref name="Awards for Poetry">{{Cite web |date=2018-06-26 |title=Awards for Poetry |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |access-date=2021-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 }}</ref> Fifteen years later, [[Sahitya Akademi]] selected his anthology, ''Ujjayiniyile Rappakalukal'' for the 1994 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]].<ref name="..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::..">{{Cite web |date=2016-03-04 |title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%2520samman_suchi.jsp#MALAYALAM |access-date=2021-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%2520samman_suchi.jsp#MALAYALAM |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> In between, he received the [[Odakkuzhal Award]] for his work, ''Mukhamevide?''.<ref name="Winners of Odakkuzhal Award">{{Cite web |title=Winners of Odakkuzhal Award |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Winners of Vallathol Literary Awards">{{Cite web |title=Winners of Vallathol Literary Awards |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en}}</ref> He received the [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]] in 1996,<ref name="Winners of Asan Prize">{{Cite web |title=Winners of Asan Prize |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en}}</ref> and [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] honored him again in 2004 with their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions|Award for Overall Contributions]].<ref name="കവി വിഷ്ണു നാരായണൻ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു" /> He received the Mathrubhumi Literary Award in 2009<ref name="Mathrubhumi Literary Award">{{Cite web |title=Mathrubhumi Literary Award |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en}}</ref> and the year 2010 brought him two awards, *[[Vayalar Award]] for ''Chaarulata''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article821838.ece|title=Vayalar Award for poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri |work=The Hindu|access-date=2010-10-09}}</ref><ref name="Winners of Vayalar Award">{{Cite web |title=Winners of Vayalar Award |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Vallathol Award]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher = IBNLive.com|title =Vishnunarayanan Namboodiri gets Vallathol award|url = http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/vishnunarayanan-namboodiri-gets-vallathol-award/384808.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101013003615/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/vishnunarayanan-namboodiri-gets-vallathol-award/384808.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 13, 2010|access-date = October 7, 2010}}</ref> The Government of India honored him in 2014 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India,<ref name=pib>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69364|date=25 January 2014|access-date=2014-01-26|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6NEu2cjx3?url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735|archive-date=8 February 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=List of Padma awardees|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-padma-awardees/article5617946.ece|access-date=25 January 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 January 2014}}</ref><ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-padma-awardees/article5617946.ece</ref> and the same year, The Government of Kerala awarded him their highest literary award of the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri gets award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/vishnu-narayanan-namboothiri-gets-award/article6554630.ece|access-date=3 November 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=1 November 2014}}</ref> The other awards received by him include Changampuzha Award, Ulloor Prize, Pandalam Keralavarma Poetry Award, Ettumanoor Somadasan Sahitya Puraskaram<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcbooks.com/ettumanoor-somadasan-award-for-vishnu-narayanan-namboodiri.html|title=ഏറ്റുമാനൂര്‍ സോമദാസന്‍ സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്‌കാരം വിഷ്ണു നാരായണന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരിക്ക്|access-date=2 January 2015|publisher=[[DC Books]]}}</ref> and C. V. Kunhiraman Literary Prize.<ref name="കവി വിഷ്ണു നാരായണൻ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു" /><ref name="കവി വിഷ്ണുനാരായണന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു Mathrubhumi" />

== Bibliography ==
=== Poetry ===
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |title=Vaishnavam |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182654662}}
* {{Cite book |last=Vishnunarayanan Nambudiri |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/svatantryattekkuricca-oru-gitam-kavitakal/oclc/31893744&referer=brief_results |title=Swaathandhryathe-Kurich Oru Geetham |date=1968 |publisher=SPCS |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |language=Malayalam |oclc=31893744}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/aparajita-terannetutta-kavitakal/oclc/17123469&referer=brief_results |title=Aparājita: theraññeṭutta kavitakaḷ |date=1985 |publisher=Little Prince Publications |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |language=Malayalam |oclc=17123469}}
* {{Cite book |last=Vishnunarayanan Nambudiri |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/aranyakam/oclc/24213789&referer=brief_results |title=Āraṇyakaṃ |date=1987 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |location=Kozhikode |oclc=24213789}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73613517-india-enna-vikaram |title=India Enna Vikaram |publisher=National Book Stall |year=2010}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/ഉജ്ജയിനിയിലെ-രാപ്പകലുകള്‍/4134/ |title=Ujjayiniyile Raapakalukal |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=8182643902 |page=88 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |last=Viṣṇunārāyaṇan Nampūtiri |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/bhumigitannal-kavitakal/oclc/1121464462&referer=brief_results |title=Bhoomigeethangal |date=1978 |publisher=Viṣṇunārāyaṇannampūtiri : Kōṭṭayaṃ : Vitaraṇaṃ, Nāṣanal Bukkst̲āḷ |location=India |language=Malayalam |oclc=1121464462}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url= |title=Mukhamevide |publisher= |year=}}
* {{Cite book |last=Vishnunarayanan Nambudiri |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/atirttiyilekk-oru-yatra/oclc/18260284&referer=brief_results |title=Athirthiyilekkoru Yaathra |date=1986 |publisher=DC Books |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |oclc=18260284}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73613521-parikramam |title=Parikramam |publisher=National Book Stall |year=2012}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url= |title=Sreevalli |publisher= |year=}}
* {{Cite book |last=Viṣṇunārāyaṇan Nampūtiri |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/85766389.html |title=Uttarayanam |date=2006 |publisher=Poorna Publications |location=Kozhikode |oclc=679299312}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |title=Ente Kavitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182645646 |page=208 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |title=Pranayageethangal |publisher=SPCS |year=2013 |isbn=9780000194237}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url= |title=Kayyoppu Maram |publisher= |year=}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73613524-charulatha |title=Charulatha |publisher=National Book Stall |year=2012}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73613508-jayaprakasham |title=Jayaprakasham |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2015}}

===Essays===
* {{Cite book |last=Viṣṇunārāyaṇan Nampūtiri |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/asahitiyam-lekhannal/oclc/1119071712&referer=brief_results |title=Asaahitheeyam |date=1981 |publisher=Samsārā Publications |location=Irinjalakuda |language=Malayalam |oclc=1119071712}}
* {{Cite book |last=Vishnunarayanan Nambudiri |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/kavitayute-di-en-e-sahitya-vimarsanam/oclc/21079328&referer=brief_results |title=Kavithayude DNA |date=1985 |publisher=Little Prince Publications |location=Kottayam, India |language=Malayalam |oclc=21079328}}
* {{Cite book |last=Vishnunarayanan Nambudiri |url= |title=Alakadalum Neyyampalulkalum |date= |publisher= |location= |language=Malayalam |oclc=}}
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73613461-sreevallabho-rakshathu |title=Sreevallabho Rakshathu |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2017 |isbn=9788182671546}}

=== Travelogues ===
* {{Cite book |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/964438066 |title=Yaathrayaatham |date=2014 |isbn=978-81-8266-114-1 |edition=First |location=Kozhikode, Keralam, India |oclc=964438066}}

===Translations===
* {{Cite book |last=Bhasan |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=25514 |title=Karnabhaaram |translator-last=Namboothiri |translator-first=Vishnunarayanan |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |year=2007 |isbn=978-8176901284}}
*''Rithu Samhaaram''
*''Gandhi''
* {{Cite book |last1=Bold |first1=Harold C |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/sasyalokam/oclc/1065261213&referer=brief_results |title=Sasyalōkam |last2=Nārāyaṇan Nampūtiri |first2=Viṣṇu |date=1974 |publisher=Kerala Bhasha Institute |location=Thiruvananthapuram |translator-last=Namboothiri |translator-first=Vishnunarayanan |oclc=1065261213}}
*''Kuttikalude Shakespeare''

== See also ==
* [[Malayalam literature]]

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |last=Namboothiri |first=Vishnunarayanan |title=The Days and Nights of Ujjain |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/vishnu-narayanan-namboothiri/vishnu-narayanan-namboothiri-poem-malayalam-1.5469656 |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Cite web |title=Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6c87m2Qf2o |access-date=2021-02-26 |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |title=Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri turns 80 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIXSGFh9qv0 |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=www.youtube.com}}
* {{Cite web |title=Malayalam Poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri celebrates 80th birthday |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT2BO-jfaiU |access-date=2021-02-26 |language=en}}

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Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri - Revision history

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